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Marco Rubio: More Aid Needed for Persecuted Christians
Marco Rubio has called on members of the State Department to provide additional funding to held the persecuted Christians abroad and to apply sanctions on governments that oppress the religious minorities. Reports have suggested that... More of this article »
State Department and Congress Look to Tighten Visa-Free Travel
The State Department in the U.S. has lent its support to efforts in Congress to restrict the travel to the U.S. by citizens in 38 countries who have traveled to Sudan, Iran, Iraq or Syria over the last five years. A bill was passed... More of this article »
Martin O’Malley Stays with Call For 65,000 Syrian Refugees
Martin O’Malley has stayed with his call that the U.S. accept 65,000 refugees from Syria, even as a number of Republican governors announced on Monday they would refuse to allow the refugees in their states following the deadly attacks... More of this article »
President Obama to Appeal Ruling on Immigration to Supreme Court
President Barack Obama will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for the overhaul of far reaching proportions he made of the immigration system of the country. This will set up a big battle in the highest court in the country... More of this article »
Denials Fly in Following Anonymous List of Alleged KKK Members
The Lexington, Kentucky mayor said he was not a Ku Klux Klan member. Postings by Anonymous say otherwise, but Jim Gray the Mayor said the listing was false, ridiculous and insulting. Gray, the city’s mayor is a Democrat and was responding... More of this article »
Justice Department on Same Side As Planned Parenthood
The Justice Department told a judge on Tuesday that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s decision of ousting Planned Parenthood for the Medicaid program for the state appears as if it violates federal due to denying patients with Medicaid... More of this article »
Putin Has Reportedly Spoken Twice to Obama about Global Concerns
Vladimir Putin the President of Russia sent President Barack Obama a congratulatory message for the Fourth of July and expressed his confidence that their countries could work together on different global issues that include terror... More of this article »
Univision Drops Pageant Over Comments by Donald Trump
The fledgling presidential bid by Republican Donald Trump led to quick fallout in business for him with Univision. The network said it would drop Trump’s Miss USA pageant from its network and cut all of its ties with Trump due to... More of this article »
President Obama Speaking Frankly About Gun Control Prospects
On Thursday, President Obama expressed some hope that the U.S. would eventually strengthen the laws for control. However, he was also quick to say he expected little progress during the current political environment even though there... More of this article »
Government in U.S. Hacked, Feds Believe China Behind Attack
Four million former and current federal employees for close to every government agency might have had personal information stolen by hackers from China, said federal investigators. Officials in the U.S. believe this could be the largest... More of this article »
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Same-Sex Marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court heard historic arguments starting Tuesday on the right of lesbian and gay couples to marry. Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative, is seen as having a pivotal vote on the issue. He said marriage has been understood... More of this article »
DEA Chief Stepping Down Following Controversy Over Sex Parties
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced that that Michele Leonhart the embattled chief of the Drug Enforcement Agency would step down, following the controversy over DEA agents attending sex parties. The DEA agents had been... More of this article »
President Obama Says Talks Were Fruitful and Candid with Raul Castro
United States President Barack Obama arrived back in the U.S. late Saturday just a few hours after having a face to face historic meeting with Raul Castro the President of Cuba and a first meeting ever with Nicolas Maduro the President... More of this article »
Most Voters in Swing States Support Legalizing Marijuana
The majority of voters across three important swing states support marijuana legalization, according to a Quinnipiac poll. However, it is not as if they would be smoking it, the poll showed, Just for the use by other people. The survey,... More of this article »
Russian Officials Say Opposition Leader Possibly Killed by own Members
As Boris Nemtsov supporters laid flowers on the pavement Saturday close to where the opposition leader in Russia had been fatally shot just hours earlier, authorities in Russia said an investigation was taking place with a number of... More of this article »
Pence: Obama Needs Clear Strategy on ISIS
Mike Pence the Governor of Indiana said on Sunday that the White House had not articulated a strategy that is clear for combating the militant group Islamic State. The administration, said Pence, has not yet articulated the strategy... More of this article »
Church Community is Outraged by Remarks by Obama over Crusades
President Obama made an analogy about the Crusades as an attempt to show how all religions have their extremists that make the larger number look bad. However, that does not mean Islam itself is not peaceful. The recent comments by... More of this article »
House Acting to Cut Nazi Suspects’ Benefits
People who are suspected of being Nazi war criminals would be cut off from receiving benefits of Social Security under a measure unanimously approved on Tuesday by the House of Representatives. The measure is set up to shut a big loophole... More of this article »
Vice President Biden Chided by Jewish Group
United States Vice President Joe Biden needs to be more careful during his speeches, said the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday. Biden used a term some consider to be anti-Semitic and was chided by the organization. During a conference... More of this article »
Voter ID Law Upheld by Court in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has been given the okay to enforce its new law for voter identification in the upcoming election in November, said a federal appeals court on Friday. After listening to arguments from both sides on the issue early Friday,... More of this article »
Lawmakers Tentatively Relieved By Obama Syria Plan
On Wednesday, the announcement by President Obama that drastically expands the military campaign by the U.S. against the Islamic State group of militants was met both with tentative relief as well as reservations from the Republicans. Some... More of this article »
Obama Says Islamic State will be Degraded and Destroyed
The United States said it planned to fight the militant Islamic State until it is not a force across the Middle East and will seek out justice for the murders of two American journalists, said President Barack Obama on Wednesday. Obama... More of this article »
White House Proposes New Birth Control Coverage Rules
The new rules would require that religious colleges, nonprofits, hospitals and private companies that are closely held, such as Hobby Lobby to inform the administration that they do not agree on religious grounds of paying for coverage... More of this article »