According to sources, Iranian authorities fear that opening the site from the outside in a rescue mission could possibly release radiation and uranium gas or cause further explosions, which could contaminate thousands of people living nearby.
Congress, emboldened by the public outrage over the Sandy Hook Elementary atrocity, has escalated its forcible citizen disarmament campaign to a historically unprecedented pitch.
If Senator John McCain was hoping to set his amnesty plan up for success, he may have just done the opposite.
Obama didn’t just mischaracterize the public mood on the issue of gun control; he threw in an additional allegation of political corruption against Republicans.
“The message of the left is a message of dependence. … I remain convinced the most significant, long-lasting legacy of Barack Obama is going to be a generation of leaders in the Republican Party,” Cruz said.
The decision would be a dramatic change in Scout policy. In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Boy Scouts of America v Dale, ruled that the group had the constitutional right to “freedom of association.”
Sessions suggested that the U.S. should adopt some Canadian immigration policies, including the country’s preference for potential immigrants that speak its native language or possess advanced education and skills.
The reports come as sanctions against the country are tightened against the backdrop of angry rhetoric over missile testing.
Attempts to move the prisoners were hampered by congressional efforts to impose restrictions on where they could be resettled, and many foreign governments proved hesitant to accept the transfers.
This is reportedly the first time a Secret Service dog died in this type of accident.