In a proclamation marking Columbus Day issued by the White House last weekend, Obama said that while the federal holiday recognizes the accomplishments of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the New World, it is marred by mistreatment of indigenous people.
Surprising many across the state, the increasingly liberal Governor declared the new name as Alaska’s Federation of Natives met in Anchorage yesterday. Citing the United Nations, he explained why.
Ben Carson has weighed in on whether the world is coming to an end.
Hillary Clinton faces heavy pressure during the first Democratic presidential debate today to outperform primary rivals cutting into her lead and perhaps keep her biggest potential challenger on the sidelines.
Paul Ryan has made it abundantly clear he does not want to be speaker of the House. He enjoys the wonkery that comes with being Ways and Means chairman and believes he’d lose that as ringleader of the unwieldy Republican Conference.
Amid the ornate walls of Damascus’ famed Omayyad Mosque, preacher Maamoun Rahmeh stood before worshippers last week, declaring Russian President Vladimir Putin a “giant and beloved leader” who has “destroyed the myth of the self-aggrandizing America.”
The reaction to the shooting stands in stark contrast to the reaction to the U.S. military’s bombing of an Afghanistan hospital run by the international humanitarian (and Nobel Peace Prize winning) group Doctors Without Borders.
Obama says that Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to conduct her correspondence while secretary of state was a “mistake,” but blamed this on the outcry from it.
A gathering of world Roman Catholic bishops was thrown into confusion yesterday with the leak of a letter from conservative cardinals to Pope Francis bitterly complaining that the meeting was stacked against them.
It must be tough being the child of Bill and Hillary Clinton.