The Obama administration was forced into damage control on Thursday as officials attempted to walk back Secretary of State John Kerry’s pledge to end armed drone operations in Pakistan.
Chanting “Si, se puede” – “Yes, we can” – protesters blocked intersections and held signs asking, “GOP, Do You Want our Vote?”
Alaska’s Senators Begich and Murkowksi voted to confirm President Obama’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
The Federal Communications Commission oversees the so-called Lifeline program, created in 1984 to make sure impoverished Americans had telephone service available to call their moms, bosses, and 911.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has given a September 1st deadline to the Turkish government, to advance the Kurdish-Turk peace process, the AFP has reported.
The amount of illegal marijuana from Colorado and seized elsewhere quadrupled in the past few years, according to a report by a network of law enforcement organizations.
A strange payment rolled up to two local law offices in Southern Illinois. A truck carrying $150,000 in quarters. It was part of a protest by Roger Herrin about a court ruling in a wrongful death case.
Startling new housing data released this week could take the pep out of President Obama’s blitz of economic rallies, as they show homeownership dropping despite the push — by him and his predecessors — to prop up the market.
68-year-old Pierre-Paul Thomas was born blind and would have continued to live without vision if he hadn’t fallen down his stairs two years ago.
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting sick and tired of the NSA’s and its congressional defenders’ lies about its unconstitutional surveillance programs. Wednesday’s revelations about XKeyscore further substantiates Snowden’s claims.