President Obama said Saturday the United States should take military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons on civilians but also turned to Congress for approval — dealing a potential setback to America’s foreign policy and setting up what will likely be a hard-fought Washington debate on the issue.
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The White House will continue its push to strengthen gun control laws, even if it means targeting members of Congress who oppose its agenda, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.
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We may have all dreamt of zapping away the rainclouds when it’s damp and miserable outside. But it seems that one day, the dream could actually come true.
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Four Ronald Reagan historians have slammed the portrayal of former President Reagan in the movie “The Butler,” saying that the 40th president’s “attitudes toward race” as shown in the movie are inaccurate.
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The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $556,000 to Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine for an LGBT mental health internship program.
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A multi-million dollar project funded by the National Science Foundation is developing card games, videos and other educational programs “to engage adult learners and inform public understanding and response to climate change.”
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The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement—who oversees the nation’s second-largest federal investigative agency—may not be eligible for the permanent position under laws set up to keep politics out of the agency, according to one former high-level employee.
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An 18-month-old Georgia boy is dead after being shot in the chest with a BB gun and his father has been charged with felony murder, police say.
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Facebook, Twitter and Google have been caught snooping on messages sent across their networks, new research claims, prompting campaigners to express concerns over privacy.
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The Chicago Public Schools this year are mandating that the district’s kindergarten classes include sex education, fulfilling a proposal President Barack Obama supported in 2003 when he served in the Illinois state senate and later defended when he ran for president in the 2008 election cycle.
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that White House visitor logs for the president and most of his staff are not public information subject to disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.
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The U.S. military, struggling after defense cuts of tens of billions of dollars, will be unable to pay for attacks on Syria from current operating funds and must seek additional money from Congress, according to congressional aides.
Sen. Mark Begich stated this week at an Anchorage town hall that Obamacare will never be repealed.
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Four children, ages 7 to 14, have been forcibly taken from their Darmstadt, Germany, home by police armed with a battering ram, and their parents have been told they won’t see them again soon, all over the issue of homeschooling, according to a stunning new report from the Home School Legal Defense Association.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will officiate at a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first for a member of the nation’s highest court.
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Within three years of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown that was triggered by a tsunami in Japan in March 2011, the radioactive ocean plume resulting from the disaster will reach the shores of the United States, researchers say.
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Those who are wondering why Al Gore chose to publicly resurface in a Washington Post interview last Thursday with that paper’s ever-pliable Journalist founder Ezra Klein only need to look in three places.
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In response to what some consider over-reaching surveillance programs conducted by U.S. intelligence agencies, which have been shown to collect thousands of communications with no terror connection, a group decrying the privacy implications of these programs is turning the tables on the president.
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Here’s something worth paying attention to this Labor Day: The workweek in low-wage industries has fallen back to the historic lows seen at the depths of the recession.
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The new health care law promises all sorts of free benefits — but analysts argue nothing is ultimately free, and ObamaCare is no exception.
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A congressman and his wife have reunited two-year-old twin girls who were living in separate homes by adopting them into their own family.
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Technology firms want to be allowed to publish information about US government requests under the FISA legislation.
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President Obama Turns to Congress to OK Strike Against Syria
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsPresident Obama said Saturday the United States should take military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons on civilians but also turned to Congress for approval — dealing a potential setback to America’s foreign policy and setting up what will likely be a hard-fought Washington debate on the issue.
Biden: We’ll Target Congressmen Who Oppose Gun Control Efforts
/28 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alexandra WardThe White House will continue its push to strengthen gun control laws, even if it means targeting members of Congress who oppose its agenda, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.
Could Clouds be Zapped by Laser to Stop it Raining? Scientists to Discuss Plans to Control the Weather
/1 Comment/in Featured, The Offbeat /by NICK MCDERMOTTWe may have all dreamt of zapping away the rainclouds when it’s damp and miserable outside. But it seems that one day, the dream could actually come true.
Four Historians Take On ‘The Butler’s’ Racist Depiction of Reagan
/14 Comments/in Featured, News /by Courtney CorenFour Ronald Reagan historians have slammed the portrayal of former President Reagan in the movie “The Butler,” saying that the 40th president’s “attitudes toward race” as shown in the movie are inaccurate.
HHS Awards $556K to Train Med School Students on LGBT Mental Health Care
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Melanie HunterThe Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $556,000 to Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine for an LGBT mental health internship program.
$5.7M NSF Grant For Card Games, Videos To Teach Public About Global Warming
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alissa TabirianA multi-million dollar project funded by the National Science Foundation is developing card games, videos and other educational programs “to engage adult learners and inform public understanding and response to climate change.”
New Boss at ICE Ineligible for Job, Says Critic
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jana WinterThe acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement—who oversees the nation’s second-largest federal investigative agency—may not be eligible for the permanent position under laws set up to keep politics out of the agency, according to one former high-level employee.
Father Charged in BB Gun Shooting Death of 18-Month-Old Boy
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsAn 18-month-old Georgia boy is dead after being shot in the chest with a BB gun and his father has been charged with felony murder, police say.
NSA to Release Spying Statistics
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Brendan SassoThe Obama administration plans to release statistics that could shed light on the scope of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs.
Test Reveals Facebook, Twitter and Google Snoop on Emails’: Study of Net Giants Spurs New Privacy Concerns
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by MARTIN DELGADOFacebook, Twitter and Google have been caught snooping on messages sent across their networks, new research claims, prompting campaigners to express concerns over privacy.
Obama: Sex Ed for Kindergartners ‘Is the Right Thing to Do’
/18 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyThe Chicago Public Schools this year are mandating that the district’s kindergarten classes include sex education, fulfilling a proposal President Barack Obama supported in 2003 when he served in the Illinois state senate and later defended when he ran for president in the 2008 election cycle.
Feds Forced Churches to Get Baptism Permits
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by Todd StarnesFor as far back as anyone can remember, Missouri Baptists have gathered on river banks for Sunday afternoon baptisms.
Court: White House Visitor Logs for Obama and Most of His Staff are Confidential
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressA federal appeals court ruled Friday that White House visitor logs for the president and most of his staff are not public information subject to disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.
Pentagon Can’t Afford Syria Operation; Must Seek Additional Funds
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Bill GertzThe U.S. military, struggling after defense cuts of tens of billions of dollars, will be unable to pay for attacks on Syria from current operating funds and must seek additional money from Congress, according to congressional aides.
Sen. Mark Begich Vows Obamacare Will Never Be Repealed (+video)
/6 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Randy DeSotoSen. Mark Begich stated this week at an Anchorage town hall that Obamacare will never be repealed.
Police Storm Homeschool Class, Take Children by Force
/5 Comments/in Featured, International /by Bob UnruhFour children, ages 7 to 14, have been forcibly taken from their Darmstadt, Germany, home by police armed with a battering ram, and their parents have been told they won’t see them again soon, all over the issue of homeschooling, according to a stunning new report from the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Justice Ginsburg to Officiate at Same-Sex Wedding
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by BRETT ZONGKERSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will officiate at a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first for a member of the nation’s highest court.
Ocean Plume from Japan Nuke Disaster Will Reach U.S. by 2014
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Mary Elizabeth DallasWithin three years of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown that was triggered by a tsunami in Japan in March 2011, the radioactive ocean plume resulting from the disaster will reach the shores of the United States, researchers say.
Al Gore’s Global Warming Desperation
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tom BlumerThose who are wondering why Al Gore chose to publicly resurface in a Washington Post interview last Thursday with that paper’s ever-pliable Journalist founder Ezra Klein only need to look in three places.
Turning the Tables? Group Challenges Domestic Surveillance by Tracking Obama
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Liz KlimasIn response to what some consider over-reaching surveillance programs conducted by U.S. intelligence agencies, which have been shown to collect thousands of communications with no terror connection, a group decrying the privacy implications of these programs is turning the tables on the president.
ObamaCare Cuts Low-Wage Workweek Near Record Low
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jed GrahamHere’s something worth paying attention to this Labor Day: The workweek in low-wage industries has fallen back to the historic lows seen at the depths of the recession.
‘Free’ Benefits in ObamaCare Come with Hidden Costs
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jim AngleThe new health care law promises all sorts of free benefits — but analysts argue nothing is ultimately free, and ObamaCare is no exception.
‘The Bond Between Them is Amazing’: Congressman and his Wife Reunite Two-Year-Old Twin Girls who were Separated at Birth by Adopting Them
/3 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by MARGOT PEPPERSA congressman and his wife have reunited two-year-old twin girls who were living in separate homes by adopting them into their own family.
Microsoft and Google to Sue Over US Surveillance Requests
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Rory CarrollTechnology firms want to be allowed to publish information about US government requests under the FISA legislation.
Dunkin’ Donuts Apologises for ‘Bizarre and Racist’ Thai Advert
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Adam GabbattPoster to promote new ‘charcoal donut’ featured Thailand chief executive’s daughter in ‘blackface’ make-up.