Highlights From Obama’s 2015 State Of The Union Address
President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday. In case you missed it, we mashed up all the best parts of Obama’s speech into one handy…
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In full 2016 mode, Rand Paul starts New Hampshire blitz
It’s his first time to the Granite State since he made a two-day swing in October to campaign for Scott Brown, and his fifth visit to the state in the…
Can Hillary Clinton step out of Bill’s NAFTA shadow?
Driving their anger: The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive new pact that that would usurp the Clinton-era North American Free Trade Agreement’s place as the biggest-ever free trade agreement. President Barack…
Obama would veto GOP immigration bill
“We’ve made clear, dating back to last fall, that the President would oppose any legislative effort to undermine the executive actions that he took to add greater accountability to our…
Student-athlete? Fans buying only the latter part of the term, poll says
For the rest, their futures lie elsewhere, and while most of the players taking the field Monday are on scholarship and all of them were given an opportunity for an…
Get ready for more treachery in ‘House of Cards’ season 3
But there’s a reason the show is called “House of Cards.” Even as newly sworn President Underwood, his grip on power will no doubt remain precarious. – Netflix will release…
Nine days later, bodies still litter bushes from Boko Haram’s ‘deadliest’ massacre
As terrified villagers scattered into the bush in Baga town and surrounding villages, the gunmen unloaded motorcycles from their truck and chased after them. Residents hid under scant brush. Bullets…
‘Je suis Charlie,’ at least for now
Uphold the right to universal free speech. Je suis Charlie. On Sunday, a perplexingly awesome mash-up of world leaders — from French President Francois Hollande to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud…
2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts
February 12, 2011 – Riot police outnumber anti-government protesters in Algiers and quickly disperse the demonstration. February 22, 2011 – The Algerian government announces an end to the state of…
Two years of free community college makes sense
Before you dismiss President Obama’s proposal of two years of free community college as frivolous government spending, let me toss a number out at you: 500%. That’s roughly how much…
Scary world could give GOP a foreign policy opening
Even before terrorists killed 12 people at a Paris magazine this week, Republicans were fine-tuning an assault on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy as timid and naive, and stumbling everywhere…
Egypt’s President calls for a ‘religious revolution’
In a speech celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muḥammad, which coincided with New Year’s Day, he said they had no time to lose. “I say and repeat, again, that…
Listen up Beijing. This is what you can learn from Los Angeles about fighting smog
For years China has been the envy of the world, hailed as the great ‘economic miracle’ thanks to its sustained double-digit growth. Of late, however, the Middle Kingdom has also…
2014 in White House Photos
The White House released its “Year in Photographs” on Tuesday. Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza’s sixth annual roundup of 2014’s memorable “behind-the-scenes” moments captured by official White House photographers…
North Korea did it: FBI not budging on Sony hack culprit
FBI officials and data scientists with the U.S. cybersecurity firm Norse met Monday in St. Louis, according to Norse Vice President Kurt Stammberger and an FBI source. During the three-hour…
Princess Haya: Equestrian’s Olympic savior moving on
One of very few women to occupy such a prominent position within the Olympic movement, Haya is the subject of a warm, impromptu tribute from Pearson. “She’s brought inclusion from…
1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts
November 22, 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates President John F. Kennedy. November 27, 1963 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking before a Joint Session of Congress, says, “No memorial…