Greeks Vote in Election Seen as Referendum on Austerity
ATHENS — Greeks streamed to the polls on Sunday in a pivotal election that was expected to usher in the first anti-austerity government in Europe, reflecting years of economic hardship,…
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Greek Election Begins With Strong Showing For Leftist Party
Greece voted Sunday in an early general election that could alter the course of the country’s struggle with crippling debts, with a radical left party poised to win by promising…
Greeks vote in election that could lead to showdown over bailout
The left-wing party Syriza, which has vowed to renegotiate the terms of Greece’s multibillion-euro bailout if it wins, has been leading in opinion polls going into the vote. The party’s…
Conservatives At Iowa Freedom Summit Would Rather Not Talk About Gay Marriage
DES MOINES, Iowa — Many topics animated GOP officials, activists and operatives that gathered at Saturday’s Iowa Freedom Summit, which marked the unofficial start of the 2016 presidential primary. But…
Greek Leftists Syriza Aim For Historic Election Win
ATHENS, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Greeks vote on Sunday in a historic election expected to bring in a government led by the leftwing Syriza party, which has promised to take…
Shaimaa El-Sabagh Shot Dead At Leftist Party March In Cairo
A Egyptian political party statement says a female protester was shot dead by police at a march in downtown Cairo. – The death comes during a sweeping government crackdown on…
Former Party Official Says Spain’s Leader Knew of Slush Fund
MADRID — The former treasurer at the heart of a slush-fund scandal that has undermined Spain’s governing Popular Party accused Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday of knowing “from the…
After an Anxiety-Filled Campaign, Greek Voters Consider a Turn to the Left
GLYFADA, Greece — Katerina Georgiou, 64, who used to own a private school, says that she will probably act out of fear when she decides who to vote for in…
GOP May Abolish Supreme Court Filibusters
a move that could yield big rewards for whichever party controls the White House and Senate after 2016. Read the whole story at POLITICO
What Greece’s Election Means For The Rest Of The World
Greece will vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday, nearly one month after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was forced to call a snap vote after parliament failed to agree on a…
Millennials Descend On Lawmaker’s Office To Complain About Abortion Bill, Get Directions To Bar
WASHINGTON — A group of anti-abortion millennials showed up at Rep. Renee Ellmers’ office Thursday afternoon to tell her how angry they were that she helped sink a bill that…
Massive Crowd For Syriza’s Final Rally Ahead Of Greek Elections
Greek opposition party Syriza held its final campaign rally in Athens on Thursday, three days before the country heads to the polls in crucial elections. Tens of thousands of people…
Lauren Conrad’s Wedding Throwback Photo Is Nothing Short Of Lovely
Throwback Thursday is the perfect time to reminisce about life’s happiest moments. – “She was one of the most dazzling brides I’ve ever seen. The gown was so spectacular, [and]…
Ex-Lawmaker’s Sentence for Encouraging Revolt Is Upheld in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a nine-year prison sentence for a former lawmaker who was convicted of encouraging followers to take up arms to…
Romney And Jeb Bush To Meet, Raising Speculation On Presidential Race
Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are scheduled to meet privately in Utah this week, raising the possibility that the two former governors will find a way to avoid competing presidential…
Cards Against Humanity with members of Congress…This is real.
Well, that’s what we did. If you haven’t played, Cards Against Humanity is commonly known as the “party game for horrible people” where players have to answer questions with a…
Personal stories, fewer new policies: Obama to deliver new kind of State of the Union
“The President was tired of the old approach” of delivering a long laundry list of ideas, said one key Democratic party source who was briefed on the latest draft of…
Alison Lundergan Grimes To Pursue Statewide Office
Democrats may not have to say goodbye to 2014 sweetheart Alison Lundergan Grimes just yet. – Grimes has served as secretary of state since January 2012. If she runs for…
Brown Blames Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity For Date-Rape Drug Party
Brown University has removed the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity from campus for at least four years for hosting an unregistered party where attendees said they’d been slipped date-rape drugs. The…
Teen With Autism Who Has A Passion For Vacuums Gets Ultimate Birthday Surprise: A Kirby
This teen’s birthday surprise led to tears of joy. Dylan Johnson, who has autism, has had an appreciation for vacuum cleaners since he was 2 years old, according to Today.com….
Alex Nash, 5, Gets $24 Bill From Friend’s Parents For Missing Birthday Party
A 5-year-old boy in Plymouth, England, was given a $24 invoice for missing a friend’s birthday party in an unusual dispute that appears to be heading to court. Alex Nash…
Joni Ernst to brave State of the Union rebuttal
Joni Ernst, the Republican Party’s latest rising star in the Senate, will do just that Tuesday, tapped by the GOP to deliver the rebuttal to Obama’s State of the Union…
France’s President Hollande Gets Poll Rebound After Paris Attacks
By Mark John PARIS, Jan 19 (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande saw a spectacular revival in his dismal popularity ratings on Monday as two major surveys showed French voters applauding…
Nawaz Sharif Fast Facts
Birth Place: Lahore, Pakistan Marriage: Kulsoom Sharif Children: four Education: Government College Lahore; Punjab University Law College, Law degree, Lahore, Pakistan Timeline:1977 – Opens Ittefaq Industries, a family business involved…
Cosby denies assaulting woman at Playboy Mansion in 2008
“On Wednesday, Chloe Goins and her attorney publicly accused Bill Cosby of assaulting Ms. Goins in 2008 at the ‘Midsummer Night’s Party’ held at the Playboy Mansion in California,” the…
Christie says family can’t veto 2016 decision
He added, however, what his family thinks about the prospect “matters deeply to me.” “And just as importantly, what the potential impact would be on each and every one of…
Why Mitt Romney wants in on 2016
What a difference a few months makes. Now, multiple sources inside the Romney bubble tell me (and everyone else) that they “bet” that he gets in the race. And we…
Republicans will have to spin struggling state economies in 2016
That comes in contrast to an increasingly rosy economic picture nationally, with a strong December jobs report that capped off the best year in terms of economic growth for the…
From cleavage to corruption, Xi tightens grip on China in 2015
Xiwho also heads the ruling Communist Party as well as the world’s largest standing armypromised deeper reform and the rule of law in the coming year, comparing them to “a…
Ryan says no to presidential bid
Romney vs. Bush: The establishment match-up “It’s clear our country needs a change in direction. And our party has a responsibility to offer a real alternative. So I’m going to…