Last week, U.S. Senator Rand Paul signaled his intention to bring back up one of his father's failed pet legislative issues: auditing the Federal Reserve System (the
Last week, the Utah House reignited the capital punishment controversy by approving a measure to bring back the firing squad as a legal form of execution in response to growing
The Obama administration opened a three-day summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) at the White House on Wednesday, inviting local, federal, and international leaders to discuss methods of combating domestic
“History has shown that it is not good for a Democracy when the executive branch has sweeping surveillance powers.” –Andrew Crocker, EFF
Since 2002, over 40 cases have been brought
A few weeks ago, the media buzzed with pictures of Queen Rania of Jordan consoling the wife of the
Jordanian pilot who had been executed by the Islamic State.
Jordan
President Obama is widely expected to veto the Keystone XL legislation that has passed both houses of Congress this past week in its reconciled form.
It is also anticipated that
When we think of judicial activism or so-called "legislating from the bench," we typically think of this being a modern phenomenon complete with the modern rhetoric of judges
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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) says House Republicans have won the fight over DHS funding and ending the president's
The McKinsey Global Institute released a new study examining the growing world debt and warns of increased risks to worldwide financial stability.
According to the report, total world debt --
When it comes to technology and data, the Democratic Party is far ahead of the game. Just think back to the 2008 presidential election, when Obama’s digital team, comprised
In a somewhat rare admission of negative news, the
People's Daily News acknowledged the newly-elected Greek government's reversal on the privatization of several ports in the
