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High Court Faces Highly Charged Issues in New Term
The Supreme Court justices who raised political storms in the last few years with controversial landmark decisions face no shortage of opportunities to do the same in the new...
Afghan Insider Attack Puts U.S. Death Toll at 2,000
Another killing of an American serviceman by allied Afghan soldiers Sunday brought the death toll of American military personnel to 2,000, and caused a top U.S. general to say...
Rep. Kay Granger Puts Hold on Aid to Egypt
The Obama administration's plans to release $450 million in U.S. aid to Egypt have been put on hold by a member of Congress who insists the relationship between the...
Netanyahu Warns of “Medieval Forces of Radical Islam”
Describing the conflicts in the Middle East as "the clash between modernity and medievalism," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against "the medieval forces of radical Islam" in his address at...
Court Gives TSA Another Six Months to Hold Hearings on Nude Body Scanners
A federal appeals court has given the Transportation Security Administration another six months to comply with the court's 14-month-old order to "promptly" hold public hearings on the use of...
GOP Senate Campaign Committee Now Endorses Akin in Missouri Race
The National Republican Senatorial Committee stated September 26 that it will support Rep. Todd Akin in the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, but did not say whether the committee...
U.S. Troops Deployed in Iraq Again
A unit of U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers was recently deployed to Iraq and more American soldiers may soon be on their way, according to a New York Times report. ...
Obama: U.S. to “Do What We Must” to Keep Nukes From Iran
Repeating a hard-line opposition to Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama promised the General Assembly of the United Nations Tuesday that "the United States will do what we must...
At UN, Obama Declares Progress Toward “True Democracy”
President Barack Obama told the General Assembly of the United Nations September 25, the world is in "a season of progress" toward "true democracy." ...
McCain Wants Faster Withdrawal as Option in Afghanistan
Things are going so badly in the war in Afghanistan that even John McCain, one of the Senate's foremost hawks, has said an accelerated withdrawal of American forces has...
Poll: 64 Percent Believe Americans Too Dependent on Government Aid
A Rasmussen Reports released Thursday says 64 percent of American adults believe too many Americans are dependent on the government for financial aid. The survey was conducted by Pulse...
High Court Will Rule on Gay “Marriage,” Ginsburg Predicts
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle the issue of same-sex marriage some time during the next term, which will begin next...
U.S., Coalition Suspend Joint Operations With Afghan Troops
The American-led military coalition in Afghanistan has temporarily suspended joint operations with Afghan forces, due to a recent surge in the number of U.S. and NATO soldiers killed and...
U.S., U.K. Lead 25-Nation Armada in Persian Gulf
The United States and Great Britain are leading an armada of cruisers, aircraft carriers, and mine sweepers from 25 countries for 12 days of the largest exercise of "war...
The “Living Document,” Buried Alive
The Constitution may still be living, but it has been buried alive by deceit and sophistry. It may take archaeological tools to unearth the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and resurrect...