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Obama Administration Warns U.K. of Economic Loss if it Exits EU
The Obama administration has warned British officials that if the U.K. leaves the European Union, it will exclude itself from the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which...
Minnesota Approves Same-sex Marriage
The state Senate of Minnesota voted 37 to 30 on May 13 to allow same-sex marriages, following earlier passage of the legislation by the state’s House of Representatives on...
Afghanistan Watchdog Says Officials Blocking His Reports
John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), said in a speech delivered to the New America Foundation on May 8 that government “bureaucrats” have told him...
Calif. Assembly Passes Bill to Allow Non-citizens to Serve on Juries
California’s Assembly passed a bill on April 25 that would permit non-U.S. citizens to serve on juries. If the bill, AB1401, passes the Senate and is signed into law...
Poll Respondents Against U.S. Involvement in Syria, N. Korea
Responding to a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted from April 24-28, only 24 percent of those polled said that the United States has a responsibility to do something...
Britain Sentences Bomb Plotters Who Had “Blessing of Al Qaeda”
Irfan Naseer, the leader of a terrorist suicide bomb plot from Birmingham, England, was sentenced to life imprisonment on April 26, with several of his co-conspirators receiving lesser sentences. ...
Visits to Japan’s War Memorial Shrine Irk Asian Neighbors
Visits made by several members of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo this past weekend proved to be highly controversial this week, as...
Sen. Graham Would Still Try Boston Bomb Suspect as “Enemy Combatant”
In a joint statement issued as a press release on April 19, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) stated that “The least of our worries is a...
Canadian Police Foil Al-Qaeda-linked Train Plot
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) spokesman told reporters in Toronto on April 22 that the RCMP had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area...
Russian FSB Reportedly Contacted FBI About Tamerlan Tsarnaev
The FSB — Russia’s primary domestic security agency and successor to the old Soviet KGB — informed the FBI in early 2011 that it had information indicating that Tamerlan...
Conservatives in Congress Slam Immigration Bill of “Gang of Eight”
Conservative members of Congress, including Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R.-Ala.), have expressed sharp criticism of the 844-page immigration bill filed on the Senate floor on...
Fertilizer Plant Explosion Devastates Texas Town
At approximately 7:50 pm on April 17, a massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. plant in the small town of West, Texas, left an estimated five to 15...
Kerry Says Nuclear North Korea “Will Not Be Accepted”
During a visit to South Korea on April 12, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the United States will conduct talks with North Korea only if Pyongyang demonstrates...
Rallies Push for Senate Action on Immigration Legislation
Thousands of supporters of immigration reform gathered in Washington, D.C., on April 10, with the main event of the day being the Citizenship for 11 Million rally held on...
Coptic Christians Under Siege at Egyptian Cathedral
Hundreds of Christians were under siege inside St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo on the night of April 8, as security forces and local residents launched a prolonged...