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U.S. to Open Facilities in Middle East to Speed Up Processing of Syrian Refugees
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Danna Van Brand said in a November 6 statement that the United States plans to open a refugee settlement processing center in Erbil, Iraq, before the...
White House Backs Changing Civil Rights Act to Ban LGBT Discrimination
Answering a question posed by a reporter at a press briefing on November 10, White House Press Secretary Josh Ernest confirmed that “the administration strongly supports the Equality Act”...
Refugee Crisis Prompts Sweden to Introduce Border Controls
The Swedish government announced on November 11 that it would reintroduce border controls to stem the uncontrolled flow of migrants entering the Scandinavian nation. Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven...
Judge Calls NSA Phone Data Collection Unconstitutional
Judge Richard J. Leon of United States District Court for the District of Columbia, delivering a ruling on November 9, blocked the National Security Agency’s (NSA) program that collects...
Appeals Court Upholds Judge’s Injunction Against Obama Amnesty for Illegals
In a split, two-to-one decision on November 9, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, upheld U.S. District Judge Andrew...
New York Attorney General Goes After Exxon Mobil on Climate-change Stance
The attorney general of New York, Eric Schneiderman, subpoenaed Exxon Mobil Corporation on November 4, in an attempt to uncover evidence that the energy giant misled the public and...
Jump in FBI Gun Background Checks Indicates Rising Gun Sales
Statistics for NICS firearm background checks reported by the FBI on its website indicate that the system initiated 1,795,102 such checks in September, setting a record for that month....
Percentage of Americans Taking Multiple Prescription Drugs Rises
A research report published November 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) revealed that over a 13-year period, there was a significant increase in overall use...
After Obama Signed Debt Limit Bill, Debt Rose $339B on Same Day
On November 2, the day President Obama signed a bill suspending the federal government’s $18.1-trillion debt limit until March 15, 2017, the total national debt jumped $339 billion. ...
Obama Administration Planning to Circumvent Judge’s Order Against Amnesty
A recently leaked internal DHS memorandum has revealed that the Obama administration is planning to circumvent U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s February 16 injunction that blocked President Obama’s executive...
Obama Signs Budget Bill With Unlimited Debt Limit
On November 2, President Obama signed a budget bill into law that increases spending by more than $100 billion and suspends the $18.1 trillion debt limit until 2017. ...
Russian Media, Putin, Make “Climate Change” a Low Priority
“Climate change” is not a major talking point in the Russian media. Furthermore, notes a Reuters report published by the New York Times on October 29, Russian news professionals...
Neocon Senate Republicans Join Democrats to Pass Mammoth Budget
On October 30, the Republican–controlled Senate voted 64 to 35 to pass the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which began its life in the Republican-controlled House as H.R. 1314. The...
Journalists Say U.S. Boots on Ground in Iraq Is Not New Action
In our October 28 report, we quoted testimony from Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter before the Senate Armed Services Committee on October 27, that the United States will begin...
Defense Secretary: U.S. Will Begin “Direct Action on the Ground” in Iraq, Syria
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on October 27, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said that the United States will begin “direct action on the ground” against...