- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comWarnings about Labour, and namechecking Ed Miliband on No 10’s doorstep, should be replaced with FDR-style positive campaigning, say party members Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CBC | Politics NewsFormer Manitoba Conservative MP Vic Toews has lost his counter-complaint against NDP MP Pat Martin, who prompted a conflict-of-interest investigation over Toews's lobbying work.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsBritish politics has never seen anything like it. For the first time in history, seven party leaders will line up on national television in a live election television debate just weeks before the election. Here we look at what will happe...
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- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comThe 2015 election campaigns are under way , and it’s clear that doing or saying unintelligent things are no barrier to political success. Unfortunately, there are several psychological mechanisms that lead to apparent idiots being electe...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsDon't fall for the SNP leader's charm - she only cares about destroying the Union, writes Graeme Archer
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsElection 2015: Seven party leaders prepare to go head to head in tonight's live debate on ITV in front of an expected audience of millions
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe Justice Department handed down a formal indictment of the senator Wednesday
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsAssembly members' expenses in Northern Ireland are to be cut by up to £3,000 each.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsThe Conservatives step up their campaign, as Samantha Cameron visits a school in Kent and the Chancellor tours friendly business in the north and midlands
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest NewsWINNIPEG - The federal minister of aboriginal affairs has announced a one-year agreement that provides the Canadian Red Cross with $780,000 to provide evacuation services for First Nation communities in Manitoba. Bernard Valcourt says th...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top StoriesThe firm's bio of Tony Rodham is vague about his business expertise but explicit about his political ties.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington Post“Arizona becomes the first state in the nation to enact an informed consent provision that guarantees women who are seeking abortions are told it may be possible to reverse the effects of the abortion pill, but time is of the essence.”Re...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsState laws seen as discriminatory against gay couples have laid bare and intensified fissures between social conservatives and the pro-business wing of the party.
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- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesAt stake in Nigeria's presidential election this week was more than the future of the country's fragile democracy. From a U.S. perspective, the future of already strained relations with a key player in the battle against Islamic militant...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top Stories"Prosecutors at the Justice Department don't know the difference between friendship and corruption," said Menendez.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics - latimes.com
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comNUT members want a tougher line on reforming Ofsted along with clearer policies on school funding, according to their leader, Christine Blower Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsJim Murphy publishes figures showing more than 100,000 homes in the south-east and London would pay Labour's mansion tax compared to fewer than 900 in Scotland.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest NewsMIAMI - Miami police are saying little about an apparent drug deal gone bad that left a 17-year-old son of the Canadian consul dead and her 15-year-old son facing serious charges. Jean Wabafiyebazu was killed Monday after the boys report...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsA YouTube parody video of David Cameron making a witty put down at PMQs has gone viral.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comWith the leaders’ only televised head-to-head hours away, Ed Miliband is getting into his stride, David Cameron is predicting chaos and Nigel Farage is swotting Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comArchitect of a fairer society or deluded usurper? This account of the Labour leader gives both sides of a man who could still be king Continue reading...
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- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsThe leaders of seven political parties gear up for a live, two-hour televised general election debate later.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesUPDATE 11:05 p.m. EDT: The death toll in the sinking of the Dalniy Vostok has increased to 54, according to Russia's RIA Novosti, which cites emergency rescue and recovery sources heading the response. At least 63 survivors were rescued,...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comEver since Salisbury ministers have harassed public servants and voters alike with relentless, ego-driven reform Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsMigrationWatch UK says a potential Labour-SNP coalition after the election would create a 'back door' for immigrants
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comJeb Bush appeared to modify his public comments about Indiana’s “religious freedom” law on Wednesday in a closed-door Silicon Valley fund-raiser, telling a small group of potential supporters that a “consensus-oriented” approach would ha...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesIsrael has tested a new missile defense system developed in partnership with the United States. The system, which met all its objectives in recently conducted live interception tests, is expected to be deployed in 2016, U.S. and Israeli ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesRepublican Sen. Ted Cruz has shattered his fundraising goals for his presidential campaign set for its first week, raising $4 million in the eight days since he declared his candidacy for the 2016 GOP nomination. “Often you have an estab...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsExplore a map of constituency polling in the run-up to the 2015 general election.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comAn Indiana pizzeria under fire for saying it would refuse to cater a gay wedding shut down on Wednesday after its owners said they received threatening messages. However, a GoFundMe page set up for Memories Pizza in Walkerton has raised ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comCameron and Miliband have already faced Paxman; on Thursday evening all seven party leaders will take part in the biggest television debate so far Continue reading...
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- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsOnly 20 peers have ever resigned - and Lord Ashcroft is the latest. Others should feel able to do the honourable thing, says Frances D'Souza
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comCan our leaders do a Birgitte Nyborg and woo voters in a seven-way, Scandi-style extravaganza? Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from stories: PoliticsA bodacious announcement, monumental follow-up speeches and relentless campaigning appear to have paid off for Sen. Ted Cruz . He's got "big momentum," according to Tom Jensen , director of Public Policy Polling, which gauged the outcome...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsGov. Asa Hutchinson says he will not yet sign a law similar to Indiana's.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsWelsh political parties argue over who best represents Wales' interests, ahead of a televised leaders' election debate.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsBack home in Nevada, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid is known as the "one phone call guy" -- so powerful that anyone who wants anything done for someone, or to someone, only has to make one phone call -- to Reid -- to make it happen.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesAustralian authorities have launched an investigation into a primary school in Canberra for allegedly locking up an autistic child inside a cage-like structure, local reports said. The 10-year-old boy was reportedly put inside the two-by...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from stories: PoliticsRepublican presidential hopefuls are united in blasting President Obama for his chaotic enforcement of marijuana laws, but the unity quickly breaks down when they are asked how they would handle things if they were in the White House. So...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsConference to begin deliberations Thursday morning.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsThe ambulance service in Wales is not improving quickly enough, a cross-party committee of AMs warns.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsWith foreign ministers in Switzerland scrambling to cobble together a framework agreement to roll back Iran's nuclear program, the White House is readying the next phase of any deal -- selling it to the American public.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PoliticsBarclays analysts have laid out how they expect different potential governments and coalitions to behave after the UK election on May 7. They've broken it down by the chances of government instability, regulation, austerity, ring-fencing...
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- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from RIA NovostiTuesday marks the last day of talks between P5+1 and Iran on Tehran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as the deadline for the sides to work out a framework for the agreement.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from RedState
The activist Left has given us ample evidence over the last several months that the narrative is more important than the truth, and all but confirms this in his latest interview. Reid, if you will remember, said the following from the Se... - Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedUkip leader Nigel Farage says he wants to return to a time when children played football in the streets in the evening. But what is stopping them playing there now?
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedAs if lining its display case with glistening slabs of crimson tuna and pearly white scallops wasn't enough of an irresistible lure, the tastemakers calling the shots at The District Fishwife are not afraid to reel in folks with the into...
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RedState
I’ll used this opening graf from the Houston Chronicle because it says it all: No drugs or would-be immigrants were hidden in the sedan that rolled up to a Border Patrol checkpoint on a Southern California highway last week, but wi... - Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedSCOTTISH Labour has unveiled a plan to end the need for food banks, as figures show more than 60 children a day are relying on food hand-outs.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Foreign Policy JournalAndrew Cockburn has written a must-read book. The title is Kill Chain: The Rise Of The High-Tech Assassins. The article How The US Government and US Military Became Murder, Inc. was originally published at Foreign Policy Journal .
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsLabour attacks the Conservatives' spending plans by claiming a Tory government could see the closure of 1,000 Sure Start centres.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from RedStateThree Hundred Republicans asked the United States Supreme Court to impose gay marriage on the United States. They filed a brief in the Court asking for that to happen. The list reads like a who’s who of political consultants and pu...
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedOn a sunny Tuesday afternoon, 26 bikers in green jerseys turned off of First Street and headed straight toward the Capitol Dome.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedWhen Speaker John A. Boehner announced he would lead a congressional delegation to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, many believed it was another effort to undermine the efforts of President Barack Obama's administrati...
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsArkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told state lawmakers Wednesday they should either amend or recall a bill that's dubbed a "religious freedom" measure.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedDistrict of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an executive order Tuesday prohibiting D.C. officials and employees from approving official travel to Indiana in response to the state's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedUpdated, 7:25 p.m. | After months of rumor and speculation, Sen. Robert Menendez has finally been indicted on corruption charges.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsAs the leaders prepare for a seven-way live debate, the latest poll sees the Tories get 36%, compared to 34% for Labour.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political News31 March 2015 BEIRUT: Signs of a new crack within Lebanon's Cabinet emerged Monday with a Hezbollah minister criticizing premier Tammam Salam's speech at the annual Arab League summit, arguing it justified the "aggression on Yemen and it...
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedBy Ken McEldowney
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedWhen the clock struck noon on April 22, 1889, approximately 50,000 people raced to claim settlements across 2 million open acres comprising present-day Oklahoma. By the time the sun set that evening, the population of Oklahoma City had g...
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsAt issue is whether the former IRS official waived her Fifth Amendment rights when she made an opening statement proclaiming her innocence over the agency's targeting of conservative groups.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedNegotiating tight spots, a source maintains, isn't the only thing Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has trouble with when she's behind the wheel.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedUkip says a proposed British referendum on membership of the European Union should not be extended to 16 and 17-year-olds because of heavily funded pro-EU "propaganda".
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from RedState
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The RFRA. It’s caused more people to freak out in the last 24 hours than the ebola crisis could have ever dreamed. The party of extreme fear-mongering has declared the new law in Indiana as a ... - Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Foreign Policy JournalHave the Americans actually embraced the pluralism that exists within their country, or is xenophobia and racism the norm in their society? The article Islamophobia in the USA: The Case of the Arabic Language was originally published at ...
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedCharles E. Schumer said last week he had the votes to be the next Senate Democratic leader. By Tuesday, it was clear the New York lawmaker's colleagues had united behind his bid for the post.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedHe may (again) be done punching a clock under the Dome. But boomerang staffer Shane Skelton remains in awe of what he's seen and done while working in the legislative branch.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsWhen the first Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed in 1993, the vote in Congress was nearly unanimous. We examine how religious freedom laws have become so controversial.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedIt's not only the season's most consequential political event, but also a rare local election with a big rooting interest on the Hill. Voters in the nation's third-biggest city are deciding next week if they still want to be led by a one...
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsEd Miliband hits back with a letter from business chiefs and minimum-wage workers, all backing Labour's economic plan.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedBack in 2010 during my first stint at Roll Call, I suggested creating a "tear tally" to track how often Speaker John A. Boehner needs to pull out a hankie. Not to make fun of him, of course, but to use data to remind our readers that we ...
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedReligious activist Rita Warren will not allow House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul D. Irving -- or anyone else, for that matter -- dictate how or when she carries out her business on the Capitol grounds this Easter.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedFormer Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is seriously considering a run for Congress in New Hampshire's 1st District in 2016 -- setting up the possibility of yet another House rematch this cycle.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsA top Republican senator charged that Hillary Clinton "probably" broke the law with her use of private emails as secretary of state. But it's not likely to be so clear.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from RedState
Alyssa Marino of ABC 57 in South Bend, IN, went into Memories Pizza, a Christian owned business twenty miles from South Bend. The pizza restaurant owner defended the state’s RFRA law. Though the owner made clear that they would gla... - Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RedStateOn today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Allysen Efferson are joined by William Gairdner to discuss his new book, the issues that divide Liberals and Conservatives and if we can ever get along. The post The Great Libera...
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsEd Miliband says he will outlaw the "exploitative" contracts where workers are at company's "beck and call" but have no security.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedTwo longtime allies released statements of support within minutes of New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez's 14-count federal indictment announcement on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RedStateEd Schultz had the Heritage Foundation’s Ryan Anderson on this evening. Bear in mind that Ed started the segment off angry and determined to bite someone’s head off and, well, Mr. Anderson was rude enough to continue to try a...
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsCriminal charges against former Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Willis W. Berry Jr. should be dismissed, his attorney argued in court Monday, as the judge's case headed toward an April 13 trial.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RedState
If I were a psychiatrist, what I’m about to tell you would cost me my license to practice. Howard Brush Dean is not completely, bit-flipped, bat-feces. Ok, ok, let me walk that controversial statement back a pace and qualify things. Comp... - Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from RedState
The Daily Show plays an important religious role in Post-modern America. It is the temple in which American Progressives echo the prayers of the Iranian Mullahs calling out “Death to America.” When Jon Stewart stepped down to enjoy the l... - Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedA prominent Republican pollster sounded warning bells about the shifting demographics of the American electorate at a breakfast with reporters Tuesday morning, saying his party must be more inclusive of minority voters if it wants to win...
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsChildren are exposed to too much pro-European education material and should not be allowed to vote in an EU referendum, says UKIP.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsIt was billed as a conversation with the mayoral candidates - and the discussion wandered far and wide Monday night.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from RedState
Stick a fork in Mike Pence’s hopes of running for president. He’s done. Having done the right thing by protecting the religious freedom of the people of Indiana, he’s now negotiating a surrender. What is more troubling... - Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from All News RSS FeedThere are plenty of reasons to believe Jeb Bush, the former two-term governor of Florida, son of a former president and brother of a former president, cannot win the 2016 Republican nomination.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedCol. John Graham Keliher, an Army veteran, former Hill staffer and Department of Energy employee, died on March 7. He was 82.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsSky's Jon Craig looks at what the seven political party leaders stand to gain - and lose - from the two-hour live TV debate.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe Justice Department indictment alleges that Sen. Robert Menendez abused his office to benefit a Florida eye doctor who was his friend and donor. Menendez has always maintained his innocence.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from World PoliticsCanada's government votes for air strikes on Islamic State positions in both Iraq and Syria, after threats received from the terrorist group in propaganda videos.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from RIA NovostiThe Italian Foreign Minister believes that without Russia Europe will be unable to neutralize the threat to European security posed by Islamist militants in Mali, Pakistan and Libya.
