- Friday, April 17, 2015 from International Business TimesAn Algeria-based radical group with ties to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for a bloody suicide bombing outside a United Nations peacekeeping mission camp in Mali on Friday. Al Mourabitoun claimed the attack was in retaliation for the p...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CNN.com - Politics
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Friday that he will tell supporters on May 5 in the hometown he shares with former...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from International Business TimesHeightened crowd control, more bag searches and more than 100 cameras will be in effect when roughly a million people gather Monday to watch nearly 30,000 runners at the 2015 Boston Marathon. Local police outlined Friday their security m...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said Friday he plans to announce whether he will run for president on May 5. In an interview with Fox News, Huckabee said he will unveil his 2016 plans in Hope, Arkansas, early next month. (Hope is ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG - Polls, politics, and partisanship were not the only things Tom Corbett left behind when he vacated the governor's mansion early this year.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from PolicyU.S. military officials are concerned that Iran's support for Houthi rebels in Yemen could spark a confrontation with Saudi Arabia and plunge the region into sectarian war. Iran is sending an armada of about seven to nine ships — some wi...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsDavid Cameron says he will help protect people taking advantage of the government's new pensions 'revolution' by appointing Dr Ros Altmann as minister for consumer protection
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Top StoriesHe's not in the 2016 race, but he's not out of it, either.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comCoalition or vote-by-vote agreement rejected by Conservative chief whip after overtures from Nigel Farage Continue reading...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from PolicyA long-standing cyber espionage group is stepping up efforts to infiltrate the White House, according to security researchers.TrendMicro has long been tracking a potentially Russian-backed hacking group known as Operation Pawn Storm. The...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CBC | Politics NewsCorrectional Service Canada is being praised for transparency, but at the same time is under fire for producing a virtual tour of federal prisons that gives a "sanitized" view and glosses over overcrowded conditions and a lack of prison ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comMaria Trujillo, 22, is set to graduate on May 16 from Prairie View A&M University in Texas with a degree in architecture, and she's been getting her resume and portfolio ready. Whether she'll be able to work, though, hinges in part on a ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe president thinks the Senate has "gone too far" in postponing the confirmation of his attorney general pick
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court sentenced a veteran Chinese journalist to seven years in prison Friday on charges of leaking a document detailing...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostHillary Rodham Clinton stepped gingerly into one of the Democratic Party's most divisive debates Friday, staking out a carefully balanced position on new legislation granting sweeping presidential authority to negotiate free-trade deals....
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comA dissenting plaintiff's attorney told a federal judge Friday that a reworked class-action head-injury settlement with the NCAA is as bad as the one the same judge rejected in December — though other attorneys defended it. … Click ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from stories: PoliticsRICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia lawmakers passed new gift limits Friday that will make it much more difficult for them to be wined and dined by deep-pocketed lobbyists. Part of a wide-ranging ethics reform legislation passed includes a $10...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsThe filter bubble effect is limiting what news users of social media see about the General Election
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday repeated his call for embattled state Auditor Troy Kelley to resign following his...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsThe week's election campaign big numbers, visualised.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMayor Nutter on Friday named a diverse group of 24 to oversee the implementation of the 91 recommendations made last month in a U.S. Department of Justice report that found that Philadelphia police used lethal force too often.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedA GRIN annexes Willie Rennie’s face as I ask how many times he and Nick Clegg have apologised in recent months. “Not months,” he interrupts, placing his Americano on a saucer. “Years! Ha ha ha!”
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comChina's proposed infrastructure bank for Asia is intended to complement, not replace, existing lenders dominated by the U.S. and Japan, a senior Chinese official said Friday. … Click to Continue »
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsA poll has shown that some of the party's most senior figures face losing their seats in Scotland
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comTexas is closer to becoming the most populous state to allow licensed open carry of handguns after Republicans pushed through a key vote in the state House. … Click to Continue »
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county at the heart of an HIV outbreak has seen a "significant increase" in the number of cases more than two weeks...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.com6:30 p.m. (EDT) … Click to Continue »
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON - Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski launched a run for the U.S. Senate Friday, setting up a Democratic primary against former Congressman Joe Sestak in a race crucial to their party's chances of taking back the Senate in 2016.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsGermany's finance chief has praised George Osborne's handling of the economy and said he has a 'very good plan for the future'
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Juan Manual Santos delivered a sharp rebuke to Colombia's largest rebel group Friday, calling on its leaders to...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A U.S. senator from Florida is pressing federal officials to disclose technical data and other information about a...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from PolicyThe House's two cybersecurity bills will get floor votes on Wednesday and Thursday next week.House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) laid out his floor plan late Friday.The House has been working this year on two complementary me...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsCBS Radio News congressional correspondent Steven Portnoy followed Hillary Clinton through Iowa for three days, and the whole time her team did not allow press access to campaign events. Clinton only had two "public" events during her fi...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New Category(Reuters) - With less than a month left to Britain's May 7 election, Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and opposition Labour party...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is going to offer supporters some clarity on his potential presidential bid on Friday night, his spokesman said.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance. … Click to Continue »
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.com"The loss of Andalusia is like losing part of my body," H.R.H. Prince Turki al-Faisal told me. I had asked him what the loss of Andalusia meant to him as an Arab. The son of King Faisal, widely celebrated in the Muslim world, Prince Turk...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Latest NewsCALGARY - Half a dozen high-profile Alberta Tory cabinet ministers stood together Friday to criticize a "disastrous" Wildrose party fiscal plan they said would leave a funding gap of $29 billion. Finance Minister Robin Campbell was joine...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from stories: PoliticsMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont House on Friday passed a bill designed to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and people who are dangerously mentally ill. The measure approved by an 80-62 vote is similar to a version alread...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from International Business TimesThe measles outbreak that infected 131 people in California and sparked a national conversation about the country’s patchwork of state immunization policies is officially over. However, fierce debate over how to prevent the next outbreak...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comSpain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos criticized Greece's left-wing government for its "not very coherent" approach to negotiations over its finances and economy. … Click to Continue »
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe Bush family name adds a new layer of skepticism to the lengthy, detailed decision process voters endure in the nation’s first primary state. … Click to Continue »
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CBC | Politics NewsThe federal environment minister says her letter to the provinces last week about their climate change efforts should have come as no surprise - and wasn't meant to point fingers.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsThe New Jersey governor won attention, but only by playing a dangerous game with the third rail of American politics.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryWASHINGTON (AP) — Financial officials from the world's major economies on Friday welcomed modest improvements in the global economy while...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine was charged on Friday with murdering a woman who went missing in 2011 after...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe New Jersey governor might have met his match at a New Hampshire craft expo
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy Tom Brown (Reuters) - A federal jury heard testimony from Bryant Gumbel on Friday at a trial in which HBO faces libel claims over a...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a week after formally launching her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton is already being tested on a thorny issue for Democrats: free-trade deals and their impact on workers.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Pat Roberts is urging people to "let it go" after his cellphone filled a somber committee hearing room with the first few bars of a song from Disney's "Frozen."
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RedStateAlright everyone, it's Friday. We're almost at the end of the week. We've managed to make it through tax day--or at least I hope you have, but we can never be to sure with the IRS--and can no focus on the rest of our lives for the next f...
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Via Politico: Jeb Bush says that the Senate should confirm the nomination of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s choice for attorney general. A number of Senate Republicans oppose her nomination. “I think presidents have the right to... - Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsPITTSBURGH (AP) - A Supreme Court justice is blocking an appeals court's ruling that would have forced two western Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses and a Christian college to fill out forms to avoid penalties for not directly providing con...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RedState
Back in 1979, Ronald Reagan first announced his intentions to run for office by releasing a video. That is how it was done back then. It was not really that much of a surprise that you would use yesterday’s campaign tactic to declare you... - Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The White House used unusually strong language Thursday to decry Republican delays in the confirmation of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, calling comments by a top Senate Republican "duplicitous."
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RedStateThe Washington Post ran a profile the other day of my friend Ryan Anderson. Ryan is perhaps the leading voice in the country in support of traditional marriage. He makes a very forceful, but also very civil argument, in defense of it. Hi...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSDelay centres on proposal to allow Irish Water deduct charges from people’s wages
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Foreign Policy JournalDiplomacy is the way forward, war is not. The article Can Diplomacy Solve the Chaos in the Middle East? was originally published at Foreign Policy Journal .
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsScotland's First Minister tells young people that her dislike of Margaret Thatcher's policies prompted her to go into politics.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON - Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski launched a run for the U.S. Senate Friday, setting up a Democratic primary against former Congressman Joe Sestak in a race crucial to their party's chances of taking back the Senate in 2016.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from All News RSS FeedMembers of Congress say they received no warning that the West Front went into lockdown Wednesday afternoon, prompting concerns about how Capitol Police would handle a more menacing threat to the secure airspace surrounding the Dome.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsLONDONDERRY, N.H. - Gov. Christie fielded questions Wednesday on topics ranging from immigration to vaccination as he made a personal appeal to New Hampshire voters during his first town-hall meeting in the early presidential primary state.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from All News RSS FeedIn Pennsylvania, we have some of the most run-down roads and bridges in the country. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 22 percent of our state's roads have unacceptable pavement quality and 43 percent of our bridges are...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsClinton called campaign finance reform one of the "four big fights" of her campaign. But does this idea of a constitutional amendment to restrict or eliminate big money stand a chance?
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsIT'S POPULAR to say that age is just a number. I never understood that statement. Aside from being self-evident, the implication that age is irrelevant makes absolutely no sense. Age is a number that means a lot of things, including how ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsLabour and the Tories are both tied on 34%, the latest poll shows, with the Liberal Democrats on 7% and UKIP on 14%.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from All News RSS FeedMillions of people have talked about the presidential contenders on Facebook as they officially launch campaigns. But despite some gaudy numbers, context and limits of the data cast doubt on the impact Facebook conversations will have on...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Sen. Bob Menendez's legal defense fund raised nearly $1.3 million up until the day before he was indicted on bribery and corruption charges, including $10,000 from a retired New Jersey developer who served two years ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsAfter the bombing 20 years ago, the government determined federal buildings should be set back from the street and engineered to prevent floors from collapsing. But has it gone to far?
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe SNP leader calls on Ed Miliband to work with her party to "lock" the Tories out of power but he says "thanks, but no thanks".
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsBlue-collar lawyer William Ciancaglini tries to shake up the judicial race with some ’80s rock and a low-budget YouTube video.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from All News RSS FeedSolar energy is booming in the United States and the industry wants everyone to know it. But winning an extension of a key solar tax break in a GOP Congress suspicious of green energy won't be easy, especially as regulatory and market fo...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Top congressional lawmakers struck a long-sought, bipartisan agreement Thursday for the broadest trade policy pact in years, allowing President Barack Obama to negotiate trade accords for Congress' review and move forwa...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe six Democratic mayoral candidates had a chance to appeal to the business community at a Wednesday morning forum. They talked of economics and energy hubs, property taxes and pollution.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsDuring the panel's hearing on Thursday, Sen. Pat Roberts cellphone rang. And what ringtone does the Kansas Republican have on his phone? It was the theme from the Disney movie Frozen , "Let It Go."
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsLawyers for Gov. Christie's administration argued Thursday that a state court lacks the authority to order the governor to propose a larger contribution to the public worker pension system.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsSenate negotiators move forward on legislation that would give President Obama the authority to negotiate a sweeping trade accord. That deal, however, will align Obama with Republicans and pit him against Democrats.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from All News RSS Feed"Trade has never been for the faint-hearted," Sen. Ron Wyden said Friday morning, less than 24 hours after announcing a bipartisan agreement on legislation to promote trade deals.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMonths after being fired, Washington Township's ousted solicitor is contending in federal court that four members of the town council and two former councilmen, motivated by politics and power, conspired to wrongfully remove him.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsPhiladelphia City Council on Thursday passed sweeping billboard-regulation changes - the first major ones since the 1970s - that could mean fewer billboards but more digital displays.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A judge has thrown out a legal challenge to a law requiring that certain employers in New Jersey's capital city offer workers paid sick leave.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City's fire chief will collect nearly $13,000 a month in retirement even though surveillance video showed him dropping his pants at a security checkpoint.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from All News RSS FeedThe partisan spat over the stalled Loretta Lynch attorney general nomination heated up Thursday, as did behind-the-scenes Senate negotiations that could allow for her confirmation vote.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe latest in a series of ads done to tout Williams's campaign by American Cities, the SuperPAC financed by the group of wealthy businessmen who favor his pro-charter, pro-school choice stands.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - There's a new social director at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RedStateAs the first week of Hillary Clinton's official campaign for President draws to a close, she has still been very hesitant to lay out a policy agenda. She claims it's because she wants more voter input, but ultimately, it's almost certain...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe UKIP leader is rattled as he accuses the audience of being too left-wing - to jeers from the crowd.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) raised $430,900 for his legal expense trust fund in the first three months of 2015, he reported Wednesday.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsJohn H. O'Brien, a state police lieutenant who was named director of the New Jersey medical marijuana program more than three years ago, has resigned.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMelissa Murray Bailey also has a lot of smarts, and a desire to see her adopted city do better
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsCONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Likely presidential contender Jeb Bush said Thursday the Senate should confirm attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch despite objections from many of his fellow Republicans.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsDeesha Dyer, a 37-year-old Philadelphia native, has been named the new White House social secretary, Michelle Obama announced Thursday. She replaces Jeremy Bernard, the first male social secretary, who recently announced that he would le...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from RedStateOn today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the latest problems in Greece, why they're shaking the markets and if it inches them closer to leaving the Eurozone. The post Greek Crisis ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON - Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Democrat to pose a primary challenge to former Rep. Joe Sestak, according to party leaders informed of his plans.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Foreign Policy JournalThe American people and the entire world need to understand that the threat to life on earth resides in Washington. The article Will Washington Kill Us All? was originally published at Foreign Policy Journal .
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsA Tory minister says the contentious contracts are "badly named" but unions say if you put "lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig".
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from All News RSS FeedAt the end of a week that saw bipartisan break out all around the Senate, Loretta Lynch remained in limbo.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsRUSKIN, Fla. (AP) - Many questions surround the political stunt of a postal worker charged Thursday with violating national airspace and operating an unregistered aircraft by landing his gyrocopter on Capitol Hill.
