Eight US lawmakers crossed party lines to unveil a plan Monday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the shadows in the United States. It promises a “tough but fair” path to
Israel’s foreign ministry said it was “surprised” by Argentina’s agreement with Iran to create an independent commission to investigate the 1994 attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish centre. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner on Sunday said that her country and Iran
Iran on Monday sent a capsule containing a live monkey into space and later retrieved the “shipment” intact, the Tehran-based Arab-language Al-Alam channel said, quoting an official statement. A previous attempt in 2011 by the Islamic republic to put a
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said today on CNN’s “State of the Union” that she’s rooting for a Hillary Clinton run for the presidency. “I am a fan,” Feinstein gushed. “I would love it if she would run.” According to Feinstein,
On Saturday at the National Review Institution Summit in Washington, D.C., rising Republican star Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to the podium to deliver an impassioned explanation for why Republicans must force President Obama to the wall on the debt
Now that President Obama has been re-elected, the vaunted jobs council is about to meet its demise. The Obama administration’s original announcement of a jobs council back in 2011 surprised few observers of the partisan political scene; the council was
A new Gallup poll shows that 74 percent of Americans would vote to allow women to serve in direct combat positions; just 20 percent of Americans would oppose such a law. There was virtually no gender gap; 76 percent of
(AP) Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fireBRASILIA, Brazil A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said. Police
(AP) Ryan says GOP needs to pick its fights with ObamaBy KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONRep. Paul Ryan has a message for fellow Republicans: Let’s stick together and carefully pick our fights with President Barack Obama. In a speech Saturday to conservatives,
The Pentagon has agreed to refuel French warplanes that are currently conducting operations against Islamist militants in Mali, the US military said in a statement on Saturday. President Barack Obama’s administration had previously been asked by France for refueling assistance
Starbucks has threatened to suspend millions of pounds of investment in Britain over what it sees as unfair targeting by Prime Minister David Cameron over its tax affairs, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The paper cited sources close to the
Clashes killed at least 31 people in Egypt’s Port Said as violence raged into the early hours of Sunday in several cities including the capital following death sentences passed on 21 football fans after a riot. The unrest came after
Japan on Sunday launched two satellites to strengthen its surveillance capabilities, including keeping a closer eye on North Korea which has vowed to stage another nuclear test. One of them was a radar-equipped unit to complete a system of surveillance
(AP) French, Mali forces head toward TimbuktuBy KRISTA LARSON and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated PressSEVARE, MaliFrench and Malian troops held a strategic bridge and the airport in the northern town of Gao on Sunday as their force also pressed toward Timbuktu, another
(AP) WASHINGTONThe hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. The FBI is investigating. The website of the commission, an independent agency of
Harvey Weinstein, a vocal supporter of President Barack Obama and Oscar-winning film producer, claimed Sunday night that Obama backed off from anti-piracy action in 2012 because it was an election year. Speaking at the PGA Producers’ Breakfast in Park City, Weinstein
(AP) S&P lowers Illinois credit rating, blames pensionsBy SARA BURNETTAssociated PressCHICAGOIllinois’ already disastrous financial situation worsened Friday as another credit rating agency downgraded its rating to the worst of any state in the country, blaming lawmakers’ ongoing failure to resolve
(AP) Europe’s emigrants face red tape in Latin AmericaBy EVA VERGARAAssociated PressSANTIAGO, ChileGeologist David Rodriguez and actress Cristina Pascual, two of the nearly six million Spaniards left jobless in the European recession, fled to Latin America last year, figuring their
(AP) Newtown residents to join gun control march in DCBRETT ZONGKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONResidents from Newtown, Conn., are joining a march on Washington for gun control on Saturday with parents, pastors, survivors of gun violence and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Organizers said
(AP) West continues to drift into Democrats’ columnBy NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated PressDENVERA political generation ago, the West signaled the nation’s rightward swing _ from the emergence of Ronald Reagan to the success of tax-limitation ballot measures in California and Colorado. But
(AP) White House, senators launching immigration pushBy JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation’s flawed immigration system and creating legal status for millions, as a bipartisan Senate group
In “Boomtown,” a blockbuster one-hour investigative special that aired Friday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), and Steve Bannon, Breitbart News’ Executive Chairman, revealed a study discovered that for every dollar corporations spent on lobbying in 2004,
By BILL BARROWAssociated PressATLANTAWhen Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss announced Friday that he wouldn’t seek a third term in 2014, a race that already was likely to feature a contested Republican primary exploded into a free-for-all. Several Republicans, including several congressmen,
By COLLEEN LONGAssociated PressNEW YORKA wayward dolphin that swam into a polluted canal on Friday died before high tide, marine experts said. The deep-freeze weather hadn’t seemed to faze the dolphin as it splashed around in the Gowanus Canal, which
Scott Controy at RCP: After a three-year run as a paid contributor to the nation’s highest-rated cable news channel, Sarah Palin and FOX News have cut ties, according to a source close to the former Alaska governor. “It’s my understanding
