WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has cleared and sent to President Barack Obama legislation directing him to levy sanctions against Venezuelan government officials involved in a crackdown on anti-government protesters. The Senate passed a bill Monday evening and the House approved
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has failed to turn over government documents covering Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state that The Associated Press and others requested under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act ahead of her presumptive
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would direct President Barack Obama to levy sanctions against Venezuelan government officials or others accused of perpetrating acts of violence or human rights abuses of anti-government demonstrators. The bill, passed in
Reports of the New Republic‘s death have been greatly understated–and more than a half-century late. The decision of boy-millionaire Chris Hughes to jettison editors, relocate from Washington to New York, and recast the biggest of the Little Magazines as,
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani soldiers killed a top al-Qaida operative Saturday who was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York’s subway system, the military said in a statement. The death of Adnan
Friday at the White House press briefing when questioned by Fox News Channel’s chief White House correspondent Ed Henry, press secretary Josh Earnest refused to deny recent reports about classified meeting between the State Department and the White House where
The White House this week issued a statement explaining why it does not view the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group. It was in response to an online petitionwhich attracted more than 213,000 signatures in support of designating the Egyptian-based group. The statement
London, UNITED KINGDOM – The US State Department has launched a competition for British and American students to submit a statement that best describes relations between the two countries. The winning entry will be carved into the stone wall surrounding
Oliver Friedfeld, a Georgetown University (GU) senior, penned an oped last week in which he argued that he deserved to be robbed at gunpoint due to his “privilege.” Friedfeld is a student at the university’s School of Foreign Service, a top-ranking
Russia has reached a military agreement with Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia, a move that has drawn ire from the West. Georgia has denounced the agreement as a step toward de facto annexation of its territory, according to various news
The federal government reinstated Oklahoma’s waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) restrictions this week, restoring the state’s flexibility to use $29 million in public school funding. The restoration of the waiver comes following a battle between the U.S. Department
On Sunday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Chuck Todd asked Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) if he thought it was time for Republicans “to drop the Benghazi conspiracy theories.” Partial transcript as follows: TODD: Sen. Flake, House Republican led
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) slammed a House Intelligence Committee report on the Benghazi attack that found there was no cover up or intelligence failure, as “full of crap” and “garbage.” Graham said of
The left and the media greeted Friday’s release of the House Intelligence Committee report on Benghazi with glee. “#Failghazi,” the Huffington Post proclaimed. And yet, as Shakespeare wrote, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” For though the report contradicted
In announcing the State Department’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, Secretary of State John Kerry invoked the name of Matthew Shepard, a gay young man who was murdered many years ago and whose death remains an iconic moment for those fighting
(Reuters) – The Obama administration would like to work with the U.S. Congress to impose sanctions on Venezuela in response to a crackdown on anti-government protests, President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser told lawmakers on Wednesday. Tony Blinken, who is Obama’s choice to
The Keystone XL pipeline bill failed on a vote count of 59-41 and failed to achieve a filibuster-proof U.S. Senate passage. With 40% of the pipeline already built and North American energy costs some of the lowest in the world, President Obama
CBS News is careful to note that the State Department shut down its unclassified email system to repair “possible” damage from a “suspected” hacker attack, but those suspicions must run pretty deep to justify the measures that were taken: A
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) cabinet approved a comprehensive list of 83 designated terrorist organizations Saturday, the WAM Emirates News Agency reports. The list includes various al-Qaeda affiliates and the Islamic State. But the UAE also considers the Muslim Brotherhood and
A surgeon judged to be in “extremely critical condition” with the Ebola virus traveled from his native Sierra Leone and arrived at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Saturday. According to a CNN report, the family of Dr. Martin Salia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack. A senior department official said Sunday that “activity of concern” was
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A surgeon working in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown Saturday to the United States for treatment, officials from Sierra Leone and the United States said. Dr. Martin Salia was
President Barack Obama’s administration is unveiling a plan to allow illegal aliens who receive amnesty under the president’s planned executive action—and other aliens as well—to petition the government to bring family members from three Central American countries to the United
The Wall Street Journal wrote about Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu’s ridiculous and pathetic play for votes by reinventing herself as a Keystone XL pipeline hawk – she stopped just short of yelling “DRILL, BABY, DRILL!” – and noted that while
Zbigniew Brzezinski who served as national security adviser to President Carter proposes “enhanced cooperation” between the U.S. and China focused on “global stability” and formalized into a “Pacific Charter.” Meanwhile, the Chinese government has been intensifying anti-American rhetoric. Furthermore, Brzezinski’s
