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White House Presents Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay

By Cheri Cheng - Feb 23, 2016 02:08 PM EST

The White House has unveiled its plan to shut down the military prison Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Tuesday.

Obama Appeals To Congress To Restore Voting Rights Act

By R. Siva Kumar - Aug 15, 2015 05:13 PM EDT

The 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act can pull out the stops that make voting accessible to all Americans, notes the President.

Tunisia to Recieve Large Amounts of US Aid

By Dustin M Braden - May 21, 2015 03:49 PM EDT

Tunisia, long neglected by US foreign policy despite being the only country to emerge from the Arab Spring with a functional, democratic government, is set to get a major boost from a number of US initiatives.

Protester Lands Helicopter on US Capitol to Protest Corruption, Campaign Finance Laws

By Dustin M Braden - Apr 15, 2015 06:52 PM EDT

A protester upset at the role of of money in politics landed a small helicopter on the grounds of the US Capitol in an effort to bring attention to the issue.

Obama Plans To Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Germs

By Maria Slither - Mar 29, 2015 02:14 PM EDT

President Barrack Obama wants to implement a five-year health plan to reduce the use of antibiotics. His plan applies not only in the US but in a worldwide scale.

Congress in Race Against Clock to Stop Department of Homeland Security Shut Down

By Dustin M Braden - Feb 27, 2015 06:53 PM EST

The House of Representatives failed to pass a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, setting off a race against time to try and fund the agency before it must shut down at midnight.

NFL's Non-Profit Status Challenged in Congress, New York State

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 30, 2015 06:40 PM EST

The National Football League's non-profit status is being challenged just days before the league's biggest annual event, the Super Bowl.

Ohio Man Arrested for Plotting to Kill John Boehner with Poison

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 13, 2015 06:43 PM EST

An Ohio bartender has been arrested on charges that he plotted to poison the Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Spoke at White Supremacist Conference in 2002

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 29, 2014 06:38 PM EST

House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise gave a speech at a white supremacist convention in 2002, embroiling the Republican Party in a fresh controversy before the newly elected Congress has even sat for the first time.

House sets aside $350,000 for lawsuit against Obama

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 26, 2014 09:39 AM EDT

The lawsuit against Barack Obama the Republican-controlled House of Representatives authorized on a party-line vote will cost taxpayers $350,000.

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