Tag Archives: Politics

• News

  Obama calls for reducing US, Russian nuclear stockpiles

  In the city rife with Cold War history, Obama heralded democratic values that helped end communist control, declaring: “Our values won.”
• Politics

  CNN Poll: Obama approval falls amid controversies

  The poll indicates that for the first time in his presidency, half of the public says they don’t believe Obama is honest and trustworthy.
• News

  Woman sentenced to death will now walk free, go shopping with victim’s grandson

  Paula Cooper was just 16 years old when she became the youngest person on death row in the United States.
• News

  At G8 summit, it will be 7 vs. 1 over support for Syria

  Ending Syria’s brutal civil war will take on fresh urgency at this week’s Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland, where global leaders are poised to pressure Russia’s defiant president over his support for Syria’s governmen
• Politics

  Rogers: NSA ‘is not listening’ to Americans’ phone calls

  The chairman of the House intelligence committee strongly asserted Sunday that the National Security Agency is not recording Americans’ phone calls.
• Politics

  FBI director, congressional leaders defend data mining

  A top-secret program could have helped detect a 9/11 hijacker had it been in place before the 2001 terrorist attacks.
• News

  After NSA fallout, Cantor calls for ‘serious investigations’

  House members from both political parties raised concerns Wednesday with administration officials who briefed the entire chamber on the government’s recently revealed top secret surveillance programs.
• News / Politics

  Democratic winners emerge despite low voter turnout at state primary

  The crowds were thin at Tuesday’s primary election to select Democratic party candidates for November’s closely-watched election.
• Politics

  McCain: Senators should have known about snooping

  Sen. John McCain says lawmakers who are now expressing outrage over the government’s surveillance of phone records.
• News

  Man claiming to be NSA whistleblower comes forward

  A 29-year-old computer technician for a U.S. defense contractor provided the British newspaper the Guardian with details of a top-secret American program.
• Politics

  Rand Paul says he might sue government

  “I’m going to be seeing if I can challenge this at the Supreme Court level,” Paul said.
• Politics

  U.S., Chinese leaders talk of forging ‘new model’ despite tensions

  “We’re meeting here today to chart the future of China-U.S. relations,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said.