In a rare bipartisan effort, members of the U.S. Senate voted Thursday, before returning to their districts to attend Veterans Day ceremonies, to approve a portion of Obama’s American Jobs Act that provides tax breaks to companies that hire veterans.
CARROLL — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says the country is finally catching up to his brand of politics and economic thinking.
For three decades, the libertarian-leaning Texan has preached limited government, a smaller role not only domestically in the form of lower taxes but also abroad, with a More…
A new group called Andrew’s Round Table, which is named for Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt, a gay soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in February, has launched to educate Minnesotans about equal rights for same-sex couples.
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann hosted Donald Trump on a conference call with campaign supporters and media Tuesday.
The tycoon and the candidate talked about the Occupy Wall Street protests, fiscal issues and petroleum policy. But Bachmann made sure that callers knew that Trump was not endorsing her.
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A potpourri of libertarians, anti-war protests, opponents of the Federal Reserve, combat veterans and labor groups descended onto Freedom Square today in the nation’s capital as part of the ongoing public demonstration occurring in the wake of the three-week long Occupy Wall Street event in New York City.
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet returned Tuesday from a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan from August 23 to 30. His office said the purpose of the trip was to press government officials in the region to restrict the flow of ingredients used to make roadside bombs, the biggest killer More…
Rep. Martin Heinrich sent a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday asking him to being a troop withdrawal in July of this year. “We have a responsibility to leave Afghanistan in a responsible way,” Heinrich wrote, “and I believe it is time to begin this progress.”
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The release of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate has overshadowed another major story coming out of the administration today. Multiple sources within the Pentagon have told the AP and reporters from other publications that President Obama intends to nominate current CIA director Leon Panetta to fill the position More…
DES MOINES — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told a crowd of Republican officials and activists in Des Moines over the weekend that President Barack Obama should have come to Congress before taking military action in the Middle East, as President George W. Bush did for Afghanistan and Iraq.
Der Spiegel released late Sunday photos of U.S. soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians they were responsible for killing. The German publication released only three images, but the Guardian reports Der Spiegel has found over 4,000 photos and videos taken by the soldiers.
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