- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Politics - Public RSSOntario has passed legislation to create a provincial pension plan for people who do not currently have a workplace pension plan, starting Jan. 1 2017.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe U.S. economy skidded to a near halt in the first three months of the year, battered by a triple whammy of harsh weather, plunging exports and sharp cutbacks in oil and gas drilling. … Click to Continue »
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsHALIFAX - Nine species have been added to Newfoundland and Labrador's list of at-risk plants and animals. The species include two types of birds, six types of plants and one type of lichen. Three plants were classified as endangered, whi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe potential field of 2016 candidates weigh in on the protests and violence in Baltimore
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comThe nascent Maryland Senate race will likely take on a new focus, as the state’s largest city works to heal its wounds following the death of a young black man in police custody and the sometimes violent expressions of anger that followe...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe new Harvard Institute of Politics also found a split in confidence in the judicial system
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe Democratic presidential candidate addressed the recent riots in Baltimore after the funeral of Freddie Gray.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from stories: PoliticsRepublican Sen. Bob Corker said Wednesday he had signed the GOP's budget resolution after spending the early part of the week as his party's lone holdout, clearing the way for each chamber to approve the blueprint. Mr. Corker, of Tenness...
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- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comThe Labour leader’s encounter with Brand is an attempt at a splashy news event at the end of an election campaign deliberately designed to swing it one way Continue reading...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top StoriesShe also called for a broad rethink of the U.S. criminal justice system and an end to mass incarceration.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comDeclaring "history is harsh," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered solemn condolences Wednesday for the Americans who died in World War II as he became the first Japanese leader to address a joint meeting of Congress. … Click...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from stories: PoliticsAmericans under the age of 30 — a key group that helped propel President Obama's 2008 election to the White House and his re-election in 2012 — say they want Democrats to keep control of the White House after the 2016 electio...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsFor the former Maryland governor, Baltimore's revival is at the core of his political biography.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Latest NewsTORONTO - Ontario's auditor general says drivers have faced "less safe winter highway conditions" since the province sought to cut costs in 2009 by contracting out road maintenance to the lowest bidders. Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk says...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comRepublicans are bringing something unique to the 2016 presidential campaign: an ability to speak to Americans in both of their main mother tongues, Spanish as well as English. … Click to Continue »
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BuzzFeed - Politics“There will be more police on the street, a hundred thousand more police officers, with flexibility given to local communities to determine how best to use them.” Associated Press Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cal...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesOf the U.S. communities where Islamic extremists might recruit people to join the Islamic State militant group, the majority African-American city of Baltimore might seem an unlikely target. After all, news reports have mostly focused on...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comA high school English teacher from Amarillo, Texas, who works with refugees from war-torn countries was honored Tuesday at the White House as America's Teacher of the Year. … Click to Continue »
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comThe Obama administration appears to be putting some of its money where its mouth is in its efforts to improve outcomes for Native American students. The White House announced in a call with reporters Wednesday morning that it plans to ma...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsUS-USA-ELECTION-CLINTON-CRIME:Clinton urges criminal justice reform after Baltimore riots
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comApril 29 (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order on Wednesday to cut the state's greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, his office said in a statement. The new target is "the most ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsAll the key stories, quotes and newspaper headlines from the general election campaign on 29 April.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsDante de Blasio, the 17-year-old son of Mayor de Blasio has decided to attend Yale University in the fall, his mother revealed Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top StoriesThe move could raise questions over Washington's economic policymakers and financial firms.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top StoriesReid applauded a man who planted a story about the Senate Minority Leader being beaten up.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsAfter a review of the messages: not much
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsUS-BURUNDI-POLITICS:Top U.S. diplomat on way to Burundi as protests persist
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top Stories"Look, this is going to be resolved today."
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe Supreme Court appears sharply divided over its role in deciding the legality of same-sex marriage. The justices heard 2.5 hours of historic arguments Tuesday. The likely swing vote is Justice Anthony Kennedy who sent conflicting sign...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsHillary Clinton called for widespread use of police body cameras and an end to mass incarceration in America.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top Stories"They have the same rights. The disparity is a pure scandal."
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comPointing to a wave of violence in Baltimore, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the nation's criminal justice system has gotten "out of balance" and must be restored through steps such as the use of body cameras by every police d...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for every police department in the country to use body cameras, as part of her vision for fundamentally reforming the criminal justice system in America. "We should make sure every police...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ABC News: Politics???True Colors??? star Cyndi Lauper wants to be ???a voice for homeless youth??? who have been ???disenfranchised from life??? because of their sexual identity, she said.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsDemocratic presidential candidate calls for an end to rioting in Baltimore, offers a detailed vision for criminal justice reform
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsNigel Farage claims that EU plans to deal with the migrant boat crisis could allow in Islamist extremists.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsIn her first policy speech as a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton calls for widespread reform to the criminal justice system.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON -- House Republicans are pushing legislation to block predatory lending protections for American soldiers, under pressure from the banking lobby. GOP lawmakers tucked the deregulation item into the National Defense Authorizati...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comAshcroft poll on marginal seats Ipsos Mori poll gives SNP 34-pt lead in Scotland Cameron does not challenge claim Tories would cut tax credits Balls says Tory tax credit cuts would hurt 4.5m families Read Andrew Sparrow’s summary of the ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostAt an event Monday, actor Robert Redford was asked about Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton, according to Showbiz411."That's a great question," he said. "I don't know what their real views are."He added: "I have no idea. I just know politics i...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON -- In a 5-4 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the right of states to ban elected judges from soliciting campaign contributions for their own campaigns. The majority decision was penned by Chief Justice John Rober...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsAs Baltimore reels from protests over the death of a black man at the hands of white police officers, a New York congressman is calling for a national ban on chokeholds, the restraining move that led to the death of Eric Garner over the ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsUKIP says it "backs entirely" one of its general election candidates, despite him having a criminal record.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics - latimes.comIs California about to get tough on water wasters?
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from stories: PoliticsLANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan lawmakers are sending Gov. Rick Snyder legislation that would loosen restrictions on air and BB guns. The National Rifle Association says Michigan is among just four states to classify the guns as firearms....
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from PolicySen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday ended his hold on the GOP budget deal between the House and Senate, likely clearing the way for final passage.Corker's office said the senator has signed the conference report reconciling the House ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedWASHINGTON (AP) — A small gyrocopter that flew through miles of the nation's most restricted airspace before landing at the U.S. Capitol was "indistinguishable" from other non-aircraft such as a flock of birds, a kite or a balloon, the h...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from UK Politics - The Huffington PostWith the latest polling indicating the whole of Scotland will vote SNP next week , Britain is likely to wake up to a hung parliament on May 8. Yet that hasn’t stopped one defiant pensioner from sticking £30,000 on a Tory majority. That’s...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.com"This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before," said Leonard Bernstein, the music director of the New York Philharmonic on Nov. 22, 1963, just days after the assassin...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The GOP-controlled Senate on Tuesday turned back an attempt to elevate any nuclear deal with Iran into a treaty, a vote that gave momentum to Republicans and Democrats trying to pass a bill giving Congress a chance to r...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Politics from NewserHillary Clinton will have at least one challenger over her left shoulder for the Democratic nomination: Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who describes himself as a democratic socialist, will announce his candidacy on Thursday...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsGov. Christie, whose approval ratings in New Jersey have hit new lows as he eyes a run for president, said Monday a media battering was partly responsible for the declines.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Sky News Australia
Nine female federal MPs are heading to Fiji to help tackle domestic violence in the Pacific Islands. - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from All News RSS FeedSix witnesses will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on a gyrocopter that landed on the West Front of the Capitol on April 15.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the House transportation committee on Tuesday said he never considered recusing himself from the panel's work on aviation legislation after he began dating a top airline industry lobbyist.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is vigorously pushing back against provisions in a proposed $604 billion Republican defense budget plan that contradict President Barack Obama's national security priorities on issues ranging from the de...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from All News RSS FeedIt's the fourth high-profile episode in less than a year in which police have been involved in the death of a black man under questionable circumstances -- this time in Baltimore, a short drive north of Washington, D.C.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe Inquirer asked Philadelphia's Democratic mayoral candidates Tuesday how they would respond to a situation like Baltimore's. Here are some of their comments.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from All News RSS Feed"Perpetually in motion, Kasich is a whirlwind of restless energy and is sometimes criticized for being cocky," reads the 1996 Politics in America profile of the then-Ohio congressman.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON - New Jersey's top elected Democrat on Tuesday accused Gov. Christie of ignoring the state's slow economic recovery, suggesting the governor's presidential ambitions were impeding progress at home.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsSakshi Maharaj has blamed Rahul Gandhi’s Kedarnath yatra for the Nepal earthquake. Whether he made the remarks in sardonic jest or in all seriousness, Maharaj was displaying classic troll behavior – no matter what the event, no matter ho...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsPhiladelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has been through it: A young black man dead at the hands of police, an angry community demanding answers.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Two years ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy left little doubt during Supreme Court arguments that a part of the federal anti-gay marriage law was doomed.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedTHE use of electric shock collars for dogs which inflict deliberate pain on the animals is on the increase, campaigners warned yesterday.
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- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RedState
One of the tropes following most of America's wars has been the maladjusted, drug addicted, pathological and violence prone veteran. While many associate that image with many films involving Vietnam (for instance, Rolling Thunder, any of... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from All News RSS FeedThe South Dakota State Society will continue its mission of taking carb-loading to new heights by whipping up another monumental batch of Taco John's favorites on May 16.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsRahul Gandhi’s trek to Kedarnath is loaded with political symbolism, particularly in view of the Narendra Modi-led BJP having more or less established itself as the sole voice of the Hindu community. The post What Rahul Gandhi’s Ke...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsLOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that China is exploiting a rift between Japan and South Korea over World War II "comfort women," and he urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to more full...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsNewsmax Media Inc. CEO Christopher Ruddy said Tuesday that his column the previous day defending the Clinton Foundation received much press attention because "I was adding something to the debate that most people didn't know."
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie will take questions from reporters in New Jersey for the first time in months.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsDemocratic strategist Charlie Baker has joined Hillary Clinton's campaign as chief administrative officer, a campaign official told Bloomberg Politics.A founding partner in Dewey Square Group, a political strategy firm close to the Clint...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedThe NDP, PCs and Wildrose converge in Calgary, where recent polls show the parties neck and neck
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe two main party leaders attempt to seize the initiative as they trade pledges to improve household incomes.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedDefence Secretary Michael Fallon has refused to confirm the Conservatives would vote with a minority Labour government to renew Trident.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedUK GROWTH has slowed to its lowest rate for more than two years, figures revealed yesterday, sparking a political row over the economy.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from All News RSS FeedEven before GOP lawmakers filed a budget resolution conference report, Senate Democratic Conference Chairman Charles E. Schumer put down a marker.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of people protested outside the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco on Tuesday, calling on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for his country's treatment of people from other Asian countries during World...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RedStateThough you don't need a rainbow sticker on the back of your car to tell the world you are black, the gay rights movement is intent on equating the struggle for black civil rights with their own quest to redefine marriage. And it was abun...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe Wolf administration is hiring a railroad engineering expert for three months to advise on ways to prevent oil-train accidents.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from All News RSS FeedThough only a few lawmakers participated in the rallies during Tuesday's oral arguments, more than half the members of Congress had already formalized their views on the same-sex marriage cases before the Supreme Court.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsJustice Kennedy, seen as the determinative vote in the same-sex-marriage cases before the Supreme Court, was very tough on gay-marriage advocates.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsOne of President Obama's first promises in office was to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba. Congress, however, is trying to shut down the effort to empty the camp of all its inmates.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from All News RSS FeedSen. John McCain is planning to shift the CIA's secretive drone program to the Defense Department through the National Defense Authorization Act, setting the stage for a fight later this year with Senate Intelligence leaders and making h...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsUS-USA-ELECTION-CLINTON-CRIME:Clinton urges criminal justice reform after Baltimore riots
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsManufacturers have refused to provide one of three drugs used for lethal injection, so Oklahoma switched to another drug. But critics say midazolam doesn't work well to render prisoners unconscious.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMontgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman says her office will investigate why state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane fired a top lawyer who had testified against her before a grand jury investigating whether Kane leaked con...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedThe silence that surrounds Randy Dawson has created a mystique about the adviser who regularly makes bad things go away
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from All News RSS FeedClosing big military bases has always been politically difficult, given the economic benefits of their payrolls and purchases to surrounding areas. Congress made it even more difficult in 1977 with a law restricting the military's abilit...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedStarting what could be a $1 billion-plus fundraising effort, Clinton began raising money for her presidential bid Tuesday in New York, the state she represented in the Senate. A hedge fund executive, Richard Perry has donated between $25...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedDescribed as an authoritative public servant, parliamentarian leaves behind a legacy of political achievements for the federal Tories
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON - Lawmakers are considering waiting until next year to try to expand gambling to North Jersey. Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D., Gloucester) first signaled support for the idea last summer, arguing that revenue generated by N...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RedStateI have no idea what happened to Freddie Gray. I know he was no angel. He had been in and out of trouble with the law. There were more than a dozen arrests for drugs, burglary, escape, etc. But it is hard for me to believe what happened t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from All News RSS FeedIn the photo below, same-sex marriage rights activists hold a giant rainbow flag Tuesday outside the Supreme Court before the start of oral arguments on marriage equality. Read more about the arguments on Hawkings Here and the plaintiff'...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Sky News Australia
The Abbott govt will recall Australia's ambassador to Indonesia Paul Grigson after the Bali Nine executions. - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsBALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore was a city on edge Tuesday as hundreds of National Guardsmen patrolled the streets against unrest for the first time since 1968, hoping to prevent another outbreak of rioting. Maryland's governor said 2,000 Gua...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is on pace to deport the fewest number of immigrants in nearly a decade, according to internal government data obtained by The Associated Press.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsHO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's busiest airport, once a major gateway for thousands of U.S. troops headed for battle, is now the scene of a slow-burning controversy linked to the commercial clout of the country's powerful mili...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedLiberal Leader’s pegging of the former Toronto police chief to enter the fall election runs contrary to his stance on the protection of individual and minority rights
