- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comEarlier this week, a source in the Baltimore Police Department leaked a document to The Washington Post that provided some insight into how they wanted the story about the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a fat...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comRail tank cars used to transport crude oil and many other flammable liquids will have to be built to stronger standards to reduce the risk of a catastrophic train crash and fire, under sweeping new safety rules unveiled Friday by U.S. an...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedTIMES have moved on for the Nats since their 1974 election success but party strategy has long aimed at building trust and confidence in the electorate, writes Ewan Crawford.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsLabour and Plaid Cymru clash on working together if there is a hung parliament next week, during the final televised election debate in Wales.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsGerman media said the country’s domestic intelligence agency cooperated with American spy services in monitoring European partners and companies.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsWINNIPEG - Officials with Winnipeg city hall say an external review has confirmed there was no contamination of the city's drinking water in January. But the report failed to find the source of false positive tests of E. coli and colifor...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comThe recent events occurring in Baltimore have made me think about my own experiences speaking out against the blatant racial injustices happening in this country. On January 14, 2015 a tragedy occurred in my family. My cousin, Marcus Gol...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsPresident meets with journalists persecuted abroad, but critics say his own administration has a mixed record on transparency and press freedom
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- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comIt's not against the law or military regulations to choose not to sit with someone in the dining hall or to unfriend them on Facebook, but in the traumatic aftermath of a sexual assault, a victim could interpret those moves as retaliatio...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedMILIBAND should have taken a firmer line on deals with the SNP but he lost control of the narrative, writes Brian Wilson
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from International Business TimesThe Mediterranean Sea is 9,000 miles, or 15,000 kilometers, away from China, in an area where China has no stated strategic goals. Yet this month, for the first time, the Chinese navy will conduct an exercise there. China and Russia are ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe top commander of U.S. special operations forces is expressing "very great concern" about losing a presence on the ground in Yemen, where his forces had been working with Yemeni forces against al-Qaida's affiliate there. … Click...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsAhead of a possible presidential run, Ohio Gov. John Kasich is spreading a message: "I believe in entrepreneurship for everybody."
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from stories: PoliticsFollowing is a timeline in the events surrounding the September 2013 closure of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge and its fallout: Sept. 16, 2010: Fort Lee, New Jersey, Mayor Mark Sokolich meets with Port Authority of New Yor...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsSome federal Conservatives are sounding the alarm as polls show the Alberta NDP stands an honest-to-goodness chance of forming government for the first time. On Friday, federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose, who represents the riding of E...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe former Hewlett-Packard CEO will the first woman to throw her hat in the ring for the GOP presidential nomination
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comAmericans appear to be suspicious of Hillary Rodham Clinton's honesty, and even many Democrats are only lukewarm about her presidential candidacy, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. … Click to Continue »
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from stories: Politics6 p.m. About 400 people have marched in Chicago, some to protest recent police shootings and some to recognize May Day's message of workers' rights. Seventy-three-year-old activist Richard Malmin says he participates every year but that ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comMedicaid expansion in Florida has been a contentious issue since 2013 when the Obama administration, through the Affordable Care Act, encouraged states to allow more people with low income to qualify for the health insurance program. ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top StoriesAllegations that the U.S. staged 9/11 indicate that Iran's hard-liners remain invested in conflict with the West.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comConstruction workers in confined spaces like manholes and tanks will come under a new federal rule intended to give them similar protections to workers in manufacturing and other industries. … Click to Continue »
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsSen. Marco Rubio on Friday warned that a bad deal with Iran on its nuclear program "almost guarantees war," and defended his controversial amendment to the Senate's bill requiring congressional approval for the final deal.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsFeds charge 3 former allies of New Jersey governor in scandal that's cast a long shadow over his White House prospects
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ohio Governor John Kasich said on Friday his 2016 presidential aspirations depend on whether he can raise enough money to compete with a host of rivals for the Republican nomination.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comIn 1961, a DuPont toxicologist warned colleagues that exposure to their company's increasingly popular Teflon chemicals enlarged the livers of rats and rabbits. Studies over the following decades found no safe level of exposure in animal...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from PolicyMore than 11.7 million more people have health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program compared to when the core of ObamaCare took effect in 2013, new data show.The new report from the Obama administration s...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsPresident Obama reacts to the indictment of six Baltimore police officers on Friday for the murder of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died in police custody.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comEarlier this year, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom raised the sensitive issue of human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, but her comments did not reveal anything the world was not already aware of. Instead of launching a large...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from stories: PoliticsCHICAGO (AP) - Several hundred people are participating in May Day activities in Chicago that are focusing not only on labor issues, but also on police-community relations and immigration reform. Grant Newberger of Chicago was one of the...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CBC | Politics NewsJust days before his government's bill to revamp Canada's anti-terror laws goes to a final vote in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named a former justice minister and chief justice of the Federal Court of Appeal t...
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- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedWHY would anyone want to become a local authority councillor? It can’t be for the money and following the scrapping of slap-up three-course lunches a few years ago, it’s probably not for a free feed.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from stories: PoliticsMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Gov. Peter Shumlin on Friday signed into law a bill that places new restrictions on gun ownership in Vermont. The new law makes it a crime for people with certain convictions to possess firearms. It also calls for ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsOTTAWA - The Security Intelligence Review Committee, the watchdog that keeps an eye on Canada's spy agency, will be led by Pierre Blais, a former solicitor general and recently retired chief justice of the Federal Court of Appeal. The Pr...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsWASHINGTON - Barack Obama is stopping by the "Late Show" one last time as David Letterman gets ready to retire. The appearance Monday will be Obama's third time as president swapping jokes with Letterman, and his eighth appearance in all...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from stories: PoliticsNEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Federal prosecutors brought charges Friday against three former allies of Gov. Chris Christie - but not Christie himself - in the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal, apparently easing the legal threat that has h...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from stories: Politics4:25 p.m. A lawyer for Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff charged in a lane closure scheme says she felt betrayed after the governor called her "stupid" and a "liar." Christie made the comments after he fired Bridget Kelly whe...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Canada Politics - The Huffington PostThe rushed passage of Bill C-51 through Parliament, the furthest-reaching national security reforms in Canada since 2001, continues. It is soon to be passed by the House of Commons and then head off to the Senate. And all signs are that ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsThe Conservative Party says it will not cut child benefit for the rest of the next parliament but Labour accuses the Tories of "weasel words".
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comLawmakers demanded answers Friday after a report that Capitol Police officers have left their guns in the bathrooms of the Capitol complex three times this year. … Click to Continue »
- Man Who Filmed Freddie Gray Arrest Detained By Baltimore Police, Along With Ferguson Video ActivistsFriday, May 1, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comST. LOUIS -- Kevin Moore, the man who filmed Freddie Gray’s violent arrest, was detained in Baltimore on Thursday night, along with Chad Jackson and Tony Smith, two activists who had previously filmed protests in Ferguson, Missouri. On A...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Wolf's administration advanced plans Friday to maintain federal health insurance subsidies for nearly 400,000 Pennsylvanians ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could wipe out the aid to insurance ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsPresident promises his administration will help local authorities in any way possible in Baltimore investigation
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comThe forced resignation of DEA chief Michele Leonhart is a step in the right direction toward cleaning up one of the most wasteful and ethically questionable agencies of the federal government, the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now it'...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsU.S. Capitol Police officers assigned to the security details of the top two Republicans in Congress mistakenly left their Glock pistols in bathroom stalls in two separate recent incidents, according to a congressional source familiar wi...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsInternal SNP documents show how the party will highlight its positions on the economy, welfare spending and foreign aid in a bid ensure it is able to prop up a minority Ed Miliband government after the election.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsA former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proclaimed her innocence Friday in the scheme to close the George Washington Bridge, hours after federal prosecutors indicted her on criminal charges.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostMANCHESTER, N.H. — The tall man in a blazer burst into the Chipotle in the middle of the afternoon. He had a smile, a TV camera following him, and the jovial air of a man who expects to be recognized.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mail.com: Politics9:30 a.m. (0345 GMT) Nepal's government is giving out 100,000 rupees ($1,000) to families of each of those killed in Saturday's earthquake, and another 40,000 rupees ($400) for funeral costs, according to the state-run Radio Nepal. Meanw...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSRoad Safety Authority reaches agreement with Manitoba on exchange of permits
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSSix Nations, All-Ireland Ladies’ Football Final and All-Ireland Camogie would be designated free-to-air
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Wolf's administration advanced plans Friday to maintain federal health insurance subsidies for nearly 400,000 Pennsylvanians ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could wipe out the aid to insurance ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsAllies of Gov. Christie chose to close access lanes to the George Washington Bridge on the first day of the 2013 school year in order to maximize the problems they could cause, according to plea documents unveiled Friday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Ron Johnson was elected to Congress in 2010 as an adamant foe of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Yet facing a Supreme Court decision that could disrupt how that law functions, the Wisconsin Republica...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsA House committee voted Thursday to subpoena personnel files from the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs benefits office, saying VA officials had ignored its requests for months.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedLabour veteran Lord Prescott throws more punches on the campaign trail - this time at Channel 4 News's Political Correspondent Michael Crick.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHe discussed his plan for funding schools, public safety, and how to get more local residents involved with taxpayer-funded projects.
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- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsGALLOWAY, N.J. - The roller-coaster ride on which Stockton University has found itself in recent weeks can end well if everyone pulls together, the school's interim leader suggested Wednesday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsKasich is thinking about running for president but the problem is whether he can get through a GOP primary with some of his issue positions.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsFormer Port Authority official David Wildstein pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in the "Bridgegate" scandal. The case could have implications for Christie, a likely presidential candidate.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedBy Katherine Lugar
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON - Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) joined the call for more muscular oversight over any nuclear deal with Iran this week, despite bipartisan warnings that proposals such as the one he is cosponsoring with Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) co...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedIt's been a week since Speaker John A. Boehner warned the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal backed by President Barack Obama needed help from the White House. On Thursday there were indications the president is stepping up his...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Americans appear to be suspicious of Hillary Rodham Clinton's honesty, and even many Democrats are only lukewarm about her presidential candidacy, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsCouncil committee approves LGBT legislation.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSEstimates put number of hares on island between six and 15
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsDavid Wildstein, Gov. Chris Christie's top staffer at the Port Authority, admitted to his role in orchestrating lane closures on the George Washington Bridge as political payback.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedAmid feverish politicking over immigration in the election, the Asian residents of Alexandra Road, Slough, are having to come to terms with arrivals from eastern Europe, as Paraic O'Brien reports.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedSen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, made a last-ditch push for the Senate to block a District of Columbia law Friday, but his statement was almost certainly made in vain.
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- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The man accused of shooting to death a Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another asked a judge Friday to order the prosecutor to stop using his name or photo in campaign materials.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedCrossing the smooth waters of the Firth of Forth on May Day, I wanted to remind people how smooth this campaign has been for the SNP - the tough part starts Friday (if the polls are right).
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSIPU chief cites frustration at lack of Government action to support post offices
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from RedState
From the diaries... Last night, the U.S. House passed a Resolution (H. J. Res 43) to disapprove of a law passed by the District of Columbia that seeks to do two things: • Force pro-life and religious organizations to pay for abortion ... - Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it's acceptable for the U.S. to use an unmanned aerial drone to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsCustodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman met with Romanian Prime Minister Victor-Viorel Ponta in Ryadh on Thursday to discuss regional security and terrorism issues, and aspects of bilateral cooperation in various fields. A memorand...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMANILA, Philippines (AP) - Manny Pacquiao has been an inspiration for millions of Filipinos not just as a boxer, but as a philanthropist. As a politician, not so much.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedWant to follow the election and get the latest news from all the parties? Use our Election 2015 Live Blog to stay up to date with everything.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A former New Jersey mayor who falsified loan documents and stole a relative's identity to purchase a farm property was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEWARK, N.J. - Federal prosecutors have charged a former aide to Gov. Christie and a former top Christie appointee at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey with conspiring to jam traffic at the George Washington Bridge in a plot ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsAfter the Vietnam era, it's hard to see how either party could dial back on its commitment to letting the people — at least those active in party voting — decide presidential nominations.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsWOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's Shannon County will now be Oglala Lakota County, removing the name of a man who Oglala Sioux Tribe activists say helped with negotiations that were a precursor for the breakup of tribal lands. The...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsLOS ANGELES (AP) — Activists who are marching for labor and immigrant rights in U.S. cities on Friday will broaden their message to direct attention toward police brutality as tensions simmer in communities across the nation. The marches...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedUpdated 3:20 p.m. | When a member of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's security detail left his Glock and magazine stuffed in the toilet seat cover holder of a Capitol Visitor Center bathroom stall, a CVC worker found the gun, acc...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsPennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane's new chief of staff has been accused by an assistant state prosecutor of making inappropriate and unwanted sexual advances.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedUpdated, 3:23 p.m. | CQ Roll Call's publication Friday of a jarring photo of an unattended handgun reportedly found in a Capitol Visitor Center bathroom in January had members of Congress questioning the preparedness of the police who pr...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe Prime Minister quickly corrects himself but Labour adviser David Axelrod pounces, calling it a Freudian slip.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedLone Star Staters jonesing for homespun pastries Saturday can feed that need -- for free! -- during Republic Kolache's preview party.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsFORT MITCHELL, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul built his presidential campaign on being "a different kind of Republican," which has meant an outreach to minority voters.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsCity Council President Darrell L. Clarke will take a very public walk through North Philadelphia with former City Councilman Jim Kenney on Saturday in an event that nobody is calling an endorsement.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsUS-USA-ELECTION-CLINTON-AGE:On Clinton's age, Republican rivals imply -- but never say -- she's old
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from All News RSS FeedA Koch brothers-backed group is making a new push to persuade Hispanics to vote for conservative candidates in the 2016 elections.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsA court heard how Joyce grabbed one of the boys and wrestled him to the ground before elbowing his friend when he tried to help.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe uprising this week in Baltimore has weighed heavily on a number of Philadelphia mayoral candidates, they said Wednesday during a forum on job creation and workforce training.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsFormer Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley got heckled in Baltimore for his policing policies, while New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former ally pleaded guilty for his role in the "bridge-gate" scandal.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from RedState
Many years ago an guy named Robert Ringer wrote a book called "Winning Through Intimidation." He counsels to always be willing to walk away from a deal and to make his case he offers an anecdote of a man who signs a commercial real estat... - Friday, May 1, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsAttorney General Kathleen Kane knew about at least one sexual harassment accusation against her newly appointed chief of staff before she promoted him, but had been advised by top aides that it did not warrant discipline, her spokesman s...
