Democrats’ party platform, revealed during their National Convention, calls for more rigorous gun control laws, including reinstating the assault weapons ban. The DNC platform says Democrats “believe that the right to own firearms is...
Greece is seeking another bailout from its fellow European countries, but they have some demands to meet first. “Greece’s Eurozone creditors are demanding that the government in Athens introduce a six-day working week as part of the...
If you watched the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, you probably heard the number “4.5 million” a lot. That’s the number of private sector jobs Mr. Obama’s senior advisor Valerie Jarrett claims have been...
The national debt topped $16 trillion on Tuesday, adding fuel to Republicans’ criticisms of President Obama’s deficit spending just as the Democrats are kicking off their national convention. Mitt Romney lamented “the enormous debt”...
(AP) BOSTON – A federal judge has ordered the Massachusetts Department of Correction to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation for a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf...
The 2012 Democratic party will officially adopt an extreme position on the issue of abortion on Tuesday. According to a copy of the party platform, which was released online just before midnight on Monday, “The...
”Moving the supervision of banks to the European level, as well as the envisaged further steps towards establishing a fully fledged banking Union are necessary measures to ensure the stability of the integrated European...
(Reuters) – Central Falls, in Rhode Island, is close to emerging from bankruptcy with a plan that hammers its retired municipal employees but leaves bondholders unscathed, in a contrast with other recent U.S. municipal...
President Barack Obama’s administration is closing a deal to send $1 billion to Egypt — a move meant to ensure both political and financial stability for the new democracy. In June, in their first...
A group of business leaders, including Ben & Jerry’s founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, are planning to substantial funds into the Occupy Wall Street movement in hopes of sustaining the protests and fostering...
