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US Supreme Court set to reveal decision on Obama's healthcare law
Barack Obama faces one of the deciding moments of his presidency this week as the Supreme Court is set to announce whether or not his flagship healthcare overhaul is constitutional.
And while the White House seems to be leaking information left, right and centre, the court has managed to keep its ruling a secret for months.
America’s nine Supreme Court justices officially voted on the plan more...
Most Americans can't name Obama's religion
U.S. President Barack Obama
Just 34% of Americans correctly say U.S. President Barack Obama is a Christian, while 44% say they don’t know Obama’s religion and 11% say he is a Muslim.
Obama is a Christian and has labeled himself as such as in his writings and interviews, and while living in Chicago he attended the Trinity United Church of Christ. Since moving into the White House, Obama...
Illegal immigrants highlight Hispanic challenge for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
America is a nation of immigrants with an illegal immigration problem – a dilemma for both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the White House race, says John Avlon.
America is a nation of immigrants with an illegal immigration problem.
For the past four decades, immigration has been a political football, the subject of liberal pandering and conservative demagoguery in the culture wars. But now...
Russia sending two warships to Syrian coast
Russian warship, Tsezar Kunikov
Russia is deploying two warships to the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean coast amid the ongoing turmoil in the Arab country, a report says.
According to a Russian Interfax news agency report on Monday, Moscow is preparing to send two amphibious assault ships to the port city.
Interfax quoted an officer from the Russian naval headquarters as saying, “Two major...
Obama to Legalize Illegal Immigration by Decree
In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression in which millions of Americans have lost jobs we can expect even more competition in the employment marketplace.
According to AP sources and to RT, President Obama will speak today about a new administration policy that will grant immunity from deportation for some 800,000 immigrants who have entered the country illegally.
The Obama...
Obama covertly granting more power to multinational corporations
Despite the White House’s efforts to keep a proposed free trade agreement concealed from the public — and even Congress — an excerpt from the TPP leaked Wednesday reveals that President Obama is prepared to bow to multinational corporations.
The United States has been engaged in discussion with eight Pacific nations to come to agreement on the terms of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership,...
SOPA opponents release Digital Bill of Rights
Two leading opponents of SOPA are taking their fight for Internet freedoms to a whole new level. This time a team of bi-partisan lawmakers are offering a Digital Bill of Rights to help ensure that Americans continue to have an open Internet.
“I believe that individuals possess certain fundamental rights,” Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) writes on his website this week. “Government should exist...
45 years since the USS Liberty event, US government still silent
USS Liberty after Israel's air and naval attack on June 8, 1967.
Although 45 years have passed since Israel attacked a US Navy ship in international waters, the US government still maintains silence on the incident.
June 8 marks the day when Israel’s air and naval forces attacked the US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty killing 34 crew members and wounding 174 others.
At that time, USS Liberty...
Russia Shocked After Thousands Of Americans Beg Obama Not To Kill Them
A new report by the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF) expressed “extreme shock” after evidence was presented that thousands of Americans are now begging President Obama not to kill them as the United States accelerates it push towards becoming the most powerful police state modern history has ever seen.
The evidence presented to the SCRF for this finding was a new petition to Obama...
Democrats revolt against Obama over TPP
A leading Senate Democrat has called out US President Barack Obama over his alleged unwillingness to keep Congress updated on negotiations over a treaty that might be potentially disastrous for America.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced legislation on Wednesday that specifically targets the Obama administration by demanding that the White House open up on details about the proposed Trans-Pacific...
World's oldest democracy turns into dictatorship
It is an open secret that the USA, or the US-led policy, to be more precise, has been earning the reputation of the “world gendarme” even though this term appeared first in the Russian Empire, during the reign of Nicholas I. There is every reason to believe that one of the oldest democracies in the world is playing up to those who play havoc.
Western democracies borrowed a lot from dictatorships....
Ron Paul fights to end military aid for Israel
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul has condemned a plan being considered in the United States House of Representatives that would allow for the US to continue aiding in the defense of Israel by equipping the Jewish state’s military with added weaponry.
From Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) attacked the contents of an act currently up for discussion that, if passed, would...
White House 'strongly opposes' CISPA, threateans to veto
Congress is slated to vote this week on America’s most controversial bill in waiting — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. But now the president’s advisers say they will recommend Obama vetoes CISPA if it makes it to the White House.
Following comments this week from within the Obama administration that suggested that the White House was opposed to H.R. 3523, or CISPA, the...
North Korea plans to launch another rocket while US halts Food Aid
Humiliating: North Korea, embarrassed by the failure of the much-hyped rocket launch, is now widely believed to be weighing undertaking its third nuclear test in order to show its military strength
The United States will not go forward with planned food aid to North Korea, the White House said on Friday, after the impoverished nation’s unsuccessful launch of a long-range missile which Washington...
Brazil criticizes US for expansionary monetary policies
US President Barack Obama (R) and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speak after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House April 9, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has criticized the United States for its expansionary monetary policies, saying they are hindering the progress of developing countries.
Speaking on Monday after meeting with US President Barack Obama...