Oct 02 Santa Claus runs for office in North Pole, Alaska By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins The clerk's office in North Pole, Alaska, announced Thursday that a man whose legal name is Santa Claus launched a write-in campaign for City Council, according to the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer. Continue reading
Oct 02 Carson says jihadists will try to enter U.S. with Syrian refugees By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said the U.S. should bar refugees from war-torn Syria because they are "infiltrated with Jihadists," who seek to harm America. Continue reading
Oct 02 Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down in December By Josh Lederman and Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan is stepping down in December after 7 years in the Obama administration. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 8:29 Bipartisan reform bill aims to fix minimum mandatory sentences By PBS News Hour Republicans and Democrats unveiled joint legislation, years in the making, to cut the number of inmates in federal prisons. If passed, it would end the so-called "three strikes rule" for non-violent offenders and allow for more education and jobs programs,… Continue watching
Oct 01 Clinton private account targeted in Russia-linked email scam By Bradley Klapper, Jack Gillum and Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to trick Hillary Rodham Clinton into infecting her computer systems while she was secretary of state, newly released emails show. It was unclear whether she was fooled into clicking on any… Continue reading
Oct 01 Senators reach deal to reduce prison time for some offenders By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation on Thursday that would overhaul the nation's criminal justice system, allowing some nonviolent drug offenders to get reduced prison sentences and giving judges greater discretion in sentencing. Continue reading
Oct 01 Sanders pulls in nearly as much cash this quarter as Clinton By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is offering Hillary Rodham Clinton an unexpected challenge in the race for primary campaign money this quarter as he collected nearly as much money from small donations as the Democratic front-runner has from big-dollar donors. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 4:04 Averting shutdown, budget stopgap sets up Congress for bigger fight By PBS News Hour Congress passed a bill to extend funding until December, hours before the deadline for a possible government shutdown. But the sharply divided vote in the House only seems to set up a potentially bigger fight later on. Political director Lisa… Continue watching
Sep 30 The real fight over Planned Parenthood is not in Congress By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins, Amanda Gomez With so much attention focused on the fight on Capitol Hill, Americans may be missing a crucial point – a number of the changes Republican lawmakers are working hard to pass at the federal level have already been enacted by… Continue reading
Sep 30 Senate approves temporary spending bill to avoid government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A temporary funding measure that would keep the government open past a midnight deadline easily sailed through the Senate on Wednesday and was expected to make its way shortly through a divided House and on to President Barack… Continue reading