... ISDS "a parallel legal system for corporations to privately enforce sweeping investor rights." Obama disputes those claims. "There is no chance, zero chance, that the U.S. would be sued on something like our financial regulations, and on food safety, and on the various environmental regulations that we have in ...
... province, stretching from the edge of Baghdad all the way to the Jordanian, Saudi and Syrian borders. Just 35 miles from Baghdad is Fallujah, where U.S. soldiers and Marines in 2004 faced the fiercest urban fighting since Vietnam. The enemy then was al-Qaida. Now it's a group ...
Today in the Morning Line: Details emerge of Obama’s request to Congress for military authorization to fight the Islamic State group A brief history of war power tension The U.S. hasn’t declared war since WWII, plus all 11 times it has Jeb Bush’s $100,000 a ...
... S. bombing of the early 1970s through the Khmer Rouge era of murder and then a decade of Cold War era western isolation to protest Vietnam's invasion. Clearly one of the more bizarre twists of history dictated by the politics of the moment, the Jimmy Carter administration, which proclaimed ...
... Trivia: On this day in 1977, President Jimmy Carter granted an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. Which presidents have been accused of dodging the draft? Be the first to tweet us the correct answer using #PoliticsTrivia and you’ll ...
WASHINGTON -- Republican senators poised to lead major committees when the GOP takes charge are intent on pushing back many of President Barack Obama's policies, setting up potential showdowns over environmental rules, financial regulations and national security. The all-GOP Congress - Republicans also have a commanding majority in the House ...
NSA leaker Edward Snowden discloses in an extensive profile in Wired magazine that the U.S. government ran a top secret cyber-war program, which he claims could accidentally start a war. Gwen Ifill gets an update on Snowden and his latest revelations from the man who interviewed him, James Bamford of Wired.
Today in the Morning Line: The inside of a campaign doesn’t always look so great VA reform looks on track for passage, but will border be dealt with? U.S. continues to pressure Russia; more sanctions expected The latest White House climate report Nunn too smart: A detailed campaign strategy plan for Democrat Michelle Nunn, running...
It is 100 days until Election Day (well, 99, but who’s counting). There are going to be 15 primaries in August, but the general-election fields in the dozen competitive Senate races are pretty much set.
In our news wrap Thursday, gusty winds in southern California died down sufficiently to give firefighters an opportunity to bring several wildfires under control. The fires have burned through more than 9,000 acres in San Diego County, and forced tens of thousands to evacuate. Also, Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syria may have used...
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