By MARCELLA KREITER, United Press International
U.S. President Barack Obama says it's time to rethink the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because its operation is a stain on the national psyche and diminishes that for which the United States stands.
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
The use of unmanned aircraft to carry out targeted killings is attractive because few U.S. lives are at risk, but increased use of unmanned aircraft to carry out targeted killing because few U.S. lives are at risk could lead U.S. decision-makers down a slippery slope.
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
Is the grass turning greener for marijuana laws in the United States?
By MARCELLA KREITER, United Press International
The Federal Reserve may be saying encouraging things about the economy, the stock market may be setting records and employers say they're planning on hiring new college grads and summer workers, but millions of Americans have been out of work for at least six months and their prospects of finding new jobs don't seem to be getting any brighter.
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
Congressional Republicans and Democrats began voicing their displeasure over U.S. President Obama's 2014 budget plan, either saying it didn't go far enough to cut spending, or it raised taxes or it intruded too much on entitlements or left seniors in a lurch.
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
Same-sex marriage is garnering new-found, or at least more publicized, acceptance across the United States, cutting across political and philosophical lines as the idea of two people of the same sex in a committed relationship isn't as off-putting as it was, say, a year ago.
By MARCELLA KREITER, United Press International
Riddle me this: When is a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate not good news?
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
President Obama again has called on Congress to act on sweeping immigration reform, saying he expects legislation to be introduced in April and debate on it soon after.
By MARCELLA S. KREITER, United Press International
The sight of 20 small bodies lying on the floor of a first grade classroom in Newtown, Conn., rattled most Americans.
By MARCELLA S. KREITER, United Press International
Baby steps. As U.S. President Barack Obama has conceded, the chance for a grand plan when it comes to the federal budget appears to be dead. And last week, he indicated a comprehensive plan for peace in the Middle East appears to be a distant hope as well.
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
As legislation to help curb gun violence wends through the U.S. Congress, several states and communities are taking their own action -- some that would enhance gun control, some which would do away with control measures and some that would require households to have handguns.
By MARCELLA S. KREITER, United Press International
The latest mantra in budget rhetoric, "chained CPI," has become a rallying point for seniors and organizations like AARP, which see the change in calculating inflation for entitlement and other programs floated by President Obama as having a disproportionate impact on the elderly.
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
The deadline for the sequester came and went. An automatic $85 billion, across-the-board cuts in spending for U.S. defense and domestic programs went into effect March 1 and – so far – calamity has been avoided.
By MARCELLA S. KREITER, United Press International
If fingerpointing were an Olympic sport, Washington would win the gold hands down.
By MARCELLA KREITER, United Press International
If a class war is heating up, a pilot study by Northwestern and Vanderbilt universities indicates the federal spending deficit may be the trigger.
By NICOLE DEBEVEC, United Press International
The game of chicken over the across-the-board cuts in federal spending threatens to play out until the bitter end as both parties dig in to their respective positions and are blaming the other for the impasse.
By MARCELLA KREITER, United Press International
Anyone who thought last week's State of the Union address would usher in a new era of bipartisan cooperation and an end to crisis government in Washington was sorely mistaken.
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