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.
Is the grass turning greener for marijuana laws in the United States?
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.
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.
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.
The sweeping report on problems facing the Republican Party calls for a lot of soul-searching and rethinking if the GOP wants to emerge from the identity muck in which it is wallowing after having lost the last two U.S. presidential elections.
The introduction of U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget was deja vu all over again, sort of, but with a twist of balancing the federal budget in 10 years instead of further out.
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.
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.
First lady Michelle Obama's appearance during the introduction of nominees for the 2013 Academy Award's Best Picture created drama in its own right, prompting some on both sides of the political aisle to wonder about the seemliness her live satellite feed with presenter Jack Nicholson.
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.
Six in 10 businesses owners say they expect the expenses to rise this year and most attribute the expected increase to spending associated with business growth, a survey indicated.
Both President Obama and a bipartisan group of senators say they want to fix the country's immigration system Obama called "out of date and badly broken."
Small businesses overwhelming support tougher regulations for Wall Street and financial companies, saying they must be held accountable and their business dealing must be transparent, a survey by Small Business Majority indicated.
It's never too early to look ahead to the 2014 midterm elections for the U.S. Congress -- and retirements could throw a couple of monkey wrenches into party challenges.
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