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The Obama administration has stepped in to help negotiation terms in the Verizon strike that has lasted for more than a month. US Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said the leaders of the unions that walked off the job on April 13 have agreed “to return to the bargaining table on Tuesday” with Verizon executives “to […]
US District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Wednesday ordered that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton may soon be forced to testify in a lawsuit related to the private email server she managed while acting as secretary of state. Sullivan said the parties in the case, the State Department and conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, also struck […]
Ted Cruz wants transgender people to know that if he’s elected as President of the United States, they will receive no support from the POTUS. On Thursday Donald Trump voiced his support for the transgender community, stating that they should be able to use whatever bathroom they identify with. “Have we gone stark-raving nuts?” Cruz […]
The Obama administration is working to forgive the student loan debt for 400,000 Americans with permanent disabilities. The move will help safeguard those individuals’ Social Security payments. The Education Department on Tuesday announced a new process to better identify hundreds of thousands of borrowers who are eligible to apply for the already existing federal loan-forgiveness […]
Donald Trump appeared on “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning and he ripped into President Obama for saying the US will continue to accept refugees, even following the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels. During an address over the weekend, Obama said America’s “openness to refugees fleeing ISIL’s violence” is an important weapon in the US arsenal […]
A Canadian island has invited Americans to move and eventually become citizens if Donald Trump wins the US Presidency. “Hi Americans! Donald Trump may become the President of your country! If that happens, and you decide to get the hell out of there, might I suggest moving to Cape Breton Island!” says the Destination Cape […]
Online petition website Change.org had launched a new site that focuses on politics. The website — ChangePolitics.org — was built to help voters sift through the political noise to help them decide who to vote for in upcoming elections. ChangePolitics.org is available as a mobile-web app and desktop platform. The program was built to crowdsource questions […]
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen squared off against U.S. consumer advocate Ralph Nader on Monday. Yellen told Nader we need to take a cautious approach to the pace at which interest rises. In an open letter to Nader, the Fed chair repeated recent statements that the central bank should only gradually raise interest rates. “An overly […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is finalizing plans that will allow the federal government to revoke, deny, or limit a U.S. citizen’s passport if they owe more than $50,000 in “seriously delinquent tax debt. ” Lawmakers are in the final stages of negotiation over a bill to provide funding for U.S. highways and transit […]
Facebook Inc. said in a report on Wednesday that government demands for its user data surged in the first half of 2015. With government access to personal data from telephone and web companies becoming a hot topic among users, Facebook began reporting on government request numbers in 2015. According to the company the number of […]
Almost five months after announcing what many considered a long shot campaign for president, real estate mogul Donald Trump is still leading Republican primary polls nationwide. Carly Fiorina’s candidacy has also received greater attention over the last two months. Their campaigns represent a continued tradition in American politics: the businessman (or businesswoman) candidate. Here are […]
Real-estate mogul Donald Trump has gone absolutely bonkers on Twitter following his horrendous GOP debate and attacks made against him during that debate by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly. According to Trump, the debate’s moderator “bombed” during the entire debate, especially during their most contentious exchange. Kelly openly attacked Trump during the debate for his past offensive […]
