When asked in an open-ended format why they think more women are running for U.S. Congress this year than in the past, one-in-five adults give responses that suggest it’s time for a change because the people who have been in charge, particularly men, haven’t done a good job; 16%..…

French Julia Wright, daughter of African- American Richard Wright, circulated Open Letter at Congress calling on US House of Representatives to conduct inquiry into the unusual procedures utilized in December 2006 approval of Resolution condemning St. ..…

The central themes of his thirty-five-minute address were the defense of American against the imagined depredations of multilateral bodies and insistence that nobody will ever take advantage of United States again. ..…

That’s how little things have changed regarding the religious demographics in Congress when it comes to open atheists. . . … . When the new members of Congress take their oaths today, we will once again see a House and Senate completely devoid of open atheists. ..…

Galloway Supreme Court decision, it’s that if there’s going to be an invocation at all, it must be open to people of all religious backgrounds, including people without religion. That applies to city councils, sure, but what about Congress? . That’s the focus of a new lawsuit filed by..…

In 2015 it did so twice: by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack President Obama’s policy on Iran’s nuclear program before a joint session of Congress, and through an “open letter” to Iran’s leaders, drafted by Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and signed by..…

Since 1965, when Congress passed legislation to open the nation’s borders, immigrants have largely hailed from Latin America and Asia. ..…

But against an adversary such as al-Qaida, mistakes are far more likely - and, given the open-ended nature of the conflict, far more harmful. . So if Congress and the president refuse to provide the checks needed to guard against error and abuse, they should not be surprised to find them..…

Another point of reference The framers never used the separation of church and state the drafters of Bill of Rights never entertained the notion that American citizens would be separated from expression. ..…

The court's 5-3 decision ensured that the wait would be longer and that the facility would remain open for now, in spite of calls to close it. . President Bush said yesterday that he would work with Congress to redraft the first military tribunals since World War II, and lawmakers in both..…

With the raising of U.S at American Havana, Cuba, the two nations are resuming diplomatic relations after severing of ties that lasted over half century. ..…

These all-source assessments are based on human, signals, and geospatial intelligence as well as a significant body of open source reporting. . ... Congress and key international partners. To protect sources and methods, we cannot publicly release all available intelligence but what follows..…

Much as I appreciate Pete Stark’s status as the only open atheist in Congress, I really don’t like people meddling in politics from the outside. ..…

President Obama tried to comfort the families and friends of those killed or injured in Tucson, Arizona shootings, and tried to calm the angry discourse that may have spawned the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords.. ..…

The two parties were in a virtual dead heat in the test ballot at this stage in 2002, an election in which the GOP picked up six House seats, and in 1994, when the Republicans swept into control of Congress. In that historic election, the Republicans did not open up a sizable lead in the..…

The circus surrounding Supreme Court of Judge Brett Kavanaugh has shown beyond any doubt how divided America is. ..…

The transformation of these pseudo-left organizations into open instruments of imperialist reaction is the outcome of a historically protracted social, political and theoretical process. . The founding congress of the Fourth International was held in September 1938. ..…

In India, the Stalinist Communist Party (CPI) was badly discredited by its close relations with the big business Congress Party and open support for New Delhi in the 1962 Indo-China border war. ..…