WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is stepping up his election-year insistence that the wealthy pay a greater share of taxes, planning Tuesday to renew his call for Congress to raise taxes on millionaires. Hoping to draw a sharp contrast with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Obama will outline his support for the so-called “Buffett […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is stepping up his election-year insistence that the wealthy pay a greater share of taxes, planning Tuesday to renew his call for Congress to raise taxes on millionaires. Hoping to draw a sharp contrast with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Obama will outline his support for the so-called “Buffett […]
In the small town of Bluffdale in the Utah desert, the US government is halfway to completing a gargantuan complex designed to store and trawl through billions of phone calls, emails, and other global communications. As the UK government reveals its own plans to carry out mass surveillance, a lengthy piece in May’s Wired reveals the full […]
In the small town of Bluffdale in the Utah desert, the US government is halfway to completing a gargantuan complex designed to store and trawl through billions of phone calls, emails, and other global communications. As the UK government reveals its own plans to carry out mass surveillance, a lengthy piece in May’s Wired reveals the full […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight to make sure they are running safely. Amid the gas-drilling boom, private companies have put in hundreds of small gathering […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight to make sure they are running safely. Amid the gas-drilling boom, private companies have put in hundreds of small gathering […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs, arguably the most storied investment bank on Wall Street, has been compared to a money-sucking vampire squid and called the evil empire of finance. On Wednesday, it got a black eye from one of its own. Greg Smith, an executive director at the bank, resigned with a blistering public […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs, arguably the most storied investment bank on Wall Street, has been compared to a money-sucking vampire squid and called the evil empire of finance. On Wednesday, it got a black eye from one of its own. Greg Smith, an executive director at the bank, resigned with a blistering public […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — His delegate lead growing, Mitt Romney gently nudged his Republican opponents toward the sidelines on Wednesday and said he was on track to wrap up the presidential nomination before the party convention next summer. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich paid him no mind, vowing to fight on in a campaign marked by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — His delegate lead growing, Mitt Romney gently nudged his Republican opponents toward the sidelines on Wednesday and said he was on track to wrap up the presidential nomination before the party convention next summer. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich paid him no mind, vowing to fight on in a campaign marked by […]
(MintPress) – With an executive order on Thursday, President Barack Obama issued a waiver to 10 states that alleviate them from following the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education standards. The waivers suggest a movement from Obama to make adjustments to the law to make up for its shortcomings and shift more power to […]
(MintPress) – With an executive order on Thursday, President Barack Obama issued a waiver to 10 states that alleviate them from following the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education standards. The waivers suggest a movement from Obama to make adjustments to the law to make up for its shortcomings and shift more power to […]
(MintPress)— Despite 42 percent of the population living on less than $1.25 per day, the lowest physician ratios in the world and developmental challenges, India has obtained its first year of no reported polio cases in the country’s history. The achievement removes India from a short list of countries that have polio endemics; Afghanistan, Nigeria and […]
(MintPress)— Despite 42 percent of the population living on less than $1.25 per day, the lowest physician ratios in the world and developmental challenges, India has obtained its first year of no reported polio cases in the country’s history. The achievement removes India from a short list of countries that have polio endemics; Afghanistan, Nigeria and […]
