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U.S. will stop deporting young illegal immigrants
June 15, 2012 The Obama administration will stop deporting younger illegal immigrants who have led law-abiding lives in the U.S. and will instead start giving work permits, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday. Although the new action by the administration does not necessarily grant citizenship, it will create some ease for ...
Report: Geithner wanted Clinton as his replacement
June 15, 2012 In the spring of 2011, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tried to recruit Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to replace him at Treasury, The Washington Post reports. “The talks gained traction inside the White House before being scuttled shortly before the debt-ceiling talks on Capitol Hill intensified,” The Post wrote. ...
Poll finds global disapproval of U.S. drone strikes
June 14, 2012 There is widespread global disapproval of U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen, according to a Pew Global Attitudes Project poll that surveyed 21 nations. The U.S. is one of only three nations where fewer than half of the population disapprove of American drone attacks. Although the U.S. is the ...
Justice Department drops case against John Edwards
June 13, 2012 The Department of Justice has dismissed its case against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. The government had five remaining counts against the former senator from North Carolina two weeks after a judge declared a mistrial in the case. The federal jury found Edwards not guilty on the other charge. ...
Commerce secretary cited in hit and run; agency says he suffered seizure
June 11, 2012 This story has been updated. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson was cited in a hit-and-run felony in Southern California this weekend, causing two car accidents within minutes of each other before being found unconscious by authorities, CNN reported. A Commerce Department spokeswoman said Monday that Bryson had suffered a seizure, ...
Most Americans are against intervening in Syria, poll finds
June 7, 2012 Even as Americans continue to learn of the horrors occurring in Syria’s bloody conflict, a new CNN poll shows that six in 10 say the U.S. has no responsibility to do something to stop the fighting. Only 33 percent of Americans think the U.S. should act in Syria, though that ...
CEO pay up 6 percent in 2011
May 25, 2012 At a time when Washington is focused on policies that impact middle- and low-income workers, the average CEO of a public company made $9.6 million in 2011, up more than 6 percent over the previous year, the Associated Press reports. This is the second-straight year salaries went up for the ...
U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan, Pakistan stepping down
May 22, 2012 Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, will step down from his post this summer, after a year of service, CNN reports. Cameron Munter, the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, will also leave his post this summer. Serving short tours is common in the diplomatic ranks, CNN reported. In 2002, Crocker ...
Commercial rockets free up NASA resources, official says
May 22, 2012
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The first commercial space ship rocketed into orbit on Tuesday, marking the start of profit-driven space flight, the Associated Press reports. The Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying a capsule called "Dragon" that holds 1,000 pounds of supplies. The capsule is now en ...
Iraq to purchase U.S. drones
May 21, 2012 In an effort to protect Iraq's oil exports, the U.S. has agreed to sell unarmed surveillance drones to the Iraqi navy, USA Today reports. The new sale signifies an attempt at strengthening the ties between the two countries, the paper reported. Iraq will now have continuous watch over its oil ...
