U.S. leaders remain divided over contentious year-end financial issues even as the House of Representatives gets set to vote Thursday on a Republican plan to retain a tax break for all but the wealthiest of American taxpayers. The Republican leader of the House, Speaker John Boehner, is trying to win support for extending a tax […]
US Leaders in Washington Still Divided Over Financial Issues
Posted December 20th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
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More Funerals in Newtown; More Debate on Gun Control
Posted December 20th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Three six-year-old children are among the victims being laid to rest in Newtown, Connecticut, as a result of a mass shooting that has renewed debate over gun violence and gun control laws. The children were among 26 students and adults who died, last Friday, when a gunman opened fire at an elementary school. Authorities believe […]
Army to Seek Death Penalty for Soldier in Deadly Afghan Rampage
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Army is recommending the death penalty for an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a shooting rampage earlier this year. Prosecutors say Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales attacked two villages in the early morning hours of March 11. They say he left his remote base in southern Afghanistan and walked […]
Obama Calls on Congress to Act on Gun Control
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban, five days after a gunman with a military-style weapon killed 20 children and six adults in the second-worst school shooting in the nation’s history. President Obama named Vice President Joe Biden to lead an effort to write a set of concrete […]
Obama Still Optimistic Financial Deal Will Be Reached
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is willing to do “some very tough things” to compromise with his political opponents in Congress on contentious year-end financial issues and is optimistic an agreement can be reached within days. The president says he has reached a broad framework of government spending cuts and tax rates with the […]
Obama Still Optimistic Financial Deal Will Be Reached
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is willing to do “some very tough things” to compromise with his political opponents in Congress on contentious year-end financial issues and is optimistic an agreement can be reached within days. The president told a White House news conference Wednesday that he has reached a broad framework of government […]
Obama Calls on Congress to Act on Gun Control
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban, five days after a gunman with a military-style weapon killed 20 children and six adults in the second-worst school shooting in the nation’s history. President Obama says he has named Vice President Joe Biden to lead an effort to come up […]
Obama Still Optimistic Financial Deal Will Be Reached
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is willing to do “some very tough things” to compromise with his political opponents in Congress on contentious year-end financial issues and is optimistic an agreement can be reached within days. The president told a White House news conference Wednesday that he has reached a broad framework of government […]
Obama Calls on Congress to Act on Gun Control
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Congress to act on reinstating an assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loophole that allows guns to be purchased from private dealers without background checks. At the White House Wednesday, President Obama said he has named his vice president, Joe Biden, to lead an effort to […]
White House Threatens to Veto Republican Budget Plan
Posted December 19th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama would veto the Republican “Plan B” tax proposal that is designed to avert the “fiscal cliff,” saying the plan places too large a burden on the middle class without balancing spending cuts and tax increases. White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer says the Republican plan does not […]
