A New York Republican could win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, in a congressional district that has not elected a Republican in decades. Republican Bob Turner, a retired media executive, is running against Democratic state assemblyman David Weprin for the seat left empty by Anthony Weiner, who resigned earlier this year […]
Republican Expected to Win NY Special Election
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 2:31 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Takes His Job Plan On the Road
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is in Ohio to build public support for his $447 billion proposal aimed at creating jobs and boosting the nation’s sluggish economy. Mr. Obama, a Democrat, will speak at a high school in the capital, Columbus, near the congressional district represented by Republican House Speaker John Boehner, a frequent critic of […]
Clinton: Repression of Religious Freedom Emboldens Extremists
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 1:42 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says ongoing repression and violations of religious freedom around the world “embolden extremists” and “fuel sectarian strife.” Clinton made the comments Tuesday in Washington at the release of the biannual International Religious Freedom Report She cited Monday’s attack by gunmen on Shi’ite pilgrims in Iraq, calling it a “hateful, […]
US: Al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula Biggest Terror Threat to US
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 12:57 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency says al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula currently poses the most serious terrorism threat to the United States. CIA Director David Petraeus spoke at a congressional hearing Tuesday on evaluating U.S. counterterrorism efforts 10 years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Petraeus said while the South Asian […]
Clinton: Repression of Religious Freedom Emboldens Extremists
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says ongoing repression and violations of religious freedom around the world “embolden extremists” and “fuel sectarian strife.” Clinton made the comments Tuesday in Washington at the release of the biannual International Religious Freedom Report She cited Monday’s attack by gunmen on Shi’ite pilgrims in Iraq, calling it a “hateful, […]
Clinton: Iran’s Possible Release of US Hikers ‘Encouraging’
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she is encouraged by comments from Iran’s president announcing that two American hikers convicted of spying in Iran will soon be freed. In an interview broadcast Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a correspondent for the American television network NBC that he thinks Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal […]
Recession Boosts US Poverty Rate
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 11:12 am (UTC-5)
The recession raised the percentage of people living in poverty in the United States in 2010 to the highest level in seventeen years. Tuesday’s report from the Census Bureau says the poverty rate was just over 15 percent, an increase of seven-tenths of a percent from the prior year. That totals up to just over […]
US Checking Report Iran Will Free Hikers
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
The United States is trying to confirm the promised release of two American hikers convicted in Iran on charges of spying. In an interview broadcast Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a correspondent for the U.S. television network NBC that he thinks Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal will be freed on humanitarian grounds within “a […]
US Republican Hopefuls Debate in Key Election State
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 8:21 am (UTC-5)
Eight U.S. Republican Party presidential hopefuls have debated social programs, immigration and the war in Afghanistan in their second debate in a week, as the 2012 election primary race takes shape. The CNN / Tea Party debate in Florida Monday night featured questions by conservative voters in the audience, over the Internet and in several […]
Iran Says 2 US Hikers to Be Freed in Days
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he thinks that two American men convicted of spying on his country will be released “in a couple of days.” Mr. Ahmadinejad told a U.S. television interviewer that Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal will be freed on humanitarian grounds. He made the comment during an interview conducted in Iran by […]
