Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
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Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Iowa police officer charged and fired for allegedly sending explicit photos to minor Police allege Colt Richardson sent one of the images while on-duty at the Eagle Grove Police Department in northern Iowa. 01/15/2025 - 6:11 am | View Link
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CIA official charged with leaking classified documents about Israeli strike on Iran Federal authorities investigated the leak. Tracy Walder, a former CIA covert operations officer and FBI special agent, called the case “very serious” because Rahman held such a high security ... 11/13/2024 - 5:09 am | View Link
CIA official with top security clearance charged for leaking highly classified docs about Israel’s plans to strike Iran A CIA official has been charged with leaking highly classified ... Retired Israel Defense Forces Brigadier General Amir Avivi warned that the leak could have repercussions on Israel-US relations ... 11/13/2024 - 1:58 am | View Link
By MEG KINNARD and ALEX CONNOR, Associated Press
As he assumes the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump brings with him a broad expanse of business relationships and financial entanglements — and the possibility that those associations could influence his decision-making in the White House.
Trump’s team dismisses such concerns. “President Trump removed himself from his multibillion-dollar real estate empire to run for office and forewent his government salary, becoming the first President to actually lose net worth while serving in the White House,” Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh.
The recent round of clemency gives Biden the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued.