Alan Gross, American Imprisoned in Cuba, Starts Hunger Strike
Alan Gross, an American contractor who has been imprisoned in Cuba for more than four years, began a hunger strike last week to protest his treatment by both the Cuban and...
Foreign Policy
Obama Budget Supersizes U.S. Funding for UN, Global Military
At a time of soaring U.S. budget deficits, brutal economic hardship for tens of millions of Americans, and unprecedented levels of federal spending, the Obama administration is asking Congress to drastically...
Obama, Froman Use Ukraine to Push U.S.-EU Merger
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman calls for TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) to be as strong as NATO. ...
Why Do a Majority of Americans Oppose Fast-tracking the TPP?
A new poll reveals that a majority of Americans oppose granting President Obama fast track authority to enact the TPP. By Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. ...
United States Providing Free High-tech Military Equipment to Russia
A U.S. congressman has revealed that the Obama administration is providing critical high-tech military technology to Russia. ...
Ukraine: Globalists Hijack Crisis for More Money, Power for IMF
The U.S. Senate aid package to Ukraine includes a massive funding boost to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but House leaders say "keep IMF out" of the package. ...
Has Rand Paul Gone Neocon on the Ukraine?
Has Rand Paul gone "Neocon Lite" over Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Paul, who has been widely regarded as a non-interventionist like his father, 12-term congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul,...
Netanyahu, Obama Discuss Israel-Palestine Peace Agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Obama at the White House on March 3 and the main topic on the agenda was the U.S.-drafted framework for a peace agreement...
Senator McCain Says, “We’re All Ukrainians”
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said "We're all Ukranians" in response to the Russian invasion and takeover of parts of Crimea. ...
Pentagon Plans to Cut Troops to Pre-WWII Levels
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will release a Pentagon budget Monday calling for reduction in the number of U.S. Army personnel and new lower limits on military pay. ...
Obama’s TPP Negotiators Get Big Bonuses From Wall Street
President Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators are set to receive big money bonuses from banks. ...
Obama Considers Killing American with Drone
The Obama administration is mulling the legal issues of sending a drone to kill an American allegedly working with al-Qaeda in Pakistan. ...
U.S. Commits to Dial Down Drone Strikes in Pakistan
The Washington Post cites an unnamed U.S. official claiming that the Obama administration has committed to reducing the number of drone strikes in Pakistan. ...
Obama IRS to Share Private Financial Data With Russia’s Putin
As uncertainty grows surrounding a radical and deeply controversial addition to the sprawling U.S. tax regime, the Obama administration is now reportedly in negotiations with Moscow to share financial information with...
U.S. Says Russia Violated INF Treaty With Test
Starting last May, Rose Gottemoeller, the State Department’s acting under secretary for arms control and international security, began criticizing Russia’s testing of its new ground-launched cruise missile as a violation of the...