Speaking to reporters a few hours after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, McCain said there is “daylight” and “tension” between Jerusalem and Washington over the Iranian issue. “There should be no daylight between America and Israel in our assessment of the [Iranian] threat. Unfortunately, there clearly is some,” he added. His remarks came just two days after General Martin Dempsey, chairman … [Read more...]

The Florida Highway Police says the officer was trying to prevent the woman from fleeing and cleared the officer of any wrongdoing this week. Danielle Maudsley went into a coma in September after Florida Highway Police Trooper Daniel Cole tasered her in the back as she tried to escape from the police while handcuffed. Maudsley had been detained and taken to a Florida Highway Patrol Station after being suspected of involvement in a … [Read more...]

Active-duty troops, reservists and National Guard forces say the federal government withdraws job offers to those service members who fail to get released from active duty fast enough or even fires some others because of their absence. This is while, the United States' constitution prohibits discrimination by federal and state governments and the federal employers are not allowed to penalize service members because of their military … [Read more...]

Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who both serve on Senate Armed Services Committee, made the appeal on Sunday. “I believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United States involvement,” McCain said. “So I am not only not opposed, but I am in favor of weapons being obtained by the opposition,” he added. The senator further explained that the US government could equip the Syrian … [Read more...]

NYPD trawled Muslim student websites every day and even sent an undercover agent to a school, where he noted in police intelligence files how many times Muslim students prayed. Undercover agents recorded students' and professors names in reports prepared for New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, though none were charged with any crime. The newly acquired documents by the Associated Press shows how NYPD has monitored Muslim student … [Read more...]

According to an online survey conducted between February 6 and 18 by Press TV, with a sampling of 7,699 people, 44 percent of respondents said they believe the wave of Islamic Awakening, which swept through countries in the Middle East and North Africa, has now reached the US coasts. Forty-one percent of those surveyed said they think major challenges are taking place within the American socio-political structure. Only 15 percent said … [Read more...]

US Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher and two fellow Republicans introduced the bill in the House of Representatives on Friday, stating that the people of Balochistan should have the “right to self-determination.” Balochi people should “have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country, and they should be afforded the opportunity to choose their own status.” Pakistani officials condemned … [Read more...]

In an interview with MSNBC aired on Thursday, Foster Friess, who is a major financial backer who has donated at least $330,000 to the super PAC supporting Santorum's campaign, made inappropriate remarks about contraception in which he suggested that abstinence was the best form of birth control. On Friday, Santorum said media outlets were criticizing him for his supporter’s faux pas. "My record stands for itself," Santorum said in an … [Read more...]

Panetta told US lawmakers on Thursday the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Defense Department - a department that prides itself on being prepared to handle any calamity, whether it is war or a natural disaster - did not have any plan at all for handling the real threat of another USD 50 billion in budget cuts next year. The US defense secretary denounced the second round of cuts due to be implemented next year as being "crazy," saying … [Read more...]

The recent drop in unemployment has not reached the members of the black community, African American author, Algeron Austin, noted in a report, titled ‘No relief in 2012 from high unemployment for African Americans and Latinos,’ which was published by Washington, DC-headquartered think tank, Economic Policy Institute, on Thursday. According to the report, “The country’s unemployment rate remains devastatingly high. The situation is … [Read more...]