Lawmakers will return to Washington in January with a full plate of controversial issues that could gum up the early days of the President-elect Donald Trump’s term.
After 2016’s bruising election cycle, 2017 might seem like a break for Republicans and Democrats to gear up for 2018’s midterms. But a handful of 2017 contests could serve as an indicator of the mood of the electorate in the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pledges to end the nation-building missions of the military will be tested in Afghanistan, where President Obama repeatedly came up against the reality of a country unready for U.S. forces to leave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday summoned the U.S. ambassador to his country, as he increases attacks on the U.S. for not blocking a critical United Nations resolution.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday blasted the Obama administration for not blocking a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territories.
Over the last three and a half years, Edward Snowden has gone from an anonymous government contractor to a global celebrity made the subject of two major motion pictures. But for all of his cultural import, Snowden’s decision to leak thousands of classified documents has done little to change the way the United States conducts surveillance.
Pennsylvania is one of 11 states where the majority of voters use antiquated machines that store votes electronically, without printed ballots or other paper-based backups.