In remarks made at the White House, President Barack Obama says he is asking Vice President Joe Biden, a longtime gun-control advocate, to spearhead the gun proposal effort. Photo: AP.
Published on Oct 11, 2013 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The White House says President Barack Obama welcomes a constructive approach from Republicans in a new budget proposal but he has some concerns. Spokesman Jay Carney said the pr
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg about President Obama's gun control proposal.
Published on Sep 11, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM American web companies took on the government Wednesday, displaying messages to millions of users warning about the dangers of the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed cha
Published on Aug 23, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Increasing workers' earning power and offering Latino-owned companies easier access to funding that can be used for growth and expansion can help improve the social and economic sta
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned Western sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine as a fever that poses a threat to the entire world. In a speech to an economic forum in the Russian city of Vladivostok, he said Russia
Published on Jan 29, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM LIKE US HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM/CNNNEXT Last year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)—a group of the world's top economies—decided it was time to crack
Published on May 25, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A GOP state lawmaker in favor of bringing back firing squad executions stood by his plan on Monday night. In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Utah state Rep. Paul Ray
Ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Myanmar by Buddhists, Aung San Suu Kyi Nobel prize winner Silent A prominent political analyst says that Myanmar President's proposal to expel Rohingya Muslims from the country is an ethnic cleansing and
Published on Jan 19, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The impact of a minimum wage hike is one of the most hotly debated issues in economic research. But a growing body of evidence indicates that a Congressional proposal, backed by Pr
Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) is departing the House at the end of this year, but he's trying to force some of his odious anti-gay rhetoric into law before he goes. Earlier this year, he proposed an amendment to the defense budget that would create
Published on Jan 25, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM LIKE US HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM When a drone flies into its airspace, Deer Trail will consider it an act of war. You can only shoot at drones flying lower than 1,000 feet. Unl
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jul 24, 2015 A coalition of Democrats in both the House and the Senate have introduced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage by the largest margin in history. Led by Bernie Sander
1/29/13 President Obama speaks on the need for comprehensive immigration reform and outlines a proposal for a fair, effective and commonsense immigration system.
Published on Apr 4, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The US may release Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard in an attempt to save the so-called peace talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority. A US official speaking on
Published on Feb 10, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM LIKE US HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM/CNNNEXT Promising to keep private prison cells full will be illegal in Nebraska if a proposal from state Sen. Amanda McGill (D) becomes law. McGill,
2/14/13 The State of the Union proposal with by far the most political juice is going to be a call to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 and index it to inflation. That would put it, in inflation-adjusted terms, back up to its 1981 leve
Published on September 30, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A current proposal from a board in Colorado's second largest school district reads, Materials should promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free e
Could the sprawling surveillance state enable government or its legion of private contractors to abuse their technology and spy upon domestic political targets or judges This is not a far off possibility. Two years ago, a batch of stolen e-
Published on Jun 25, 2013 Vice President Biden highlights the importance of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which established the minimum wage in 1938, and discusses what the Administration's proposal to raise the minimum wage would mean f
Published on Mar 22, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The federal government has signed off on a long-delayed study looking at marijuana as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, a development that drug research
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Banks have been paying employees to leave the bank and go work for the government for a long time. Now, the AFL-CIO, a coalition of labor unions in the US, have filed a shareholder proposal forcing banks to di
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Members of a county Republican Party in Idaho are to take up a measure that would declare the state a Christian one to bolster what the proposal calls the Judeo-Christian bedrock of the founding of the Unite
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM If you guessed Donald Trump and his pack of spoiled rotten sociopaths, you're correct! President Donald Trump’s tax proposal would likely amount to a fat tax cut for Trump himself. The proposal, unveiled
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, but it quickly ran into a wall of opposition from top
