Terry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion-clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a Democrat

May 24, 2013
Terry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion-clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a Democrat

Left to right: Joseph McAuliffe, Bill Clinton and Terry McAuliffe. (Facebook.com) Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia’s next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his Republican opponent, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. That’s in part because his older brother, Joseph McAuliffe, spent two decades...
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Obama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech

May 24, 2013

By Walter Shapiro In foreign affairs—unlike domestic policy—a president can reinvent himself in the middle of his time in office without worrying about congressional majorities. Mistaken paths can be abandoned and new approaches tried, often without public acknowledgement that anything has changed. George W. Bush did this in his second term as he moved...
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What’s next for the immigration reform bill?

May 23, 2013
What’s next for the immigration reform bill?

Elena Marquez, center, and others at a rally to call on Congress to pass immigration reform. (Joe Raedle/Getty … It’s been a good week for proponents of immigration reform. The sweeping bill that seeks to legalize most of the country’s 11 million unauthorized immigrants was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday night, after...
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Syria opposition unity talks face specter of collapse

May 25, 2013

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL – Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace...
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Syria opposition seeks to unify as momentum for talks builds

May 24, 2013

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syria‘s fractious opposition scrambled to agree a new leadership on Friday in...
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Taliban attack U.N. compound in Afghan capital: police

May 24, 2013

By Amie Ferris-Rotman and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on a U.N. compound...
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Technology

Proxy firms pile on pressure for better MetroPCS-T-Mobile deal

By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Proxy advisor Glass Lewis on Friday became the second firm to suggest that MetroPCS Communications Inc shareholders vote against a proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, adding pressure on Deutsche Telekom AG to sweeten the deal. The move by No. 2 proxy firm Glass Lewis backs efforts by...

Opinion/Editorial

Ryan: Keeping tax reform plan vague the best way to ‘get it done’

Critics of Mitt Romney’s tax reform plan say his proposal leaves out too many...

Legal system treats celebs differently, Dershowitz says

Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard law professor and pugnacious lawyer who gained fame representing high-profile...

One year on, Occupy Wall Street movement in disarray

NEW YORK (AP) — Occupy Wall Street began to disintegrate in rapid fashion last...

Chicago teachers extend strike, mayor seeks injunction

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The confrontation between Chicago teachers and Mayor Rahm Emanuel escalated on...


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