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Congress

Live Event – 2015 State of the Union Address

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Civil Rights

WATCH AND CHAT LIVE: President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union...

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Film

If Obama had gone to Paris the Right Would Still Have...

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Activism

Will 2015 Be a Good Year for Americans?

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Democracy

A Bit of History: Cuba and the USA

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Afghanistan

The Torture Report – An Organization Held to Account…But Not One...

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2014 Elections

What Mandate? Obama’s Approval Rises as The Republican Congress Craters

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Congress

Republican Congressmen to Sue Own Wives For Taking Out Trash

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

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Ukraine labels Russian ceasefire a farce after reports of hundreds of violations

A three-day truce was called by Vladimir Putin ahead of Russia's World War Two Victory Day celebrations. [...]

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