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Last updated on November 30, 2016On December 17, 2014, President Obama announced major changes in policy between the United States and Cuba. On January 22, 2015, the U.S. and Cuba held diplomatic talks for the … Continue reading Obama Announces Major Policy Changes in United States and Cuba Relations
Last updated on November 25, 2015Dec 16, 2014: President Obama signed the $1.1 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last week. The bill is sometimes referred to as the "Cromnibus" bill because it's a combination … Continue reading United States $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill | December 2014
Last updated on May 31, 2015Dec 14, 2014: Yesterday, thousands of people marched through Washington D.C. to protest the recent grand jury decisions to not indict police officers in the deaths of Eric Garner and … Continue reading Al Sharpton Justice for All March in Washington D.C.
Last updated on May 31, 2015Jan 5, 2015: Dianne Feinstein, the outgoing chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee who last month released the report on the CIA torture program, sent a letter to President … Continue reading United States Senate Report on CIA Torture Program
Last updated on October 26, 2021Oct 25, 2021: Judicial inquiry begins looking into Eric Garner's death at hands of NYPD | ABC News Aug 20, 2019: Eric Garner's family, fired officer both vow to keep … Continue reading Eric Garner Chokehold Death in New York City
Last updated on June 24, 2017Jun 23, 2017: City Attorney Apollo Carey disclosed that the parents of Michael Brown received a $1.5 million settlement. Michael Brown's family receives $1.5 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit … Continue reading Michael Brown Shooting in Ferguson Missouri
Last updated on May 24, 2015On November 24, 2014,, President Obama presented Presidential Medals of Freedom to 18 Americans. Among the recipients are Tom Brokaw, Meryl Streep, Stevie Wonder, and the three men brutally murdered … Continue reading United States Presidential Medals of Freedom
Last updated on October 7, 2022Oct 5, 2022: Latest DACA decision offers 'sigh of relief' but keeps Dreamers in limbo | The Hill Revised 'Dreamers' program to get another review by court | The Hill … Continue reading United States Immigration Reform
Last updated on July 6, 2021The Keystone XL Pipeline is a proposed, additional pipeline, intended to carry crude oil from Canada and the Bakken formation region of Montana and North Dakota. The pipeline would start … Continue reading The Keystone XL Pipeline
Last updated on June 18, 2015 Dec 7, 2014: Last night in the Louisiana runoff election Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu lost to Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy. Landrieu Loses LA Senate Race to GOP Rep. … Continue reading United States 2014 Mid-term Elections