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Malik Bryant,13, Invited by Obama to Attend State Of The Union Address

Kat De Guzman | Jan 19, 2015 10:44 AM EST

Malik Bryant, a thirteen-year-old boy from Chicago, has been asking for his safety in a letter to Santa resulting to United States President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to invite the teenager in the State of the Union address on Tuesday. read more

Republicans: Obama's Plans to Tax Highest Earners A 'Non-Starter'

Kat De Guzman | Jan 19, 2015 10:52 AM EST

Republicans on Sunday said President Barack Obama's plan to increase taxes on the country's highest wage earners in order to benefit the middle class was a "non-starter". read more

Shots Heard at Biden’s Delaware House on Saturday

Vittorio Hernandez | Jan 19, 2015 10:49 AM EST

The Secret Service arrested a driver who tried to ignore a New Castle County police officer who was guarding the outer perimeter of the gate of Vice President Joe Biden's house in Wilmington, Delaware. read more

Ted Cruz Wants to NASA ro Focus on Space Exploration

Dino Lirios | Jan 19, 2015 10:46 AM EST

Senator Ted Cruz has a new role in the Republican-controlled Senate. He is now the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and science matters. read more

Obamacare Top Official Resigns

Raymond Legaspi | Jan 17, 2015 11:59 PM EST

The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary has accepted the resignation of Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who was in charge of the disastrous rollout of an online insurance exchange. read more

China's Spy Chief Ma Jian Detained in Corruption Probe

Michael A. Katz | Jan 16, 2015 01:45 PM EST

Ma Jian, one China's spy chiefs, has been detained over alleged corruption, another official caught in the path of the juggernaut that is President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign. read more

Obama Pushes Paid Leave with Healthy Families Act

Kat De Guzman | Jan 16, 2015 12:59 PM EST

U.S. President Barack Obama recently launched another set of proposals that could possibly benefit millions of Americans, as he pushed for paid sick and family leave for working parents, and to private-sector employees for the second time. read more

House Votes to Revoke Legal Protection for Millions of Immigrants

Vittorio Hernandez | Jan 15, 2015 08:38 AM EST

While the House voted on Wednesday to kill major provisions of the immigration policy of U.S. President Barack Obama that would provide legal protection to millions of immigrants, 26 Republicans crossed party lines and rejected the amendment that would reverse the president's 2012 executive action. read more