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After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.
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On Using Parents of Murdered Children
The president appeared at many rallies on behalf of additional gun control laws with parents of children murdered at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
5 hrs ago | Reuters
The hoopla over the new George W. Bush Library in Dallas, as well as some gauzy looks back penned by former aides, shows we are in the middle of "The Great Bush Revisionism." The former president is being lauded and congratulated .
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Doyle McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity.
Newsnight jumps the shark hunt: 99% of Clark County, Ohio, viewers polled say Ian Katz must go
THE new editor of Newsnight , the BBC news show that spiked the Jimmy Savile expose , is the Guardian's Ian Katz.
Rove Says His Super PAC Is Same as NAACP Because It's for 'Social Welfare'
Republican strategist Karl Rove says that Crossroads GPS, which is a part the American Crossroads super PAC that he founded, is a legitimate tax-exempt organization because it promotes "social welfare" like the NAACP.
More Scrutiny Ahead for the IRS
Think the Internal Revenue Service scandal will fade away in time for summer? That may be wishful thinking on the part of the White House and congressional Democrats, who are poised to endure another week of congressional hearings in both the House and Senate.
What happened to Obama's promise?
On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House.
PETA says IRS targeted it too, during Bush years
New charges from a liberal group that its tax-exempt status was questioned by the IRS are raising new questions that the tax agency is politically driven to please the party that controls the White House.
Return of the Dreamliner: 5 things to know
No longer grounded for safety concerns, Boeing's embattled 787 Dreamliner now has a few things to prove.
Swarmageddon to hit US after cicadas awake
Mating season: After 17 years underground, billions of cicadas are about to inundate the east coast of the US.
UNH Law School grads told to 'serve justice'
Two men who argued opposite sides in the U.S. Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 election offered life lessons - and their own example - to graduates of the University of New Hampshire School of Law on Saturday.
On 'Scandals', President Obama Should Borrow From An Unfamiliar Playbook: Bush And Cheney
This week, scandal fever engulfed cable news, radio, and Republican dinner tables across the country, as the GOP embarked on all-out crusade against President Obama over Benghazi, IRS political targeting, DOJ hacking AP phones, and yes, the President asking for an umbrella on a rainy day .
Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.
A Little Trip In The Way-Back Machine
Once upon a time, Democrats were concerned with infringements on civil liberties, when the president abusing power was someone they opposed and when the deaths of Americans bothered them.
Donald Rumsfeld has written an advice book. Oh, yay.
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has published a new book. It's a book of advice.
Across the vast, combative realms of pop music, country is the genre where women are delivering today's most compelling tunes.
Like his predecessors, President Obama is relying on a specially-commissioned report and efforts at transparency to control the fallout from Benghazi.
Will Republicans Oppose James Comey as FBI Director?
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that President Obama has narrowed his list of possible replacements for FBI Director Robert Mueller to two candidates.
Grim reminder of bloody US touch
The landmark conviction of former Guatemalan dictator General Efrain Rios Montt of genocide and crimes against humanity - the 1982 massacre of 1700 Ixil Mayan Indians considered sympathetic to leftwing guerrillas - and United States backing for the scorched earth campaign, was a grim reminder of bloody footprints left by Washington, in this case ... (more)