Provided by https://cnnnext.com When Iranian American anthropologist Pardis Mahdavi first visited Tehran in the summer of 2000, she expected to encounter the Iran she grew up imagining. Her family remembered violence and extremism, and th
Provided by https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, President Obama tells the American people that his plan for creating a better bargain for the middle class builds on the progress we've made, fighting our way back from the worst econ
Provided by https://cnnnext.com President Barack Obama took one of his most significant shots at the Keystone XL oil pipeline during a speech Tuesday in Chattanooga, Tenn., chiding Republicans for favoring a plan that he said would create
Provided by https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, President Obama says that the housing market is starting to heal -- and that it's time to build on that progress by creating a better bargain for responsible, middle class homeowners.
provided by https://cnnnext.com Freshmen in the US House Of Representatives learn very quickly that they need a lot of money to stay in power, as explained in a New York Times piece highlighting how Congressman in both parties are bought.
8/14/13 Provided by https://cnnnext.com There were scenes of celebration and emotion as Palestinian prisoners returned home to the occupied West Bank and Gaza. They were freed as part of a US brokered deal to get both sides back to
Provided by https://cnnnext.com Sixty years ago this Monday, on August 19, 1953, modern Iranian history took a critical turn when a U.S.- and British-backed coup overthrew the country's prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The event's reve
Published on Jul 3, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com The body of an abducted Arab teenager was found in a Jerusalem forest early Wednesday, fanning outrage among Palestinians and threatening to further escalate the broader tensions
Published on Aug 22, 2013 Provided by https://cnnnext.com Two teenagers were charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a college baseball player out for a jog in Oklahoma — a crime that one teen said they carrie
published on September 6, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week’s address, the Vice President discusses our continued economic recovery, with 10 million private sector jobs created over the past 54 months, and the work to be d
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In his weekly address, President Obama notes that while college education has never been more important, it has also never been more expensive, which is why he proposed major new reforms this week to make co
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Syria reached an agreement with the United Nations on Sunday to allow a team of international experts to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack last week outside Damascus, said Syrian state med
Published on Aug 27, 2013 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Vice President Joe Biden says there is no doubt that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is responsible for the use of chemical weapons in an attack last week. (Aug. 27)
Published on Sep 9, 2013 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com George Zimmerman's estranged wife called police officers to her father's house in Florida Monday, saying the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder threat
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In a historic move, Saudi Arabia banned domestic abuse this week, outlawing any form of abuse at home or in the workplace. The Council of Ministers' approval of the law Monday marks the first time the co
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, stepped out of today's hearing on Syria to speak with Fox News' Shepard Smith this afternoon and ended up in a far more c
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Aug 9, 2015 A Tea Party lawmaker is in hot water after trying to cover up a sex scandal with a fake gay sex scandal. Todd Courser has been having an affair with fellow lawmaker Cindy Gamra, and t
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com A classroom demonstration in Brazil, Indiana went awry last week when a police dog attacked a fifth grade boy. According to the Brazil Times, police officers visiting the school were conducting a mock drug
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com House Speaker John Boehner held a news conference Thursday morning stressing the need for bipartisan support on fiscal issues such as reigning in Obamacare. When a reporter asked for a reaction to Russian
Claiming victory, House Speaker John Boehner hailed the House vote Friday to derail 'Obamacare' but continue funding the government. Boehner called President Barack Obama's health care law 'a trainwreck,' that is 'hurting the American peop
provided by https://cnnnext.com Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced abortions as a symptom of today's throw-away culture and encouraged
Published on Sep 26, 2013 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com President Barack Obama promotes his health care law before new insurance exchanges open next week. The president says congressional critics of the 3-year-old health care law have
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker John Boehner's plan to avert a shutdown by shifting to a debt-ceiling fight ran into opposition from some Republicans in another setback for efforts to keep the U.S. gov
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, President Obama says that on October 1, a big part of the Affordable Care Act will go live and give uninsured Americans the chance to buy the same quality, affordable health care as e
Published on Sep 29, 2013 provided by https://cnnnext.com NASA's newest delivery service pulled up at the International Space Station on Sunday after a week's delay, bringing more than a half-ton of meals and special treats to the astro
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com President Obama's groundbreaking phone conversation with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran came after a busy week in New York that prompted optimism, as well as suspicion.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In response to an impending government shutdown, President Barack Obama said on Monday that it could be prevented if the House follows suit with the Senate and funds the government without controversial dema
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Stressing the desire for basic fairness for Americans under the Affordable Care Act, House Speaker John A. Boehner spoke to the media after Congress failed to avert a federal government shutdown.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. LIKE US HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM/CNNNEXT FOLLOW US HTTP://TWITTER.COM/CNNNEXT
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT In this week's address, President Obama discussed his meetings with members of Congress of both parties and the ongoing effort to reopen the government and remove the danger of default from our economy. The Pres
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Police brutality or reasonable force? Another day, another Internet video of what looks like a cop on a power trip. This time, in Toledo, Ohio, over the weekend. What should have been an uneventful traff
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Dec 19, 2015 In this week's address, the President celebrated the end of the year tradition of list-making with a year-in-review list of his own.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, President Obama said that now that the Federal government is reopened and the threat of default is lifted from the economy, there are three places Washington can take action to serve
Published on Oct 22, 2013 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli troops after a suspected militant was shot and killed in the West Bank. Israeli authorities say the suspect was a Palestinian man
Published on Oct 21, 2013 provided by https://cnnnext.com As the government shutdown continues in its second week, Americans' biggest concern is now dysfunction in Washington - which has reached the highest rate in 74 years, a new po
Published on Oct 26, 2013 In this week's address, President Obama discusses the launch of the Health Insurance Marketplace for the Affordable Care Act, which gives millions of Americans the opportunity to have access to affordable and re
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Jun 24, 2015 Sears, eBay, Amazon and Kmart are joining Walmart in halting sales on Confederate products. Lawmakers in South Carolina are debating whether to remove the flag from the statehouse af
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in an attempt
Published on Aug 27, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com The ACLU of Louisiana has come to the defense of a Rastafarian boy who has been suspended from school and forbidden to return until he cuts his dreadlocks. The boy was sent home
Published on Jul 30, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com House Republicans passed a bill to sue the President. But suing the President doesn’t create jobs or help hardworking families. It doesn’t fix our roads and bridges. And it doesn’t
Published on Nov 9, 2013 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, President Obama commemorates Veterans Day Weekend by thanking the brave men and women who have worn this country's uniform. The President says he is proud
Published on MAY 1, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Authorities rescued hundreds from flash floods overnight Wednesday in Florida's Panhandle. The AP's John Mone says this the latest damage from a severe weather system that's killed
Published on May 3, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, the President provides an update on the work his Administration has done to strengthen the economy and expand opportunity for hardworking Americans in this Y
Published on May 10, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, First Lady Michelle Obama honored all mothers on this upcoming Mother's Day and offered her thoughts, prayers and support in the wake of the unconscionable
Published on May 28, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Michelle Obama's effort to provide healthier lunches to school children is getting some push back from House Republicans. GOP leaders believe the bill that would place limits on fa
Published on May 31, 2014 Weekly Address PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's address, President Obama discussed new actions by the Environmental Protection Agency to cut dangerous carbon pollution, a plan that builds on the
Published on Aug 21, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com A New York City police officer allegedly placed a 27-year-old pregnant woman in a chokehold Saturday after she was accused of illegally grilling in East New York, Brooklyn. The inc
Published on Sep 16, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com President Barack Obama says the world is looking to the United States to address the deadly outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. The U.S. Department of Defense will send $500 million
Published on Sep 18, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Cop Caught on Camera Savagely Beating His Girlfriend- Has Not Been Arrested. An example of CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF CORRUPTION: Why is it OK for a black man to go to jail f
Published on Sep 20, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week’s address, the President thanked Congress for its strong bipartisan support for efforts to train and equip Syrian opposition forces to fight ISIL.
Published on Sep 21, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Economists have been busy recently with raising the alarm over the sanction tit-for-tat. They claim the west and Russia will lose millions of dollars. Russian producers have someth
Published on Sep 22, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com I saw another one of those commentaries where the Democratic talking head is explaining how difficult it is for a Democrat to win down in the new Republican south. Reorganization i
Published on Sep 25, 2014 Investigators are studying a dash cam video that shows a white South Carolina state trooper opening fire on an unarmed black driver during a routine traffic stop. Authorities say the shooting was not justified.
Published on Sep 27, 2014 In this week’s address, the President reiterated the forceful and optimistic message of American leadership that he delivered in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week.
Published on Oct 4, 2014 In this week’s address, the President highlighted that six years after the Great Recession, thanks to the hard work of the American people and the President’s policies, our economy has come back further and faste
Published on Oct 5, 2014 The CIA is funding the ISIL terrorist group to “promote the Israeli agenda” and to complete the Project for the New American Century, the co-founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth says. ISIL terrorists in Syria an
Published on Oct 5, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Israel has reprimanded the new government of Sweden for recognizing Palestine as a state. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tel Aviv is sorry that the Swedish pre
Published on Oct 8, 2014 Stories about police officers shooting and killing minorities are becoming far too common. Nearly every week, police officers in America kill an African American citizen. There are several reasons for this epidemic
Published on Oct 14, 2014 PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com A new TV ad blames prominent Republicans for Ebola deaths, attacking them for championing spending cuts that have gone after emergency public health funding for containing disease
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Catherine Daniels Brown was overwhelmed with grief Monday. She had a question for police: Why did you all kill my child? While the Miami Gardens Police Department works on getting her an answer, the vetera
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week’s address, the President underscored the importance of continuing to grow our economy and support good-paying jobs for our workers by opening up new markets for American goods and services.
provided by https://cnnnext.com The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention is in Washington D.C. this week. And, as expected, Jeb Bush has taken center stage. But there are growing concerns among conservatives tha
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week’s address, the President reiterated his commitment to middle-class economics, and to ensuring that all hard-working Americans get the secure and dignified retirement they deserve.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com A court of appeals ruled Thursday that a New York Police Department officer who told his supervisors about an illegal quota system was protected by the First Amendment and may continue to sue the city for wh
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com There’s a set of biracial twins in the UK who are turning heads because one is black and the other is white. Born in 1997 to a white father and a half-Jamaican mother, the sisters have grown accustomed to g
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com In this week's weekly address, President Obama discusses an issue close to his heart: education for adolescent girls around the world.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 7, 2015 Where would this country be if Peter Cottontail got cottonmouth? Matt Fairbanks, an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration's marijuana eradication team in Utah, testified
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Earlier this week forty-six United States Senators sent out a letter threatening Iran that despite what happens during current nuclear negotiations, the Senate will never ratify any treaty that they didn't l
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com This week, Wisconsin joined 24 other states in passing a right-to-work law. As “cheap labor” has become somewhat of a mantra for conservatives, the saga in Wisconsin further shows how these “right to work” la
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 14, 2015 In this week’s address, President Obama laid out his vision for quality, affordable higher education for all Americans.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 14, 2015 Why do kids hate physical education but love sports? Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming thinks he knows the answer. Now retired from the game, he's a vocal advocate for sports educatio
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 18, 2015 Investigators say Los Angeles police officer Henry Solis is wanted in connection to a deadly shooting last week in Pomona. The 27-year-old is considered armed and dangerous. Carter E
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 21, 2015 In this week’s address, the President called on Republicans in Congress to stop playing politics with law enforcement and national security and confirm Loretta Lynch as Attorney Gene
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 21, 2015 A Tennessee pastor said this week that his church was “not trying to offend anyone” when it put up a sign linking “equal rights” to Satan. Members of the community expressed outrag
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 21, 2015 After a week of media scrutiny surrounding two email scandals between (arguably) the two 2016 presidential frontrunners, Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss the depr
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USA News | Hunter Biden Scandal | US President Joe Biden News | Hunter Biden | News18 The Republicans failed to perform as per expectations in the US mid-term elections but their majority in the US House of Representatives still brings t
Texas Democrats on Monday prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump to shore up Republicans’ 2026 midterm prospects as his polit
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 23, 2015 The Boston Globe editorial board is doing its best to get Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the 2016 race. The paper's interim editorial page editor, Ellen Clegg, joins Morning Joe to disc
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 23, 2015 Following a week of scrutiny surrounding an email scandal, Jeb Bush is still steamrolling his way to a possible presidential bid. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 25, 2015 Two LAPD officers who fatally shot an unarmed man in 2010 were awarded a total of nearly $4 million last week in a discrimination lawsuit that accused the department of treating the
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 28, 2015 In this week’s address, the President highlighted the progress made protecting American consumers since he signed Wall Street reform into law five years ago, including an important n
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 28, 2015 The call for sanctions comes in the same week it was revealed 2014 was the deadliest year for Palestinians since 1967 with 2,300 killed and over 17,000 injured by Israel. Their mess
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 28, 2015 On Wednesday, the right-wing John Roberts Supreme Court did something really remarkable. It actually ruled in favor of minorities and the rights of democracy. This is almost unrecogn
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 28, 2015 Earlier this week, a bombshell news story erupted that claimed Israel leaked classified (and stolen) U.S. information to American lawmakers in an attempt to sabotage President Obama’
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 30, 2015 Many in the West believe the destiny of the human race is to embrace Western liberal democratic values. This may or may not be true, but it partially explains why Washington and its
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Mar 30, 2015 ISRAEL SOLDERS ATTACK RT grenades on Monday. An RT Arabic crew reporting on Palestinian Land Day demonstrations in Nablus in the West Bank narrowly avoided injury after almost bein
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 1, 2015 Palestinians have formally become a member of the International Criminal Court, the ICC, with the aim of suing Israel for war crimes. ICC officials say as of April first, the tribuna
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on April 1 , 2015 Police abuse of Uber driver in New York City. In an unmarked car, the policeman was allegedly attempting to park without using his blinker at a green light. (His reverse lights wer
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 2, 2015 Duke University is condemning the latest apparent act of racism on campus. Students protested into the night, as authorities investigated who hung a noose from a tree on campus this w
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 3, 2015 A heartbreaking photograph surfaces, showing a four-year-old girl surrendering to a cameraman she mistook for a gunman in Syria. The picture has gone viral on social media platforms a
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 11, 2015 In this week's address, the Vice President laid out his and the President's plan to make two years of community college free for responsible students.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 12, 2015 In a report issued by a U.S. government-funded research group tasked with studying drug abuse and addiction, researchers are admitting that marijuana is useful in killing off speci
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 14, 2015 Gwyneth Paltrow is slashing her food budget to raise awareness about hunger. But sometimes even the best intentions are met with criticism, eye rolls and sarcasm. Last week, the Os
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 18, 2015 In this week’s address, the President spoke about his commitment to combatting the threat of climate change and to keeping ourselves and future generations safe. April 18, 2015.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 18, 2015 His fame does not yet that match of heart transplant pioneer Christiaan Barnard. But fellow South African André van der Merwe’s phone has hardly stopped ringing in the week since it
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 19, 2015 Columbia University has not removed TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position as a group of top doctors has demanded, citing his egregious lack of integrity for prom
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Apr 25, 2015 In this week’s address, the President lays out why new, high-standards trade agreements are important for our economy, our businesses, our workers, and our values.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on May 2, 2015 In this week's address, the President reiterated his commitment to expanding access to education, and to spreading the joy of reading to more children and young adults.
PROVIDED BY https://cnnnext.com Published on Dec 12, 2015 In this week's address, the President praised our country’s resilience in the face of terrorism, and discussed how we will keep America safe.