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President Obama plans to resolve a funding gap that deprived military families of death benefits by signing off on an agreement for a private foundation to make the payouts until the government shutdown is over, a senior White House official said Friday.
President Obama plans to resolve a funding gap that deprived military families of death benefits by signing off on an agreement for a private foundation to make the payouts until the government shutdown is over, a senior White House official said Friday.
The Aaron Hernandez murder case has barely begun, but prosecutors are already trying to get the judge thrown off.
Just two percent of counties in the U.S. are responsible for more than half of executions since 1976, according to a new report from the Death Penalty Information Center.The report, released last week, found that not only are just 62 U.S.
The House voted unanimously Wednesday to restore a benefit that helps families of fallen soldiers plan funerals and meet their loved ones’ bodies — a snag of the government shutdown that drew outrage across the country.
A letter from 50 Republican House members to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) makes Social Security cuts the latest ransom demand of the Republican hostage-takers in Congress. This may be unwelcome news to the many tea party Republicans who depend on Social Security benefits.
President Barack Obama expects a benefit for families of fallen soldiers to be restored Wednesday, his top spokesman said — minutes after grieving families, denied the help because of the government shutdown, watched the flag-draped caskets of their loved ones returned to American soil.
The 9-year-old boy who snuck aboard a Delta flight to Las Vegas told his parents he was going to take out the trash before his disappeared, the boy’s father said on Wednesday.
Four fallen soldiers came home to American soil Wednesday, their bodies met by families whose immense grief has been compounded by outrage and frustration because of the government shutdown.
Last week, we gave you a dozen examples of the vital work that locked-out federal employees are being prevented from doing, thanks to the irresponsible House Republican government shutdown now in its second week. Republican House leaders are still refusing to do the right thing and allow a vote on funding and reopening the government.Here’s a look at a few more of the jobs that shut-down workers—or those still on the job but not getting paid—perform and some of the key government services we all count on that are idled.
