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Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama. Before the verdict, Blagojevich admitted to U.S. District Judge James Zagel that he was guilty, according to The Chicago Sun Times. “I never set out…

U.S. unveils new international gay rights strategy

WASHINGTON — The United States put the fight against gay and lesbian discrimination at the heart of its foreign policy Tuesday, but stopped short of warning transgressor nations they could be stripped of US aid. President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered all government agencies that play an active foreign policy…

WATCH LIVE: President Obama calls for payroll tax cut

President Barack Obama was expected to speak about payroll tax cuts during Monday’s White House briefing. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast Dec. 5, 2011.  …

Obama, Clinton sought for testimony in WikiLeaks case

An attorney for Pvt. Bradley Manning, the lone soldier accused of funneling volumes of secret information to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, has a couple of high value targets on his list of dream witnesses: namely, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Both appear on a list of witnesses…

Trump to moderate GOP debate

Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump will play the role of moderator at a Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Dec. 27, according to reports published Friday. The debate, being staged by conservative magazine Newsmax, will be the first ever in presidential-level politics to be run by a reality…

Schecter: Reagan and the Right made Iran what it is today

RT America is the U.S. bureau of RT, formerly Russia Today. From its Washington, DC studio comes this clip of Peter Levelle’s show “Crosstalk” in which disgraced Tea Party Express leader Mark Williams goes head-to-head against The Real McCain author Cliff Schecter. Sparks fly as Williams criticizes President Obama on…

WATCH LIVE: Obama speaks about super committee failure

Watch President Obama speak about the failure of the congressional “super committee” to come up with a budget, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

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