Now that Ukraine has pushed out
its president, interim leaders say the country needs
$35 billion in cash in foreign aid over the next two years to
avoid default.
Michigan Democrat Rep. John Dingell has announced he’ll be
retiring at the end of his current term. He’s 87 years old and the
longest-serving congressman in U.S. history, 58 years. That’s a lot
of pork to push through!- President Barack Obama’s latest effort to bypass a Congress
uninterested in advancing his agenda is to try to get
governors on his side. Instead, they’re
arguing among themselves. - Several prominent Republicans, including Senators John McCain
and Jeff Flake, are
encouraging Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to veto legislation
allowing businesses to deny service to customers (any customers,
though it’s being touted as an anti-gay bill) on the basis of
religious beliefs. - The Supreme Court heard a case today to
consider limits for the Environmental Protection Agency’s
authority to set emission levels to trigger a requirement for
certain companies to have to get federal permits. - Streets in Caracas, Venezuela, are blocked by protests ahead of
planned meetings between President Nicolas Maduro and opposition
leaders to try to ease tension there. - Actor/Director
Harold Ramis, known best for Ghostbusters, has died at
age 69.
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