National: The Obama administration proposed reducing the amount of sulfur in gasoline by two-thirds to reduce pollution and health costs. The administration claims it would have the benefit of taking 33 million cars off the road. Environmentalists and car companies …

 National: The Supreme Court will hear arguments again today on same-sex marriage, this time on whether the federal government may deny employment benefits to same-sex partners legally married in their home states. Yesterday the Court heard arguments on whether same-sex …

National: President Obama arrived in Israel today on his first official visit to the Jewish state. He will meet with both the Israeli prime minister, and the Palestinian president, trying to get them back to talking peace. While discussing what …

National: President Obama arrived in Israel today on his first official visit to the Jewish state. He will meet with both the Israeli prime minister, and the Palestinian president, trying to get them back to talking peace. While discussing what …

National: Seven US Marines were killed and seven injured last night in an explosion during a training exercise in the Nevada desert. A mortar round went off in its tube. ➢The Republican Party issued a report calling for change in …

National: Seven US Marines were killed and seven injured last night in an explosion during a training exercise in the Nevada desert. A mortar round went off in its tube. ➢The Republican Party issued a report calling for change in …

National: President Obama said in an Israeli television interview that Iran is still at least a year away from having a nuclear weapon, and that the US would never let that happen. He said he hoped to sway Iran with …

National: South Dakota became the first state to enact a law to allow public school teachers and school employees to carry guns to work. The National Rifle Association lobbied in favor of the bill. The law leaves it up to …

National: President Obama yesterday signed an order to begin the $85 billion in budget cuts known as the sequester. He spoke to the press yesterday shortly after the failure of a last-minute meeting with Republicans to avoid drastic across the …

National: The Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act should be lifted because the law targets voting discrimination that doesn’t occur anymore.  This comes at a time when there is a conservative push …