Tag Archives: Pope Benedict

Sequester Hits Budget, Manning Admits Leaks

Friday, March 1, 2013

National: The federal budget “sequester”, $85 billion in across the board cuts, begins today. Congress went home yesterday. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning  surprisingly admitted giving thousands of classified documents to the website Wikileaks and pleaded guilty to 10 criminal counts. …

Benedict Flies, Sequester at Midnight

Thursday, February 28, 2013

World: Pope Benedict XVI got on a big white helicopter today and left the Vatican. He will live at a Papal retreat outside Rome until a permanent residence is ready inside the Vatican grounds. The Catholic Church must now pick …

Supremes Hear Voting Rights

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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 …