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Iran Shows Caution In Burying The Hatchet With The US

Presidents Obama and Rouhani both spoke at the U.N. General Assembly of a diplomatic thaw, but a symbolic handshake never materialized.

Frederick Reese
Par Frederick Reese

In the last couple of weeks, political activities in Tehran and Washington have suggested that a radical shift in Middle Eastern policy -- a thawing of American-Iranian relations -- was in the works. Last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani indicated that nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction were never a part of his nation’s defense

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For Politicians, Millennials Prove Hard To Pin Down

The emerging generation of politically active young Americans is shattering traditional notions of party affiliation and ideology in general.

Trisha Marczak
Par Trisha Marczak

The emerging generation of millennials is shifting into a political power unlike those who have gone before, representing a new wave of Americans who no longer fit neatly into either major political party and are instead growing in their distrust for government and their desire for across-the-board accountability. Coming of age in the era of the

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Report: Most States Have Yet To Restore K-12 Spending To Pre-Recession Levels

Budget cuts and declining tax revenues could make for long-term problems in the American education system.

Frederick Reese
Par Frederick Reese

A recent report has indicated that K-12 education spending in the United States has declined since the beginning of the Great Recession, with some states reporting a per-student spending decrease of more than 20 percent. “States’ new budgets are providing less per-pupil funding for kindergarten through 12th grade than they did six years ago —

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Republicans Use Keystone XL Approval As Leverage In Debt Ceiling Debate

Congressional Republicans are reportedly planning to tie the Keystone pipeline’s approval to any legislation related to the debt ceiling.

Mint Press News Desk
Par Mint Press News Desk

After a lull in Congressional debate over the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline, Republicans are discussing whether or not to inject the project’s approval into the partisan debate over a debt-ceiling hike. According to the National Journal, a House GOP aide claimed House Republicans discussed including provisions to any legislation

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Five Texas Police Departments Ban Tasers

Some communities are sidestepping the debate on Tasers’ safety by simply banning them altogether.

Katie Rucke
Par Katie Rucke

About 16,000 law enforcement agencies internationally use Tasers, but this weekend, five police departments in North Texas -- Mansfield, Richland Hills, Crowley, Murphy and Burleson -- announced they had removed Taser guns from the list of equipment used by officers. While none of the Texas-based police department have explicitly explained why

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Minnesota Court Rules A Teenage Rastafarian’s Pipe Isn’t Drug Paraphernalia

An appeals court overruled a ruling that the religious pipe constituted a “dangerous” drug accessory.

Katie Rucke
Par Katie Rucke
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This week a Minnesota court made a historic ruling when it decided that religious use of marijuana is a valid defense for a marijuana criminal charge. In an unpublished opinion, In the Matter of the Welfare of J.J.M.A., filed on Sept. 23, 2013, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that a teenager who identifies himself as a practicing Rastafarian

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