John Boehner delays unpopular GOP transportation bill

Amy SilversteinFebruary 16, 2012 14:26

House Speaker John Boehner delayed action on an unpopular GOP transportation bill, the Associated Press reported. Republicans had hoped to pass the five year, $260 billion bill this week, but Boehner said that action would be delayed until after next week's congressional recess.

Burmese monk Ashin Gambira, one month out of jail, is arrested again

Amy SilversteinFebruary 10, 2012 12:04

Despite new reforms introduced by the Burmese president, activists say there are over 400 political prisoners in detention.

Santorum wins Minnesota caucus and Missouri primary

Hélène HofmanFebruary 7, 2012 23:03

Missouri and Minnesota results show GOP presidential contest is not a two-person race between Gingrich and Romney

Woman shoves gay rights activist who heckled Newt Gingrich

Amy SilversteinFebruary 7, 2012 13:54

"Why do you discriminate?"

Amy SilversteinFebruary 4, 2012 19:48

Tea Party says green projects are a United Nations plot

Tea Party activists protest efforts to reduce pollution. Newt Gingrich supports their concerns.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks to the media at the Union League Club following an earlier meeting with Donald Trump at Trump Tower on December 5, 2011 in New York City. Gingrich, who's seen a surge in polls in recent weeks, attended a town hall event December 3, hosted by the Tea Party of Staten Island. (Spencer Platt/AFP/Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich says the Tea Party's fears are justified.

Donald Trump changes tune and endorses Mitt Romney

Luke BrowneFebruary 3, 2012 12:34

Speaking at a packed news conference yesterday in his Las Vegas hotel, and flanked by Romney and his wife, Ann, Trump said: “Mitt is tough, he’s sharp, he’s smart. He’s not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country that we all love."

UK Energy Minister Chris Huhne resigns over perversion of justice charges

Luke BrowneFebruary 3, 2012 08:48

Mr Huhne, a Liberal Democrat MP for the south-eastern English town of Eastleigh, insisted he was innocent and would fight the charges in the courts, but said he was standing down to “avoid distraction to either my official duties or my trial defence.”

French election favorite François Hollande flour-bombed

Luke BrowneFebruary 1, 2012 17:16

The attacker, who claims that police are monitoring her movements and her life has been threatened, ran onto the podium where Hollande was standing to sign a “social contract” and threw flour on him.

Indigenous leaders condemn activists' 'appalling' protest against Australian PM

Luke BrowneJanuary 26, 2012 14:14

Around 200 supporters of indigenous rights and Canberra’s Aboriginal Tent Embassy surrounded the city’s Lobby restaurant, where Gillard and Abbot were attending a ceremony to mark Australia’s national day, and began banging on windows and shouting "shame" and "racist."