Politics & Current Affairs

America’s Central Intelligence Agency is caught up in a “bureaucratic bog” which heightens the risk of terrorism to the USA because the system is overwhelmed, says The Washington Post.

Three Democrats, two senators and one governor, have ditched plans to run for re-election striking the latest blow for President Barack Obama’s Democrat administration.

I wanted to start the year off on a positive note, but a spin around the blogosphere today has already got my blood pressure up. In particular, I am extremely […]

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has warned that Yemen poses a global threat and has pledged American support in the Yemeni government’s fight against al-Qaeda.

The US has lifted an immigration ban stopping anyone with HIV or Aids from entering the country more than 22-years after the ruling was enforced during mid 1980s panic.

The U.S. has closed its embassy in Yemen due to threats of violence while American military presence there is set to double.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will host international summits this month to address the future of Afghanistan and Yemen.

Dismissal of the case against Blackwater guards gives Iraqis the impression that American private security firms can act with impunity.

As the new year begins, I want to pass along the final part of my personal list of the most interesting essays on political issues from 2009. My selections are […]

George W. Bush’s notorious deputy chief of staff makes New Year’s resolutions for politicians on both sides of the aisle.

No longer solely an espionage outfit, the C.I.A. has secretly widened its military authority in America’s far-flung battle fields.

The leader of the reform party who lost a controversial presidential election to Ahmadinejad has called on the government to stop its crackdown.

As the year draws to a close, I want to finish by passing along my personal list of the most interesting essays on political issues from 2009. My selections are […]

The U.S. is planning military retaliation against Al Qaeda training camps in Yemen in response to the Christmas Day plane bombing.

Scanners which could have foiled the Christmas Day bomber will soon be used to screen passengers flying from the Netherlands to the U.S.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed eight American C.I.A. agents in Afghanistan.

A group created by the DNC is recommending the removal of superdelegates to better reflect the popular vote in presidential races.

When it comes to emotion, most people don’t deal in shades of gray. We’re either happy, miserable or (in some cases) embedded with enough pharmacology to render us aloof and […]

Pakistan’s Chief Justice has ordered the government to recognize a third gender, so that the nation’s 80,000-300,000 hijras may fully exercise their civil rights. Hijra is a term from a […]

Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff says the U.S. has grown complacent about airport security.

President Obama will establish a new federal agency to create new classification procedure and declassify some 400 million pages of government documents.

The Republican strategy to run on repealing healthcare legislation in the 2010 midterms will surely backfire, writes the New Republic.

Two members of the Al Qaeda group claiming responsibility for the attempted Christmas Day bombing were released from Gitmo in 2007.

The White House decries newly proposed settlements in East Jerusalem which Israel says are not covered by its proposed construction moratorium.

Newt Gingrich says that during the 2010 midterm elections Republicans will run on repealing any healthcare legislation made into law.

In a speech in early December, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) repeated the charge that the Republicans have become “the party of No.” Rather than working to improve the […]

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying blow up Northwest Flight 253 to Detroit, is in many ways the very model of a modern terrorist. Like many al-Qaeda […]

The U.S. has an increasing military presence in Yemen which is seen as the next potential training ground for Al Qaeda operatives.

That the Nigerian terrorist was not investigated is due to a massive database of 500,000 possible terrorists, officials say.

As climate change legislation gets more attention more businesses are lobbying Congress to get their piece of the pie.