President Obama says he is going to use executive action to deal with what he says is a broken immigration system.
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U.S. Says It Won’t Make More Anti-Personnel Landmines
Saying that it wants to join an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, the U.S. announced today that it will no longer make “or otherwise acquire” anti-personnel landmines.
U.S. To Open Immigrant Family Detention Centers In Response To Influx
Citing a rise in the number of children and families attempting to immigrate into the Southwestern U.S. illegally, the Obama administration says it will use new detention facilities to house the families.
Iraq Battles Militants For Key Oil Refinery In Beiji
In an attempt to stop the juggernaut advance of the Sunni extremist group ISIS, Iraq’s central government says the fight for the country’s largest oil refinery is far from over.
U.S. Captures Suspected Ringleader Of Attack In Benghazi
The United States has captured a militant suspected of leading the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby.
Lawmakers Hope To Send Unified VA Bill To Obama By Late June
Members of Congress say they are confident of sending a unified version of a bill to overhaul veterans’ health care to the president by the end of the month.
White House Hosts Discussion On Role Of Working Fathers
New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy headlined a White House discussion on working fathers today, nine weeks after an uproar over his decision to miss the first two games of the season for the birth of his first child.
Amid Horror At Mass Graves Of Children, Calls In Ireland For An Inquiry
Since the news broke, Irish media have reported that at least three similar church-run facilities also have mass graveyards.
Taliban Release Video Of Handoff That Freed Bergdahl
A Black Hawk helicopter swoops in to pick up Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a valley in Afghanistan, in a video of the handover of the American prisoner of war that was posted online early Wednesday.
Obama Seeks $1 Billion To Boost U.S. Military Presence In Europe
President Obama said today [Tuesday] that he wants to boost the U.S. military presence in Europe amid simmering tensions with Russia over its actions in Ukraine.