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Syria
Kerry, in Bahrain, mentions possibility of ‘new arrangement’ with Iran
(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry appealed to Iran on Thursday to work constructively to help end the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, holding out the prospect of some form of new regional security "arrangement" should Tehran choose to cooperate. In separate appearances in Manama with his
law
HUD’s proposed RV rule causes an uproar
(CNSNews.com) – In February, as sales of recreational vehicles (RVs) hit a39-year high with 35,929 units sold, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule in The Federal Registerto revise the definition of an RV as "designed only for recreational use and not as
new hampshire
DNC Chair: Superdelegates make sure Party leaders don’t have to run against grassroots activists
(CNSNews.com) – Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said that although the Democratic Party "wants to give every opportunity to grassroots activists… to participate" in its presidential nomination process, superdelegates "exist… to make sure that party leaders and elected officials don't have to be
government
National Right to Work: ‘Everything government unions do is political’
(CNSNews.com) – "The idea that everything government unions do is political leads you to immediately look to the First Amendment to protect individuals who should not be compelled to fund speech that they disagree with," Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, told
ICE
Feds set up fake college to nab ‘pay-to-stay’ visa schemers
(CNSNews.com) – The University of Northern New Jersey in Cranford has no teachers and no curriculum, but it did attract more than a thousand foreign "students" who enrolled in the storefront school to fraudulently maintain their student visas. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Tuesday that agents
Maryland
Maine’s Collins ‘convinced’ Garland should get hearing
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that she met with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland, and she is "more convinced than ever that the process should proceed" despite the GOP leadership's assertion that the next president should nominate
Abortion
U.S. bishops urge Congress to back protections for doctors opposed to abortion
(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sent a letter to the House of Representatives on Thursday urging them to support the Conscience Protection Act, which aims to "prevent governmental discrimination against providers of health services who decline involvement in abortion." Archbishop William Lori of