http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PoliticsFind stories, videos, and photos about Politics from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Tue, 21 May 2013 18:33:59 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120816061035-former-seals-obama-wall-4-tease.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Politics14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Politics from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/us/seal-book-bin-laden/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/us/seal-book-bin-laden/index.htmlA former Navy SEAL did not violate military secrecy agreements or break federal law by writing a book about the raid last year that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the author's lawyer said Friday.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/world/americas/mexico-election/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/world/americas/mexico-election/index.htmlThe runner-up in Mexico's presidential election said Friday he still won't accept a vote count, even after the country's electoral tribunal upheld the legality of the election and officially declared Enrique Pena Nieto as the winner.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/opinion/persily-voter-id-laws/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/opinion/persily-voter-id-laws/index.htmlIn the space of two weeks, two different courts have come to two different results in evaluating the legality of two similar voter identification laws.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/asia/us-seal-book-bin-laden/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/asia/us-seal-book-bin-laden/index.htmlThe Pentagon general counsel threatened legal action Thursday against a former Navy SEAL who wrote a revealing book about last year's Osama bin Laden raid, warning him he has violated secrecy agreements and broken federal law.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/world/asia/south-korea-child-rape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/world/asia/south-korea-child-rape/index.htmlPolice in South Korea have detained a man suspected of abducting a 7-year-old girl from her home and raping her, local police officials said Friday.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/asia/myanmar-blacklist-names/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/asia/myanmar-blacklist-names/index.htmlFormer U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's two sons are among about 2,000 names removed from a blacklist in Myanmar, the president's office revealed Thursday.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/meast/iran-khamenei-speech/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/meast/iran-khamenei-speech/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned hostile remarks toward Israel and the denial of the Holocaust in Iran Thursday.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/asia-us-clinton/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/asia-us-clinton/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was heading to Asia on Thursday for a wide-ranging trip that will take her from the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean to China and Russia farther north.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/americas/venezuela-tribe-attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/americas/venezuela-tribe-attack/index.htmlThe Venezuelan government says it is investigating allegations that unauthorized Brazilian gold miners killed dozens of Yanomami Indians in an attack in the Venezuelan Amazon.Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/27/politics/fact-check-energy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/27/politics/fact-check-energy/index.htmlAmericans consume more than 19 million barrels of oil a day as well as tons of coal and natural gas, raising questions about the future availability of those resources and the environmental impact of their development and use.Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/americas/venezuela-refinery-problems/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/americas/venezuela-refinery-problems/index.htmlThe Venezuelan oil refinery whose explosions killed 42 people suffers mismanagement, delays in major maintenance and underinvestment, according to analysts and an engineering firm's recent report.Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/world/americas/colombia-farc-peace-talks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/world/americas/colombia-farc-peace-talks/index.htmlA decade after a stinging failure, Colombia appears once again prepared to enter into peace talks in an effort to bring an end to Latin America's oldest insurgency.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/justice/giffords-gun-laws/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/justice/giffords-gun-laws/index.htmlTwelve survivors of the shooting that gravely wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others met Wednesday with Attorney General Eric Holder to seek his support for stricter enforcement of gun sale checks and tighter requirements on gun sales.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/asia/afghanistan-national-intelligence-chief/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/asia/afghanistan-national-intelligence-chief/index.htmlAfghan President Hamid Karzai dismissed the country's national intelligence chief on Wednesday -- a move that coincides with other Cabinet-level shakeups as Karzai's government struggles to confront security challenges posed by Taliban fighters and an impending NATO withdrawal.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/opinion/obeidallah-gop-muslim-problem/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/opinion/obeidallah-gop-muslim-problem/index.htmlA Catholic priest, a rabbi, an evangelical minister, a Sikh, a Greek Orthodox archbishop and two Mormon leaders walk into the Republican National Convention.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/politics/pol-fact-check-gop-governors/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/politics/pol-fact-check-gop-governors/index.htmlVirginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday night tried to sell the American public on the virtues of having the GOP in charge of states.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/europe/ukraine-tymoshenko-appeal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/europe/ukraine-tymoshenko-appeal/index.htmlUkraine's high court rejected an appeal Wednesday by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who had challenged her conviction on charges of abuse of authority.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/opinion/louis-christie-tough-truths/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/opinion/louis-christie-tough-truths/index.htmlNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie built his keynote address to the Republican National Convention on the theme of telling tough truths to the nation. "We have become paralyzed by our desire to be loved," announced Christie, showing off the gruff, no-nonsense style that catapulted him into the governor's mansion.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/asia/myanmar-un-workers-release/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/world/asia/myanmar-un-workers-release/index.htmlMyanmar has released three aid workers, including two U.N. employees, who received prison sentences after being detained amid sectarian clashes that killed scores of people in the west of the country in June, a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/politics/texas-redistricting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/politics/texas-redistricting/index.htmlFederal judges struck down Texas lawmakers' plans for new congressional and state legislative districts Tuesday, finding the maps were designed to discriminate against minorities.Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/opinion/bennett-diverse-convention/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/opinion/bennett-diverse-convention/index.htmlWhen the Republican National Convention kicks off this week in Tampa, Florida, the nation will notice one thing before anything else: This is not your father's or grandfather's Republican Party. Rather, it's a party with leaders as diverse as the country it intends to represent.Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/26/world/meast/iran-non-aligned-movement/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/26/world/meast/iran-non-aligned-movement/index.htmlIran kicked off a meeting of more than 100 countries on Sunday by slamming the "adverse consequences of the current world order" and demanding change from the United Nations, state-run Press TV reported.Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/world/americas/venezuela-refinery-blast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/world/americas/venezuela-refinery-blast/index.htmlAn explosion rocked the Amuay oil refinery in northwestern Venezuela, killing 39 people, including a 10-year-old boy, a Venezuelan official said Saturday.Sun, 26 Aug 2012 01:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/us/fbi-aircraft-response/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/us/fbi-aircraft-response/index.htmlThe FBI said Friday it will respond to questions from Congress on the use of FBI aircraft amid allegations that Attorney General Eric Holder is among officials who "may have used FBI planes for his own travel when aircraft were needed for FBI operations."Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/us/seal-identity-revealed/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/us/seal-identity-revealed/index.htmlThe author of the yet-to-be-published book "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden" wrote it under the pseudonym Mark Owen.Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/opinion/krumholz-money-elections/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/opinion/krumholz-money-elections/index.htmlIn case you haven't noticed, this election season is awash in money.Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/world/americas/mexico-cult-school/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/world/americas/mexico-cult-school/index.htmlAuthorities are negotiating with a religious cult in southwestern Mexico, trying to persuade leaders to allow public schools to operate in the isolated community, state media reported.Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/world/europe/tajikistan-violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/world/europe/tajikistan-violence/index.htmlA peace agreement that had halted violence in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan was shattered Wednesday when a rebel commander who had given up his weapons was killed by government forces, neighbors and relatives said.Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/politics/gop-akin-controversy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/politics/gop-akin-controversy/index.htmlIf there is any silver lining for Republicans from the Todd Akin imbroglio, no one seems to have found it yet.Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/21/business/vietnam-tycoon-arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/21/business/vietnam-tycoon-arrest/index.htmlThis year of the dragon, according to Chinese and Vietnamese astrology, was meant to be fortuitous for Nguyen Duc Kien, one of Vietnam's most prominent and aggressive tycoons.Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/europe/turkey-bombing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/europe/turkey-bombing/index.htmlEight people were killed in a bombing in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, an official in the Interior Ministry said Monday.Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/justice/state-immigration-laws/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/justice/state-immigration-laws/index.htmlAn appeals court on Monday sided with the federal government in blocking several provisions in Alabama and Georgia's controversial anti-illegal immigration laws, while allowing other key parts of those laws to stand.Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/asia/afghanistan-unrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/asia/afghanistan-unrest/index.htmlPresident Obama is "deeply concerned" about the growing number of deadly attacks on U.S. forces by Afghan security forces, and plans to contact the Afghan president to discuss taking tougher actions, he said Monday.Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/asia/south-korea-presidential-candidate/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/world/asia/south-korea-presidential-candidate/index.htmlSouth Korea's ruling Saenuri Party overwhelmingly selected Park Geun-hye as its presidential candidate during its political convention on Monday.Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/19/world/world-humanitarian-day/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/19/world/world-humanitarian-day/index.htmlSinger Beyonce, the United Nations and dozens of global aid groups have one message for the world Sunday: Perform a good deed, no matter how big or small, to help another person.Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/18/world/asia/north-korea-warning/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/18/world/asia/north-korea-warning/index.htmlNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his troops to be vigilant during upcoming training exercises between South Korea and the United States, saying they should be ready to lead a "sacred war," state media reported Saturday.Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/15/us/immigration-deferred-deportation/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/15/us/immigration-deferred-deportation/index.htmlLong lines formed at help centers and lawyers' office across America Wednesday as thousands of young, undocumented immigrants began applying for relief from deportation.Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/opinion/etzioni-guns/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/opinion/etzioni-guns/index.htmlThe gun lobby is fiercely, and so far successfully, blocking what easily could be the greatest technological breakthrough to catching killers and deterring others.Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/world/meast/syria-kurds/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/world/meast/syria-kurds/index.htmlIn the city of Qamishli, on Syria's border with Turkey, neither the forces of the Syrian regime nor the rebels of the Free Syrian Army are to be seen. But visitors say the Kurdish flag is very evident, and Kurdish fighters man checkpoints around the city.Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations/index.htmlTwo Tibetans set themselves on fire on Monday, adding to a string of self-immolations in protest against Chinese rule in the troubled region, according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) and various media reports.Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/world/africa/sudan-peacekeeper-killed/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/world/africa/sudan-peacekeeper-killed/index.htmlOne international peacekeeper was shot dead and another was wounded early Sunday after a "gang" attacked their police post inside a refugee camp in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, the African Union - United Nations Mission said.Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/world/europe/turkey-lawmaker-kidnapped/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/world/europe/turkey-lawmaker-kidnapped/index.htmlKurdish rebels have kidnapped Turkish lawmaker Huseyin Aygun, his party said Sunday.Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/world/asia/taiwan-buddhist-same-sex-wedding/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/world/asia/taiwan-buddhist-same-sex-wedding/index.htmlTwo women in veils and voluminous white gowns kneel in front of a statue of the Buddha, exchanging vows and prayer beads to the languorous intonations of Buddhist chants.Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/10/us/us-mexico-peace-caravan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/10/us/us-mexico-peace-caravan/index.htmlTelephones are ringing off the hook at this office in Mexico's capital, where a group of well-known activists are planning the final details of a protest on the other side of the Mexico-U.S. border.Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/10/world/africa/sudan-darfur-refugees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/10/world/africa/sudan-darfur-refugees/index.htmlAll 25,000 people living in a refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur region have fled amid fighting between armed militia groups and Sudanese government forces, U.N. officials said Friday.Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/americas/mexico-drug-queen-extradited/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/americas/mexico-drug-queen-extradited/index.htmlOne of the most high-profile women accused of connections with Mexico's drug trade was extradited to the United States Thursday, officials said.Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/meast/nepal-migrant-workers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/meast/nepal-migrant-workers/index.htmlNepal has banned women under the age of 30 from working in Persian Gulf nations amid increasing concerns over abuse and exploitation.Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/americas/mexico-bodies/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/americas/mexico-bodies/index.htmlMexican authorities found an abandoned van containing 14 bodies along a highway in the central city San Luis Potosi Thursday.Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/politics/btn-guns-in-america/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/politics/btn-guns-in-america/index.htmlFollowing the mass shootings in a Colorado movie theater and a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, the debate over gun control has been reignited: How should the country balance its constitutional right to bear arms with access to deadly firepower?Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/politics/romney-conservatives/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/politics/romney-conservatives/index.htmlLike a lion trained on its prey, conservatives are tracking certain Republican nominee Mitt Romney for any gaffe, policy shift or other signal that shows he is really the moderate they fear instead of the right-wing ideologue they want.Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/europe/germany-gay-rights/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/europe/germany-gay-rights/index.htmlGermany's constitutional court has strengthened the rights of gay and lesbian couples, giving them a same tax benefit as heterosexual married couples.Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/world/americas/mexico-military-corruption/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/world/americas/mexico-military-corruption/index.htmlMexican authorities accused four top military officials of connections with organized crime in a high-profile case that has renewed debate over the role of government troops in the drug war.Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/asia/north-korea-floods/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/asia/north-korea-floods/index.htmlThe World Food Programme is stepping in to feed people in North Korea, where floods have ruined crops and left hundreds of thousands homeless, according to reports.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/06/opinion/hair-dianis-voting-rights/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/06/opinion/hair-dianis-voting-rights/index.htmlViviette Applewhite, a 93-year-old African-American woman from Philadelphia, suddenly cannot vote. Although she once marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for the right to do so, and has dutifully cast a ballot for five decades, in this election year she may be denied this basic right. Under Pennsylvania's new voter ID law, Applewhite is no longer considered eligible.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/meast/west-bank-meeting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/meast/west-bank-meeting/index.htmlDiplomatic talks in the West Bank were canceled Sunday after Israel denied entry to five envoys, the Palestinian foreign ministry said.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/asia/myanmar-human-rights/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/asia/myanmar-human-rights/index.htmlSectarian violence has sparked a "serious" human rights situation in western Myanmar, a U.N. envoy said.Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/meast/syria-turkey-funeral/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/meast/syria-turkey-funeral/index.htmlMore than 200 Syrians who have fled their country gathered in a Turkish cemetery on a hot afternoon, awaiting the bodies of five people killed for a cause they all shared.Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/meast/turkey-fighting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/world/meast/turkey-fighting/index.htmlFighting between Kurdish rebels and government troops in southeastern Turkey killed more than a dozen people over the weekend, according to the semi-official Anatolia news agency.Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/us/immigration-deferred-deportations/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/us/immigration-deferred-deportations/index.htmlYoung illegal immigrants can start applying on August 15 for two-year deferrals from deportation, but will have to pay $465 in fees, a top immigration official announced Friday.Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/04/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/04/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.htmlCarnage from the Syrian civil war mounted across the country Saturday, including in the nation's capital in the south and the key metropolis in the northwest, opposition activists said.Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/africa/sudan-south-sudan-oil/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/africa/sudan-south-sudan-oil/index.htmlNegotiating teams from Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to end a dispute on oil payments to allow the resumption of southern oil exports through Sudan's territories, Sudan's state-run Ashorooq TV reported early Saturday, citing official sources.Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.htmlRebel and Syrian forces battled early Saturday for a building that houses state-run TV and radio studios in Aleppo, a day after the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution that slams the Syrian government for its actions and the Security Council for its failure to counter the crisis.Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/stock-act-loophole/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/stock-act-loophole/index.htmlHouse Republicans have been forced to close a potential loophole on their much-touted insider trading law -- a loophole CNN uncovered and reported about last month.Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/us/gun-culture-ireport/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/us/gun-culture-ireport/index.htmlGuns are an American pastime. A way to feed a family. A way to protect a family.Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/campaign-wrap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/campaign-wrap/index.htmlPresident Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney traded accusations on tax policy Thursday, with both claiming at campaign stops in battleground states that the other's strategies have failed.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/world/meast/syria-annan-resign/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/world/meast/syria-annan-resign/index.htmlKofi Annan, whose initiative to forge peace in war-ravaged Syria failed to take hold, said he has resigned as the U.N. and Arab League joint special envoy because of "increasing militarization on the ground" and "the clear lack of unity" at the U.N. Security Council.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/maxine-waters-probe/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/maxine-waters-probe/index.htmlMembers of the House Ethics Committee have voted unanimously to spend up to $500,000 extending the contract of a special counsel examining alleged wrongdoing by California Rep. Maxine Waters, according to a committee statement released Thursday.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/house-richardson-reprimand/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/politics/house-richardson-reprimand/index.htmlThe U.S. House voted Thursday to formally reprimand California Democratic Rep. Laura Richardson for misusing government staffers for a variety of political and personal purposes.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/health/uganda-ebola-virus/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/health/uganda-ebola-virus/index.htmlTwo more people have died in Uganda's Ebola outbreak, officials working at a hospital said Wednesday.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/world/meast/israel-panetta-visit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/world/meast/israel-panetta-visit/index.htmlThe United States won't let Iran obtain a nuclear weapon, "period," but sanctions remain the best tool to keep Tehran off the nuclear path, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday in Israel.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/politics/congressional-compromise/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/politics/congressional-compromise/index.htmlA congressional deal announced this week by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid would extend current government spending levels for six months, putting off threats of a government shutdown until after the November election decides the makeup of a new House and Senate.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/politics/house-taxes/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/politics/house-taxes/index.htmlThe U.S. House on Wednesday took the opposite action on tax cuts as the Senate, rejecting a Democratic proposal championed by President Barack Obama to extend lower tax rates for middle-income Americans, and then passing a Republican plan to maintain the lower rates for everyone for a year.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/politics/campaign-wrap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/politics/campaign-wrap/index.htmlBolstered by a new poll that shows him leading in Ohio and two other battleground states, President Barack Obama on Wednesday made his ninth campaign trip this year to the Buckeye State to attack Republican rival Mitt Romney's tax plan as unfair to middle-class Americans.Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/world/africa/uganda-ebola-virus/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/world/africa/uganda-ebola-virus/index.htmlTeams in Uganda are trying to track down anyone who came into contact with patients infected with the Ebola virus, which has killed at least 14 people there this month, authorities said Monday.Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/politics/gun-ownership-declining/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/politics/gun-ownership-declining/index.htmlA decreasing number of American gun owners own two-thirds of the nation's guns and as many as one-third of the guns on the planet -- even though they account for less than 1% of the world's population, according to a CNN analysis of gun ownership data.Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/politics/congress-funding-deal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/politics/congress-funding-deal/index.htmlCongressional leaders announced a deal Tuesday on a six-month bill to fund the federal government, thereby removing the possibility of a government shutdown -- and the political spectacle that would go with it -- before the election.Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/world/africa/niger-libya-saadi-gadhafi/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/world/africa/niger-libya-saadi-gadhafi/index.htmlSaadi Gadhafi, one of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's sons, has asked the United Nations to let him travel outside the African nation of Niger, his lawyer says.Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/politics/democrats-ammo-sales/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/politics/democrats-ammo-sales/index.htmlTwo Democratic lawmakers took on the hot-button political issue of gun control Monday, introducing legislation that would effectively ban online ammunition sales.Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/politics/gop-filibusters/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/politics/gop-filibusters/index.htmlIn keeping with their vow to prevent any more of President Barack Obama's appeals court nominees from being confirmed until after the election, Senate Republicans successfully upheld Monday their filibuster of Judge Robert Bacharach's nomination to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in Denver.Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/politics/congress-democrats-gun-control/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/politics/congress-democrats-gun-control/index.htmlWhen Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York unveiled their bill Monday to regulate the online and mail-order sale of ammunition, they did so in a state most friendly to Democrats -- New York.Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/opinion/frum-guns/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/opinion/frum-guns/index.htmlThere will be no new gun laws after the Aurora shooting for the basic reason that the American people do not want them.Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/27/politics/house-tax-fight/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/27/politics/house-tax-fight/index.htmlRepublicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are gearing up for a vote this week on a House Republican bill to extend all the current tax cuts, but the debate is really aimed at the vote that comes less than 100 days from now.Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/28/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/28/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.htmlTanks pounded the Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday, a sign that a much-feared government offensive in the country's largest city has started, as the opposition warned its allies they would bear responsibility for a "massacre" if they don't act soon.Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/world/americas/argentina-evita-money/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/world/americas/argentina-evita-money/index.htmlThe face of Argentina's most famous first lady is part of a new design for the country's currency.Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/politics/gun-control-debate/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/politics/gun-control-debate/index.htmlLast week's massacre at a Colorado movie theater revived the dormant gun control debate in the United States, but neither President Barack Obama nor Republican candidate Mitt Romney is pushing for new laws now to prevent similar attacks.Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/politics/house-voter-id-laws/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/politics/house-voter-id-laws/index.htmlCongressional Republicans told a top Justice official Thursday his department is wrong to fight state voter ID laws and that the government needs to do more to ensure people serving abroad in the military are able to vote.Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/opinion/navarrette-bloomberg-guns-police/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/opinion/navarrette-bloomberg-guns-police/index.htmlWhen an elected official whose heart seems to be in the right place offers a courageous perspective on an important subject, I'm inclined to try to find some good in it.Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/25/world/asia/north-korea-leader-married/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/25/world/asia/north-korea-leader-married/index.htmlNorth Korea's youthful leader, Kim Jong Un, has married a woman named Ri Sol Ju, according to a report by state news agency KCNA Wednesday.Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/americas/cuba-dissident-funeral/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/americas/cuba-dissident-funeral/index.htmlFriends, family members and fellow dissidents on Tuesday buried Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, a prominent critic of Cuba's socialist government.Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/opinion/webster-aurora-shooter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/opinion/webster-aurora-shooter/index.htmlScenes from the mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater are horrific, but are all too familiar in the United States.Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/asia/pakistan-isi-cia-meeting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/asia/pakistan-isi-cia-meeting/index.htmlThe new chief of Pakistan's spy agency will urge the United States to end drone strikes on Pakistani soil and identify targets that the country's security forces can then attack, a senior intelligence official said.Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/22/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/22/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.htmlEight people were killed in eastern Afghanistan by rockets fired from Pakistan, an official from the Afghan province of Kunar told CNN on Sunday.Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-gun-control-debate/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-gun-control-debate/index.htmlThe extreme carnage at the Colorado movie theater, now one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, reopens the nation's passionate debate about gun control -- or gun rights -- and both sides were readying for renewed legislative efforts in the aftermath of Friday's shooting.Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/politics/obama-gun-debate/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/politics/obama-gun-debate/index.htmlIn a speech after the Colorado shooting Friday, President Barack Obama asked Americans to pray, reflect and remember what's important in life while the city of Aurora mourned the dead and wounded.Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/politics/gun-politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/politics/gun-politics/index.htmlThe sun was barely up when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used the Colorado massacre to scold President Obama and Mitt Romney for ignoring the gun issue.Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/california-military-gay-parade/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/california-military-gay-parade/index.htmlThe U.S. Department of Defense is giving the go-ahead to all active-duty military personnel to wear their uniform to march in a gay pride parade in San Diego on Saturday, the first time such approval has been given in the United States.Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/politics/stock-act-loophole/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/politics/stock-act-loophole/index.htmlIt was a rare show of bipartisanship -- President Barack Obama, flanked by Democrats and Republicans in April, signing into law a bill that would ban insider trading on Capitol Hill. The measure, known as the STOCK Act, had passed the House and Senate at warp speed.Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/world/meast/saudi-arabia-intelligence-chief/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/world/meast/saudi-arabia-intelligence-chief/index.htmlSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah has ordered that his chief of general intelligence be replaced by a former ambassador to the United States, the official Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday.Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/world/asia/india-new-president/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/world/asia/india-new-president/index.htmlIndian lawmakers cast ballots Thursday to elect a new president for the South Asian democracy, with the ruling party's candidate considered the almost-certain winner.Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/israel-netanyahu-bulgaria-remarks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/israel-netanyahu-bulgaria-remarks/index.htmlAn explosion on a bus in Bulgaria has killed several Israeli tourists and injured others, say authorities.Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:09:00 EDT