<div> Lines of applicants for the Deferred Action Program outside the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Credit: US News<p><img alt="" height="318" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/deferred-action-usable.jpg" width="480"></p><p>On Wednesday the DREA

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<div> Source: bloomberg.com<p><img alt="" height="280" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/corn-drought.jpg" width="420"></p><p>On Monday, President Obama visited farmers in Iowa affected by this summer’s severe drought. In a speech he talked about how Congress has, so far, failed to provide emerge

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<div> Credit: ABC News<p><img alt="" height="270" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/cuts-to-nasa-curiosity-to-be-the-last-mars-rover-51295.jpg" width="480"></p><p>NASA successfully landed its latest rover, Curiosity, late on Sunday night, within Gale Crater on the Martian surface. This is a <a hr

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<div> Credit: NewsDay<p><a href="http://ivn.us/?attachment_id=34077" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="" height="360" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/fix-congress-now-pic.jpg" width="480"></a></p><p>A unique example of bipartisan teamwork, the Fix Congress Now Caucus has been founded in the H

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<div><p><img alt="" height="280" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/kofi-annan.jpg" width="420"></p><p>UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, has resigned after a failed attempt to gain Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s acceptance of his peace plan. The UN is in currently involved in discuss

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<div> Credit: The New York Times<p><a href="http://ivn.us/2012/08/01/congress-on-vacation-what-gets-left-undone/congress-on-vaca/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="" height="288" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/congress-on-vaca.jpg" width="432"></a></p><p>The 535 members of Congress are abou

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<div> Credit: usnews.com<p><a href="http://ivn.us/2012/07/26/u-s-drought-worsens-congress-to-pass-relief-measure/drought-farmer/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="" height="283" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/drought-farmer.jpg" width="425"></a></p><p>The <a href="http://ivn.us/2012/07/19/d

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<div><p>The United States has the loosest <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/23/120423fa_fact_lepore?currentPage=all" rel="noopener noreferrer">gun control laws</a> of all developed countries. In the US, there are virtually as many guns as there are people. According to FBI crime st

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<div> Credit: muckrack.com<p><a href="http://ivn.us/2012/07/19/drought-plagues-united-states-threatens-crops/drought-corn-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="" height="263" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/drought-corn1.jpg" width="322"></a></p><p>Last month saw widespread drought across the

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