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The first lawsuit involving defense contractors accused of conspiring to torture detainees at Abu Ghraib in Iraq concluded last week with a $5.28 million settlement to
According to a recent Digital Policy Council (DPC) report, 75% of politicians are on Twitter worldwide, whether it be by name or on behalf of their country. In a summary
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The wind of revolt is blowing on the small monarchy of Kuwait as the Emir in power has been resisting the population's call
Defined by hashtags and limited by 140 characters, social media is redefining traditional modes of communication. Lawmakers across the country have responded to the growth in social media use by
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In 2010, Michigan was one of the many states to go red in the mid-term elections. This 96th Congress of Michigan was a hotbed of disagreement that created
A court ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday to follow through with a request from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which asked for papers regarding a cybersecurity pilot
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A report released on Monday by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) revealed that immigration enforcement constitutes, by far, the biggest budget of all federal law
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Not long after House members were sworn in last week, Georgia Representative Rob Woodall (R) introduced his first bill to establish the FairTax. House Republican, along with
In an April 2010 agreement, Twitter granted the Library of Congress permission to archive public tweets from the social network's inception in 2006 until 2010. 170 billion tweets
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Ron Paul retired from Congress last week, yet his influence is only growing. Despite not winning the Republican Party's nomination for president, the 77-year-
The Supreme Court held that overcrowding results in poor health care for California prisoners. Credit: sanquentinblog.com
California Governor Jerry Brown is challenging a federal court order demanding that the
Funding and budgeting takes center stage in the education debate for the United States, with achievement gap prevention as a focal point for education leaders. Instead of fighting for increased
