http://newsproject.org The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 to get rid of Washington D.C.'s 32-year-ban on handguns. Gun rights advocates are celebrating it as a victory while others worry more legal guns in D.C. may make their way to the black market.
Sarah Palin has something to hide, especially from swing voters: her deep roots and thriving base of support among social conservatives who are thrilled at the prospect of overturning Roe v. Wade, among other things. Palin and the GOP leaders at the 2008 Convention avoid speaking frankly about the social conservative agenda, but ANP got an earful when we spoke with GOP delegates and anti-abortion activists at the convention.
Recently, the Bush administration proposed what could be the largest government bailout of private industry in the history of the United States. The architects of the proposal, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, will testify before Congress. ANP caught up with Charlie Cray, Director and Policy Analyst at the Center for Corporate Policy, who spoke about the philosophical underpinnings of the current economic meltdown and his predictions for the future.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr. and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke made another public appearance on the Hill but the tone and tenor of this hearing varied greatly from the previous day's tense Senate grilling.
http://newsproject.org Teen pregnancy is on the rise in America for the first time since 1991. One in three teenage girls in the US becomes pregnant. Recent media hype and movies like Juno give teen pregnancy a certain kind of treatment. ANP went to one health center in the Northeast of Washington, DC to explore the real thing.
http://newsproject.org "Enhanced interrogation tactics," used at Gitmo have been the subject of hearings on Capitol Hill. The lawyers who approved the policies are under pressure to explain how such methods could be ordered by the US government.
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt of Congress. Now the decision to take the matter to the House floor for vote lies with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Could Rove be headed for jail?
At a John McCain rally in Woodbridge, Virginia, three people handed out "Obama for Change" bumper stickers with the Communist sickle and hammer and the Islamic crescent, saying Obama was a socialist with ties to radical Islam. Several moderate McCain supporters, Muslim and Christian alike, struck back.
In March of 2000, during the last days of the Clinton administration, the EPA decided coal ash was a hazardous waste. Then, two months later, it flipped. If the EPA had stuck to its guns, many say the Kingston Coal Ash disaster may have been averted?
http://newsproject.org ANP takes a look at the Newseum - a multi-million dollar shrine to the news industry brought to you by today's corporate media titans. Despite all the money, the curators might have failed on one key question: What is news?
A new national study by the Pew Research Center shows that 12 percent of the country still believes Sen. Barack Obama is a Muslim. ANP looks into how this myth has been perpetuated in the media.
With newfound bailout money in their wallets, big banks have been rushing to gobble up smaller ones. At the center of these mergers is the Treasury Department, led by Goldman Sachs alums Henry Paulson and Neel Kashkari. While neglecting struggling homeowners they have created major incentives for widespread bank consolidation, which could lead to a host of new problems. And, as members of Congress recently noted, Treasury officials seem to be making the rules up as they go.
On December 19th, Henry Paulson urged Congress to release the second half of the $700 billion of the bailout money. But no one seems know what banks have done with the first $350 billion. ANP investigates into how the money is being spent.
For the second time this year, Karl Rove is ignoring a subpeona from the House Judiciary Committee to testify under oath. ANP tracks down Rove to get his side of the story... and gets dissed.
http://newsproject.org Marine Corporal James Jenkins, a decorated veteran of the Iraq invasion and the Battle of Najaf, took his life after serving for 22 months. His mother shares his story with ANP - a tragedy repeated 15 times a day in the US.
Some soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are still being given a controversial drug called Chantix to help them quit smoking, even though the FDA has found the drug to have a host of dangerous side effects, including suicidal behavior.
Recently, it was reported that the rate of carbon dioxide emission during the last seven years exceeded even the IPCC's worst-case scenario. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have offered their support to global warming legislation in the past.
Barack Obama says closing down the detainee camp in Guantanamo Bay will be a top priority of his new administration. David Cole, author of Justice at War: The Men and Ideas That Shaped America's War on Terror, discusses the challenges he'll face.
Who decides what our children are eating? To a large degree, it is the Federal Government. Congress and the Department of Agriculture approve what foods can (and can't) be served to over 30 million American school children who get daily meals from the National School Lunch Program. The government gets a ton of pressure from a food and beverage industry frantic to keep kids hooked on a diet of sodas, snacks and hot dogs. The competition, for a piece of this $10 billion market, is particularly fierce right now because this year, the School Lunch Program is being reviewed and revised. Despite the enormous nutritional and financial stakes at play, ANP was the only media to cover a recent panel set up to discuss the school menu. While nutritionists outnumbered the press, corporate lobbyists outnumbered everyone.
John McCain was an early supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, but he has toughened his position during the presidential campaign. At an Anti-Immigration rally in Washington activists said they wanted more before they embrace his candidacy.
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