Angola bans Islam and shuts down all mosques across the country
Angola has reportedly declared Islam illegal and ordered for all of the country’s mosques to be closed down. Minister of culture Rosa Cruz e Silva...
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US Senate approves spending bill to avoid government shutdown
The US Senate has passed a spending and border security bill, averting a second government shutdown. Lacking the...
Dept. of Homeland Security shutdown looms, would idle 15% of workforce
In a move that could have ramifications for domestic anti-terrorism efforts, US House Speaker John Boehner said he...
Foodstamp Program Shutdown Imminent?
When over the weekend, a Xerox "glitch" shut down the EBT system, better known as foodstamps, for nearly the entire day across 17 states leaving...
NSA spying continues while oversight stopped by shutdown
A review panel established by the White House to assess the country’s intelligence programs is due to report...
Feds evict elderly couple from their home, cite shutdown
By JOEL GEHRKE National Park Service officials cited the government shutdown as the reason for ordering an elderly...
Feds Try to Close the OCEAN Because of Shutdown
by Mike Flynn Just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was "closed" due to...
US shutdown puts free trade talks with EU in impasse
The United States has no choice but to delay negotiations over a major free trade deal with countries...
Wheres sense of crisis in a 17% government shutdown?
By BYRON YORK Everyone knows the phrase "government shutdown" doesn't mean the entire U.S. government is shut down....
Priests threatened with arrest if they minister to military during shutdown
By Alex Pappas In a stunning development, some military priests are facing arrest if they celebrate mass or...
Pentagon spent $5.5bn only hours before govt shutdown
As clocks at the Pentagon approached midnight late Monday evening and inched America towards a government shutdown, the United States Department of Defense spent $5.5...
Obama: If you do not allow us to raise the debt ceiling you will not get your SS check
By Brett LoGiurato Early Thursday morning, Potomac Research Group analyst Greg Valliere predicted that if the debt-ceiling deadline...
143-year-old law has Washington treading gingerly during shutdown
By Steve Liesman Administration officials now live in fear of a 19th-century law that could get them fired,...
Veterans push past barricades to visit WWII memorial closed amid govt shutdown
Despite a government shutdown resulting in closed national monuments and parks, a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor...
It Will Be Illegal to Walk on National Mall if Gov’t Shuts Down, National Park Service Says
By Oliver Darcy It will be illegal to walk on the National Mall if the federal government shuts...
10 ways govt shutdown would hurt America
With the threat of a federal government shutdown hanging over the US economy, here is a handy list of the possible effects American citizens and...