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NewsTrust - Politics - Most Recent Stories: Opinion (Mainstream) Copyright (c) 2008 NewsTrust en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:52:50 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/images/logos/newstrust-logo_20px.gif NewsTrust http://www.newstrust.net/subjects/politics/most_recent/opinion/mainstream http://www.newstrust.net/subjects/politics/most_recent/opinion/mainstream NewsTrust helps people find good journalism online. We rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. Our social news network features top-rated stories from hundreds of mainstream and independent sources. Find out more at http://www.newstrust.net/ It's Beyond Ridiculous That Email (But Not Mail) Has Been Left Out of Privacy Laws Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9286175/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9286175/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/wired?ref=rss">Wired</a> - Jun. 17 (Opinion) - It's Beyond Ridiculous That Email (But Not Mail) Has Been Left Out of Privacy Laws</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9286175?ref=rss">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9286175?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9286175/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Civil Liberties Privacy The E.P.A. Backs Off on Factory Farms Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284904?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284904?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By By THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Jun. 15 (Editorial) - The Environmental Protection Agency is obliged under the Clean Water Act to monitor America’s waterways and shield them from the toxic runoff from factory farms. But the growth of that industry, and its courtroom tenacity, has far outstripped the E.P.A.’</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284904?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284904?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284904?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Pollution U.S. Senate Science Fears of National ID With Immigration Bill Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9285010?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9285010?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By Eric Lipton - Jun. 15 (Comment) - Fears of National ID With Immigration Bill</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9285010?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9285010?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9285010?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Immigration As Obama moves forward on climate, he faces a tough political task Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284369/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284369/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/washington_post?ref=rss">Washington Post</a> - By Juliet Eilperin - Jun. 15 (Opinion) - A pair of fundraisers just 90 minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay Area last week laid bare the competing forces of politics and policy that President Obama is grappling with as he prepares to unveil a slate of major initiatives on global warming in late June or in July. ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284369?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284369?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9284369/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment U.S. Congress Climate Change For conservative Republicans, immigration becoming a political balancing act Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281947/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281947/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/washington_post?ref=rss">Washington Post</a> - By David Nakamura - Jun. 13 (Comment) - Sen. Rand Paul opened his remarks to a group of conservative Latinos on Wednesday by joking about his stilted “Spanglish.” So he switched from Spanish to English to be clear that he had empathy for the plight of the nation’s 11 million illegal ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281947?ref=rss">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281947?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281947/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Immigration Money and Politics Trent Franks’s abortion claim and the manly Republican Party Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282245/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282245/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/washington_post?ref=rss">Washington Post</a> - By Dana Milbank - Jun. 13 (Opinion) - Ladies and gentlemen, Republicans are again voting on new abortion restrictions. Cue their theme song: “Men men men men, manly men men men!” “Men men men men, manly men men men!” The House Judiciary Committee gathered Wednesday to pass another antiabortion bill , and the nameplates on the majority side told the ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282245?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282245?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282245/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Republicans Abortion Obamacare, Public Opinion, and Conservative Self-Delusion Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282460/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282460/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/new_york_magazine?ref=rss">New York Magazine</a> - By Jonathan Chait - Jun. 13 (Opinion) - One of the more important conservative beliefs about Obamacare, running right alongside the certainty that the law is a disaster that will fail in every respect, is the belief that Americans share their antipathy to the law. It certainly is true that the</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282460?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282460?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282460/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Republicans Health Care Education Secretary Arne Duncan works to sell Obama administration’s preschool initiative Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281807/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281807/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/washington_post?ref=rss">Washington Post</a> - By Lyndsey Layton - Jun. 13 (Comment) - Arne Duncan woke at 5:30 a.m. in his Arlington County home, was driven to the airport and folded his 6-foot-5 frame into an aisle seat in coach. The education secretary buckled his seat belt and tilted his head back for a short flight to Atlanta, another stop in his uphill effort to sell the Obama administration’s next big idea: pre-kindergarten for every 4-year-old in the country. ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281807?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281807?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281807/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Obama Administration Early Childhood Darrell Issa's IRS Investigation Is Falling Apart Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9283200/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9283200/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/business_week?ref=rss">Business Week</a> - By Joshua Green - Jun. 13 (Opinion) - When Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 2010, Representative Darrell Issa of California was supposed to become a star. Issa, who made no secret of his ambition, took over the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, vowing to use the power of his chairmanship to stage hundreds of hearings and hold the Obama administration to account. Anticipating what he promised would be “constant battle,” the White House hired extra lawyers and braced for the onslaught.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9283200?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9283200?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9283200/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Republicans Egypt frets, fumes over Ethiopia’s Nile plan Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282396/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282396/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/washington_post?ref=rss">Washington Post</a> - By Griff Witte - Jun. 13 - GIZA, EGYPT — Since long before the Pyramids towered above the rich soil of this riverside town, Egyptians have given thanks to the muddy waters of the Nile. “Plants, animals, humans,” said Ibrahim Abdel Aziz, a 45-year-old farmer, “we all come from this river.” ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282396?ref=rss">4.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282396?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9282396/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281149/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281149/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/the_guardian?ref=rss">The Guardian</a> - By Thomas Drake - Jun. 12 (Comment) - So we refused to be part of the NSA's dark blanket. That is why whistleblowers pay the price for being the backstop of democracy What Edward Snowden has done is an amazingly brave and courageous act of civil disobedience. Like me, he became discomforted by what he was exposed to and what he saw: the industrial-scale systematic surveillance that is scooping up vast amounts of information not only around the world but in the United States, in direct violation of the fourth amendment of the US constitution. The NSA programs that Snowden has revealed are nothing new: they date back to the days and weeks after 9/11. I had direct exposure to similar programs, such as Stellar Wind , in 2001. In the first week of October, I had an extraordinary conversation with NSA's lead attorney. When I pressed hard about the unconstitutionality of Stellar Wind, he said: "The White House has approved the program; it's all legal. NSA is the executive agent." It was made clear to me that the original ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281149?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281149?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9281149/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Civil Liberties U.S. Congress Congressional Oversight Energy Green Technology Finance Privacy National Security Agency New York City Faces Increasing Risk From Climate Change, New Data Show Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279557?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279557?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By Jenny Anderson - Jun. 11 (Comment) - New York City Faces Increasing Risk From Climate Change, New Data Show</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279557?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279557?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279557?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change What to Make of a Warming Plateau Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279556?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279556?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By Justin Gillis - Jun. 11 (Comment) - By Degrees: What to Make of a Climate-Change Plateau</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279556?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279556?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279556?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Silver linings in the IEA report on 2012 fossil fuel carbon emissions Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279465/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279465/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/the_guardian?ref=rss">The Guardian</a> - By Dana Nuccitelli - Jun. 11 (Opinion) - Carbon emissions from fossil fuels reached record levels, but the 2012 rise was relatively small, and there are positive signs As Fiona Harvey reported for The Guardian, the International Energy Agency (IEA) 2012 World Energy Outlook Report found that annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to 31.6 billion tonnes (gigatonnes [Gt]).</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279465?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279465?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279465/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Global Economy China Energy Green Technology Coal Climate Change India cracks down on foreign funding of NGOs Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279878/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279878/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/the_guardian?ref=rss">The Guardian</a> - By Rama Lakshmi - Jun. 11 (Opinion) - Amid an intensifying crackdown on non-governmental groups that receive foreign funding, Indian activists are accusing the government of stifling their right to dissent in the world's largest democracy. India has tightened the rules on non-governmental organisations over the past two years, following protests that delayed several important industrial projects.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279878?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279878?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279878/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> India Money and Politics Energy Climate change – what next after the 2C boundary? Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9280258/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9280258/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/the_guardian?ref=rss">The Guardian</a> - Jun. 11 (Opinion) - The modification of the 2C climate target will put an end to the vision of a "science-based" climate policy This Friday, another frustrating round of negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ends in Bonn/Germany. It is highly doubtful that the international community will be able to agree on a treaty that would commit all industrialised countries and emerging economies to binding emissions reduction targets by the end of 2015.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9280258?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9280258?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9280258/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> United Nations Europe Foreign Policy Climate Change Hillary Clinton’s arrival on Twitter leaves followers wondering what’s next Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279239/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279239/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/washington_post?ref=rss">Washington Post</a> - By Philip Rucker - Jun. 11 (Comment) - Her Twitter followers signed up fast, almost 1,000 of them a minute, to see what she had to say. And Hillary Clinton, debuting Monday on the social media site with a biography identifying her as a “hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker,” kept them guessing. ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279239?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279239?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9279239/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Hillary Clinton Twitter A Conservative Case for Prison Reform Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278337?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278337?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By By RICHARD A. VIGUERIE - Jun. 10 (Opinion) - MANASSAS, Va. — CONSERVATIVES should recognize that the entire criminal justice system is another government spending program fraught with the issues that plague all government programs.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278337?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278337?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278337?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Budget Prisons Corrections Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278476/toolbar?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278476/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/washington_post?ref=rss">Washington Post</a> - By Barton Gellman - Jun. 10 (Comment) - He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate. Verax was the name he chose for himself, “truth teller” in Latin. I asked him early on, without reply, whether he intended to hint at the alternative fates that lay before ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278476?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278476?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9278476/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> National Security Patriot Act National Security Agency Same-Sex Couple Seeks Immigration Relief From High Court Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9277721?ref=rss http://www.newstrust.net/stories/9277721?ref=rss <span><a href="http://www.newstrust.net/sources/all_things_considered?ref=rss">All Things Considered</a> - Jun. 10 (Comment) - The Supreme Court may soon decide if the federal government will recognize same-sex marriage, a decision with profound implications for unions between American citizens and their foreign-born spouses. 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