White House, Senate spar over Benghazi

The White House and Senate republicans continued the public debate over what the White House knew. Complicating the matter is the US ambassador to the UN comments stating that it was a protest and not a terrorist attack. Rice is reportedly being considered for Secretary of State

Protesters react to power grab in Egypt

President Morsi has announced that certain actions by the government are temporarily not subject to judicial review. This has brought concern to protesters because Muvarack had also initiated emergency powers to establish a legitimate government. However those laws in effect became in practice permanent. This raises questions about whether this is for his politi al party the Muslim Beotherhood.

Barack Obama re-elects for President of the United States

Tuesday night president Obama won his second term as president. Despite a weak economy. Pundits say the campaigns ground game and auto bailout of Detroit significantly increased his odds. Also his handling of Hurricane Sandy with FEMA.
The next big issue for the administration will be the fiscal cliff which imposes across the board cuts in domestic and military if there is no budget agreement.