Last week the Congress passed the omnibus spending bill for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.  In one sense, this was very good news as it staves off a budget stalemate and another possible government shut…

For the first time in a decade, Congress has cobbled together a highway bill that guarantees transportation infrastructure funding for several years. House and Senate negotiators announced a deal thi…

Congress is on a roll. First a budget deal, then a multi-year highway bill, and now a K-12 education bill, whose most previous authorization had dated from 2002—the infamous No Child Left Behind Act …

Tensions in the U.S.-South Africa relationship only heighten as both countries head towards national elections. 

Signs are seen in the air as demonstrators protest against the passing of the Protection of Information Bill outside Parliament in Cape Town November 22, 2011. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters) South Afri…