After last night’s Olympic closing ceremony, and as the world is praising the host country for the quality of the XXX Games, France’s grudge for losing the Olympics 7 years ago is still alive.
Fox News announced the release of their new app for the iPad, “You Decide 2012 Map”, in which users can make predictions on the overall outcome of the presidential election. The app does this through providing a virtual map where you can select a state and input which way you think it will end up in the electoral college. Aside from the necessary “Democrat” and “Republican” options, you can also choose “Leaning” or “Toss Up”, ultimately calculating the final presidential winner.
Back-to-school time is approaching and IVN.us is getting ahead of the curve. This week's theme: Education!We'll be looking at issues like voter education, social media in the classroom, head start programs, vouchers, and student debt this week.What are candidates proposing?
House Republicans filed a civil action in federal court on Monday against Attorney General Eric Holder. They hope the lawsuit will compel Holder to hand over documents the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed him for in October of last year regarding the botched Operation Fast and Furious.
On Friday at Arlington Cemetery, the US Army promoted its first openly gay general. Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith had her new star pinned on her by her wife Tracey at the ceremony.
The moderators for the presidential and vice-presidential debates have been announced, and for the first time in presidential debate history, two of the moderators will be women. The inclusion of a women as the 2012 presidential debate moderator will be the first time since 1992, when ABC’s Carole Simpson became the first woman (and African-America) to moderate a debate.
In a Politico/GW Battleground poll released today, voters are found to support President Obama the most on foreign policy issues. In all, the poll found Obama and Romney largely neck and neck.
