Candidates' plans to change controversial H-1B guestworker program highlight need for an overhaul
Mar 01, 2016 16:27 pm UTC| Politics Law
Since its inception in 1990, the H-1B guestworker program that allows employers to bring in high-skilled foreign workers on six-year visas has been steeped in controversy. The program has been the subject of dozens of...
Fifield wants media ownership changes passed before the election
Mar 01, 2016 15:56 pm UTC| Law Politics
The government wants to push the biggest overhaul of Australias media laws in a generation through parliament before the election, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says. Fifield on Tuesday unveiled the...
Elizabeth Warren is savvy not to endorse Clinton or Sanders
Mar 01, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Politics
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the most sought-after endorsement in the raucous Democratic presidential primary contest. Its all bit odd for a senator who has been in office only since 2012 and who beat...
How America's overseas voters could swing the 2016 election
Mar 01, 2016 15:12 pm UTC| Politics
The 2016 Democratic and Republican primaries have already been an astonishing spectacle. Anti-establishment candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have turned traditional wisdom about what is politically feasible in...
Super Tuesday: five things to remember on Trump's big night
Feb 29, 2016 17:43 pm UTC| Politics
March 1 is Americas Super Tuesday, the day when a plethora of states and territories will hold presidential primaries and caucuses to pick the parties presidential nominees. While Hillary Clinton, having just avenged her...
What's going on with the Irish election?
Feb 29, 2016 17:38 pm UTC| Politics
After the shortest official election campaign in the nations history a mere 23 days the Irish election has thrown the country into uncertainty. With 552 candidates competing for 157 seats across 40 constituencies, no...
How not to wind up voting for a president you don't actually agree with
Feb 29, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When any American enters the voting booth, he (or she) is free to cast his private ballot for any candidate he favors. On the surface, this seems rather obvious, and easy. We each privately vote for the candidate we wish...