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  Did Trump Pull a Reagan? Eerie Similarity Between Biden and Carter in Surprise Hamas Hostage Deal

  Eerie similarities between Joe Biden's hostage release deal and the deal made with Iran by former President Jimmy Carter do not go unnoticed.

• Donald Trump’s Campaign Backs Down From Threatened Lawsuit Over Delegates

  Donald Trump is making his name shine again with the profound lawsuit he threatened over Ted Cruz. However, his camp has dissed these as nothing to be forwarded to court of laws.

• Republican Walker exits 2016 presidential race

  Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin abruptly pulled out of the 2016 U.S. presidential race on Monday, doomed by a lightning-quick collapse from serious contender to a candidate struggling to raise money and his profile.

• U.S. justices unlikely to address death penalty's constitutionality

  When the last U.S. Supreme Court term ended in June with an unusual showdown over a decision approving Oklahoma's lethal injection process, some court watchers saw it as a sign the court might soon take up the bigger question of the constitutionality of the death penalty itself.

• Amid spat with ICC, Habre trial raises hope for African justice

  With many Africans denouncing the International Criminal Court as 'white man's justice', the trial of Chad's former dictator in Senegal on charges of crimes against humanity offers the continent a chance to show it can hold its leaders to account.

• Former Democratic Senator Webb announces White House campaign

  Former U.S. Senator Jim Webb launched a long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, promising to fight the political influence of big-money interests and bring a new approach to solving problems.

• The voice of opposition past, Justice Kennedy may save Obamacare now

  Justice Anthony Kennedy was furious when a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. As he read the dissenting opinion from the bench three years ago, his anger was palpable. The majority regards its opinion “as judicial modesty," he declared. "It is not. It amounts instead to a vast judicial over-reaching.”

• On visit to U.S., Britain's Farage criticizes Obama and Republicans

  U.K. Independence Party head Nigel Farage criticized both U.S. President Barack Obama and the opposition Republican Party on Thursday as he sought to build solidarity with fellow conservatives on a visit to the United States.

• Obama must work with Congress to reform Cuba embargo: policy experts

  On the eve of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address a group of 78 policy experts and former U.S. officials has written to the White House urging the administration to work with Congress to update Cuba legislation to reflect "21st century realities."

• Despite Senate power shift, Obama seeks to shape U.S. judiciary

  President Barack Obama plans to plow ahead with an effort to shape and diversify the U.S. judiciary, despite the ability of Republicans to block nominees now that they have a Senate majority, Obama's in-house lawyer said on Monday.

• Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo dead at 82

  Mario Cuomo, the three-time governor of New York and a leading voice of the Democratic Party's liberal wing who turned down several invitations to seek the U.S. presidency, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 82.

• Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety

  When Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy took a bullet to protect Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt and agent Jerry Parr shoved the president into a limousine, their quick reflexes projected a Hollywood-style image of invincibility around the agency.

• New documents show legal basis for NSA surveillance programs

  Documents released by the U.S. government show it views an executive order issued in 1981 as the basis of most of the National Security Agency's surveillance activities, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday.

• Obama voices confidence Democrats can keep control of U.S. Senate

  President Barack Obama, citing an economic rebound, said in a CBS interview he feels Democrats can keep control of the U.S. Senate in November elections, although he acknowledged many Americans did not feel the economy was recovering.

• Federal district judge upholds Louisiana ban on gay marriage

  A federal district court judge in New Orleans upheld a Louisiana ban on gay marriage on Wednesday, in a break from a string of recent rulings against such bans in other states following a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling.