According to several members of the US Congress, President Barack Obama violated the law that requires the government to inform the legislators about the transfer of five senior insurgent leaders from a Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for Taliban captive and US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.
Although an increase in the number of unaccompanied children crossing the US border has been observed as recent as last month, Obama's director of domestic policy, Cecilia Munoz, clarified that the ongoing immigration reform debate is not an influential factor in the surge, Buzzfeed said.
Bloomberg said that the proposed US Environmental Protection Agency rules on greenhouse-gas emissions would reduce the country's power-plant gas levels by 30% on average from 2005 levels, earning sharp response from Democrats, whom some called the standards another way to bankrupt the American people through its adoption.
US President Obama has confirmed the resignation of US Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday, lauding the former agency secretary's service in both the military and in veteran affairs.
