The latest “omnibus” spending bill compensate the 53 Americans who were held hostage in Iran for 444 days in 1979. Each will receive $4.4 million, or $10,000 a day they were held.
The Obama administration wants the Supreme Court to rule that Puerto Rico remains a dependent US Territory and not an independent “sovereign,” contradicting the nation’s autonomy that it gained in the 1952 constitution.
The Japanese government will protect genomic data under their newly revised personal information protection act, classifying these data the same as digitized facial features and fingerprints.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson supports the Supreme Court's decision in finding Richland florist Barronelle Stutzman guilty. This is because of her refusal to provide flowers to her longtime customer Robert Ingersoll for his wedding to another man.
