U.S. President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party suffered a major defeat at the polls Nov. 2, losing control of the lower house of Congress and shedding seats to Republicans in the Senate. Republicans picked up at least 60 seats in the House of Representatives, with several races still too close to call. Ohio Republican John Boehner [...]

An attempt to end the United States’  “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on gays serving  in the military died in the Senate Sept. 21. The policy dates from 1993, during the presidency of Bill Clinton. At the time, it replaced the  previous policy of the Reagan administration which said that “homosexuality is incompatible with military [...]