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November 6, 2014 (San Diego's East County)-- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
- Freshman class is young by U.S. Senate standards but has governing experience (Washington Post)
- President vows to work with – and without – Congress (NY Times)
- President to seek Congressional backing for military fight against ISIS (NY Times)
- Midterm elections results: Why Republicans crushed Democrats (CS Monitor)
- Ending Washington gridlock now largely in Mitch McConnell’s hands now (LA Times)
- Election brings new GOP power to state capitols (SF Gate).
- Oil drops 50% from all-time high (USA Today)
- Surgeries suspended for military family pets as cost-saving measure (KPBS)
WORLD
- Fugitive Mexican mayor and wife arrested in missing students case (Washington Post)
- Terror in Jerusalem: One dead [and 14 injured] as Palestinian driver rams van into crowded light rail station (JPost)
- Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko orders troops to key cities (CNN)
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U.S.
Freshman class is young by U.S. Senate standards but has governing experience (Washington Post)
They are a youthful bunch — at least by the mossy standards of the U.S. Senate. Among the 11 new senators elected in Tuesday’s midterm elections, eight are under age 60, and one is just 37…The new freshmen — including 10 Republicans and one Democrat — seem different, at first glance, from the class with tea party influences that joined the Senate in the GOP wave of 2012.
President vows to work with – and without – Congress (NY Times)
President Obama shook off an electoral drubbing on Wednesday and said he was eager to find common ground with Republicans during the final two years of his presidency, but he swiftly defied their objections by vowing to bypass Congress and use his executive authority to change the nation’s immigration system.
President to seek Congressional backing for military fight against ISIS (NY Times)
President Obama said on Wednesday that he would seek specific authorization from Congress for the military campaign against the Islamic State, opening the door to a lengthy, potentially contentious debate over the nature and extent of American engagement in Iraq and Syria.
Midterm elections results: Why Republicans crushed Democrats (CS Monitor)
The Democrats had no compelling message to counter the Republicans' anti-Obama outcry. And the Democrats' vaunted turnout operation fizzled
Ending Washington gridlock now largely in Mitch McConnell’s hands now (LA Times)
Mitch McConnell built his ascent to Senate majority leader on voter anger over Washington gridlock that he helped foster while in the Republican minority against President Obama.Now the Kentucky senator will need to convince tea party Republicans who thrived on that approach to join him in a new strategy that depends, in part, on making deals with Democrats and the White House.
Election brings new GOP power to state capitols (SF Gate)
State capitols across the country will be more Republican than at any point since the Roaring '20s when victorious legislators and governors take office next year. That could result in lower taxes and perhaps fewer dollars flowing to social safety net programs.
Oil drops 50% from all-time high (USA Today)
The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil posted its all-time high of $147.27 on Friday, July 11, 2008. Tuesday morning, the price dropped to an intra-day low of $75.84, virtually half the price it hit just a little more than six years ago.
Surgeries suspended for military family pets as cost-saving measure (KPBS)
The cherished dogs and cats of military families are no longer able to get surgical procedures at military veterinary facilities, as these clinics have cut back on services to save money.
WORLD
Fugitive Mexican mayor and wife arrested in missing students case (Washington Post)
The Mexican mayor and his wife accused in the disappearance of 43 student protesters in September were captured by police early Tuesday morning in Mexico City, hiding in a dilapidated concrete home filled with dogs. The arrest of Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca, and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, raised hopes that what they know could lead to a break in the grim case and help locate the missing students, either dead or alive.
A car slammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem on Wednesday in what authorities are calling a vehicular terror attack. Border Police officer Jidan Assad, 38, from the Druze village of Beit Jaan died of injuries and 14 others were hurt, three of them seriously....
Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko orders troops to key cities (CNN)
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has ordered army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive.
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