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George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–93).
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A battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thursday that denying benefits to married gay couples is unconstitutional.
In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston said the 1996 law deprives gay couples of the rights and privileges granted to heterosexual couples.The court didn't rule on the law's more politically combustible provision -- that states without same-sex marriage cannot be forced to recognize gay unions performed in states where it's legal. It also wasn't asked to address whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry.The law was passed at a time when it appeared Hawaii would legalize gay marriage. Since then, many states have instituted their own bans on gay marriage, while eight states have approved the practice, led by Massachusetts in 2004.The court, the first federal appeals panel to rule against the...
Official presidential portrait unveiled
A battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thursday tha...
President Bush and Mrs. Bush unveil official portraits at White House
Stunts, stagecraft, scripts — and a touch of the surreal — shaped the presidential campaign Thursday as Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama sought an edge on vote...
It's Barack Obama's house now, but his predecessor and political foil, George W. Bush, stole the show at the White House on Thursday with his wisecracks and grin."Th...
Former President George H.W. Bush is expected to formally endorse Mitt Romney, adding to the long list of heavy-hitting party figures backing the Republican presiden...
The world was a different place the last time Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar. The Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union still existed. Bangkok, the city Suu Kyi visits thi...
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- Former President George H.W. Bush plans to celebrate his 85th birthday Friday by making a parachute jump in Maine, where he has his summer ho...
Much has been made about the criticism surrounding President Obama's Tuesday speech to the nation's schoolchildren. But when President George H.W. Bush delivered a s...
The George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier has headed out for sea trials.The Navy's newest carrier left Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard Wednesday after a s...
INDIANAPOLIS -- The brother of former President George H.W. Bush collapsed during health insurer WellPoint Inc.'s annual meeting Tuesday morning.William H.T. Bush, 7...
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The weak May unemployment report presents President Barack Obama with a sobering reminder that his stewardship of a gradual recovery from the deepest recession since...
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Chris Stirewalt, FBN's Nicole Petalides and Michael Barone discuss the latest economic data and the political repurcussions.
A federal appeals court on Friday gave Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton four months to decide whether a group opposed to Iran should be removed from a list ...
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against a central provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, a groundbreaking decision that tees up a potential battle before t...
The candidate who started the GOP primary season with the most money and as the favorite to win – as the man who came in second in the '08 race – is now the winner. ...
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