The past two years have seen two high-profile Congressional battles over public spending, the first in 2011 over raising the debt ceiling and the second in 2012 and the early hours of 2013 over the so-called fiscal cliff.

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced the actions he will take with regard to gun control. These consist of 23 executive orders, as well as the submission of legislation to Congress to renew and strengthen the expired assault weapons ban and to impose a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines.

With the election finally behind us, lawmakers are turning their attention to the impending fiscal cliff. For those who don’t know, this refers to two things: first, the 1.

It would be nice to think that now that the 2012 election is over, super PACs will retreat from the public sphere for two—or, it might be hoped, four—years.

President Barack Obama proved victorious in 2012. In what was almost a repeat of 2008, he won every swing state of consequence: Virginia and Ohio. The pundits will laud his campaign, CNN will hotly debate the what ifs and Mitt Romney will gracefully, if disappointedly (although, if he was optimistic enough to hope for a victory, can we really be sympathetic?

The destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy covered multiple states, caused billions of dollars in damages and took more than 100 lives. Additionally, concerns have been raised as to the storm’s effect on voter turnout, with alarmists worrying that the Democratic vote in particular will be suppressed.

The general election season is excruciatingly long—speculation over the next election begins at the conventions, and in the current season, Republicans have been going at it since 2010—and given that this has always been Barack Obama’s election to lose, many Americans are understandably losing interest in the incessant coverage.

Two debates have been held in the run-up to the Nov. 6 elections, one between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney and one between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan.

Some students may have noticed that the Whispers Cafe environment has been slightly off in recent days. Has the administration fixed the windows so that there’s no more morning glare shining in from the ceiling? No, the early birds are still blinded.

If one thing has become clear this fall in the relationship of America and Israel, it is that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot be considered an ally.