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(1 Jul) - A politician in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is facing calls to resign after he was caught on video threatening the rape of female relatives of rivals. According to The Guardian, Tapas Pal, an MP from India’s fourth-largest party in parliament, was captured on a smartphone in May saying the following at... 

Mortgage deals leave thousands vulnerable if house prices fall (10 Jul) - A "glut" of mortgage deals aimed at buyers with small deposits pushed the number of homeowners vulnerable to a slump in property prices to a post-crisis high in June, according to the UK’s biggest chartered surveyor. The number of households that took... 

John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives Editor's note: Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, is speaker of the House of Representatives. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (July 6, 2014)    Every member of Congress swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the...