• Senior ISIS information minister Wael Adel Salman killed in Syria after U.S. drone strike
  • Senior ISIS leader Abu Muhammad al-Adnani killed in Syria after U.S. airstrike
  • President Obama becomes the first President to visit Hiroshima laying a wreath at Peace Memorial Park
  • Senior Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour killed in Pakistan after U.S. drone strike
    May 22 2016
  • Nutritional labels updated and modernized to better inform consumers of what they are purchasing under new labeling rules by the Food and Drug Administration
    May 20 2016
  • Senior ISIS leader Abu Sa'ad al-Sudani killed in Syria after U.S. airstrike
  • Senior Al-Qaeda leader Abu Firas al-Suri killed in Syria after U.S. air strike
    Apr 04 2016
  • ISIS Finance Minister Haji Iman killed during U.S. operation
  • Senior ISIS leader Omar al-Shishani and 12 additional ISIS fighters killed in Syria after a series of U.S. drone and manned aircraft strikes
  • 150 Al-Shabaab fighters killed at Somalia training camp after U.S. air strike
    Mar 08 2016
  • Senior Al-Shabaab leader Yusuf Ali Ugas killed in Somalia after U.S. air strike
    Mar 05 2016
  • Senior Al-Shabaab leader Mohamed Mire killed in Somalia after U.S. air strike
    Mar 05 2016
  • Senior unnamed ISIS operative captured and detained during U.S. led raid in Iraq
  • Senior ISIS leader Noureddine Chouchane and over thirty ISIS militants killed in Libya after U.S. airstrikes
  • ISIS cash depot holding millions of dollars bombed in Mosul, Iraq by U.S. air strike
  • Senior ISIS leader Abu Mohammed al-Adnani injured and detained in Iraq after U.S. air strike
  • Environmentally hazardous plastic microbeads found in personal care products banned from being manufactured in the U.S.
  • Families with three or more children have their taxes reduced $200-$600 through the permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit
  • College students can claim $2,500 towards tuition, fees, and course material on their taxes after the extension of the American Opportunity Tax Credit
  • Medical marijuana patients may purchase prescriptions without fear of arrest after DEA prohibited from raiding legal dispensaries
  • Solar and wind energy production to double in size through a five year extension of Federal tax credits
  • World community pledges to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees celsius
    Dec 12 2015
  • Teacher performance evaluations no longer based off student test results after passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act
  • Senior Al-Qaida leader Abdirahman Sandhere killed in Lybia by U.S. air strike
    Dec 07 2015
  • Military personnel who handled service dogs in combat zones given first rights of adoption after the dog retires from duty
  • Senior ISIS leader Wisam al Zubaidi killed in Libya by U.S. air strike
  • Senior ISIS leader Abu Nabil killed in Libya by U.S. air strike
  • Senior ISIS leader Mohammed Emwazi (Jihadi John) killed in Syria by U.S. drone strike
  • Senior ISIS leader Abu Nabil killed in Libya by U.S. air strike
  • Veterans and their families offered in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities in all fifty states
  • Seventy hostages held by ISIS in Iraq rescued after joint operation with Iraqi soldiers and US special forces
  • Senior Al-Qaida leader Sanafi al-Nasr killed in Syria by U.S. air strike
    Oct 18 2015
  • Senior Al-Qaida leader Muhsin al-Fadhli killed in Syria by U.S. air strike
    Jul 21 2015
  • Senior Al-Qaida leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi killed in Yemen by U.S. drone strike
    Jun 12 2015
  • Senior Al-Qaida leader Nasr al-Ansi killed in Yemen by a CIA-led U.S. drone strike
    Apr 21 2015
  • New Medicare formula changes the way doctors are reimbursed; rewards doctors when their patients have better health outcomes
  • Abortion coverage extended to Peace Corps volunteers who became pregnant because of rape, incest, and life endangerment
  • President Obama pledges $3 Billion to global fund assisting poor countries coping with climate change
    Nov 14 2014
  • Broad Coalition of Middle-Eastern countries conduct military campaign against ISIS inside of Syria
    Sep 2014
  • Senior Al-Qaida commander Fahd al-Quso killed in Yemen by a CIA-led U.S. drone strike
    May 06 2012
  • Members of Congress and certain government employees prohibited from using non-public information for personal profit
    Apr 04 2012
  • War in Iraq ended with last American troops crossing border into Kuwait
    Dec 17 2011
  • $700 million annual funding for child protection, child abuse prevention, family support and adoption promotion through 2016
  • Small family farms selling locally exempted from federal regulations such as traceability and record keeping
  • Safety of imported food improved with new FSVP & VQIP programs that helps ensure it is safe, unadulterated and not misbranded
  • Safety of U.S. grown food improved with requirements for large factory farms to register all food handlers and maintain records relating to food safety
  • $186 billion in tax relief for all tax payers by extending the Bush income tax cuts for 2010 & 2011
  • $136 billion in tax relief for 21 million middle class households through patch to the Alternative Minimum Tax for 2010 & 2011
  • $111 billion in tax relief for workers by a reducing social security payroll tax from 6.2% to 4.2% for 2011.
  • Unemployment benefits extended for 13 months at a cost of $56 billion
  • $40 billion in tax credits for college students and lower income families with children
  • Number of eligible children enrolled in school meal programs increased by approximately 115,000 students
  • Schools and communities provided resources to utilize local farms and gardens to provide fresh produce for school food programs.
  • $1.5 billion awarded to some 75,000 black farmers who were victims of discrimination in applying for farm loans from 1983 to 1997
  • $3.4 billion settlement for Native Americans against the US government arising from incorrect accounting for royalties on mineral leases
  • Veteran work-study programs expanded to include congressional offices, state agencies and institutions of higher learning
  • On-the-job training opportunities expanded for veterans by reimbursing energy sector employers for training costs.
  • Insurance policy amounts and terms enhanced for severely disabled veterans
  • Service members receiving relocation orders protected from early termination fees for certain contracts and residential leases
  • $10 million in job training, counseling, placement services, and child care services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children
  • Disabled veterans provided improved independent assisted living services, automobile adaptive equipment and allowances for automobile purchase
  • Large disparity in jail sentences reduced for crack cocaine related offenses that disproportionately affected African Americans
  • Sonya Sotomayor nominated and approved as Supreme Court justice
    May 25 2009
  • Credit cardholders protected against arbitrary interest rate increases, hidden and excessive fees, and due date gimmicks
    May 22 2009
  • Financial Crisis Inquiry commission created to examine and report on the domestic and global causes of the 2008 - 2009 financial and economic crisis
  • Mortgage lending businesses added to list of financial institutions subject to Federal criminal law in fraudulent lending practices
  • Crime of major fraud against the United States amended to include Federal grants made to stimulate economic recovery for fiscal years 2009 and 2010
  • Securities fraud definition amended to include fraud related to commodities futures and derivatives fraud
  • $140 million in special funding for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate fraud in financial institutions
  • $100 million in special funding for the offices of the United States Attorneys to investigate and prosecute fraud in financial institutions
  • $80 million in special funding to the criminal, civil and tax divisions of the Dept of Justice to investigate and prosecute fraud in financial institutions
  • $60 million in special funding for the Postal Inspection Service to investigate financial institutions for fraud
  • $60 million in special funding for Inspector General's Office at the U S Dept of Housing and Urban Development to investigate financial institutions for fraud
  • $40 million in special funding for the Secret Service to investigate financial institutions for fraud
  • $42 million in special funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate securites fraud in financial institutions
  • 250,000 volunteers by 2017 for community service programs in low income neighborhoods
  • Community volunteer program expanded to address the education, health care, energy and veterans needs of low income communities
  • Disadvantaged youth job opportunites enhanced by community service to gain skills/experience and earn education grants and stipends