On Friday, Medicare’s and Social Security’s trustees revealed the trust funds for the two programs will become insolvent by 2026 and 2033, respectively. According to The Hill, the annual report found Social Security will only be able to deliver three-quarters
A new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis finds that average U.S. household has regained less than half (45%) of the wealth lost during the Great Recession. The new study stands in contrast to a March Federal
On Friday, reports broke that Former IRS chief Doug Shulman’s wife works with a liberal lobbying group, Public Campaign, where she is the senior program advisor. Public Campaign is an “organization dedicated to sweeping campaign reform that aims to dramatically
A new study from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ranked all 50 states for their economic potential, and surprise! Virtually all of the top ten were states that voted for the GOP. The study, called “Red States, Poor States”
Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius congratulated 2013 graduates by sharing the exciting news that Obamacare will provide them with free tests for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and birth control “without you paying a penny.” Sebelius’s open
According to the New York Daily News, a third-grade boy was allegedly forced to perform oral sex on three other students after being dragged kicking and screaming into a bathroom in a Harlem elementary school. The supposed ringleader, who is in fifth grade,
William Peter Blatty, the Academy-Award winner who wrote 1973’s “The Exorcist,” graduated from Georgetown University in 1950 and has financially supported his alma mater for years. In May of last year, though, Blatty announced he was preparing a canon lawsuit
Pocatello, Idaho — Four Mexican nationals were sentenced forinvolvement in a large methamphetamine trafficking organization in eastern Idaho on May 30, 2013. The Mexican national receiving thelongest sentence, Samuel Nevarez-Ayon, age 26, was sentenced to 292months in US prison, according to the US
(AP) – In many circumstances, a piglet without the use of its hind legs would be put down. But Chris P. Bacon’s unusual condition has made him an international star and an inspiration to those with disabilities. When Chris was
On Thursday, a California state appeals court ruled that no further executions could take place in the state thanks to the lethal injection regulations, which the court said were improper. The state has not executed anyone since 2006, when a
(AP) Clinton supporter gets 2 years for funneling cashBy MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated PressALEXANDRIA, Va.A northern Virginia businessman was sentenced Friday to more than two years in prison for illegally funneling nearly $200,000 to Hillary Clinton’s political campaigns in 2006 and 2008.
You remember near the end of the Monty Python flick, The Meaning of Life— that scene featuring Mr. Creasote? He’s the morbidly obese freak who gorges on food, until finally, after eating a mint offered by the waiter, completely explodes, sending
(AP) – Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law is running to recapture the Philadelphia-area U.S. House seat that she lost almost 20 years ago, a defeat ascribed to her vote for then-President Bill Clinton’s budget proposal that increased taxes on the wealthy. Marjorie
NC Democrat Sen. Kay Hagen, who rode the Obama wave in 2008 to election, has drawn her first top-tier opponent for 2014. NC House Speaker Thom Tillis, who orchestrated the GOP take over of the chamber in 2010, announced on
A group of alumni, students, parents, and faculty of Georgetown University have sent a letter to Cardinal Donald Wuerl asking him to remove the label “Catholic” from the school based on the school’s embrace of secularism. William Peter Blatty, author
Typically, when you illegally record someone, that makes you a perpetrator. Not in the world of the left, where illegally recording Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) from a hallway outside his office wins you plaudits and status as a
In South Portland, Maine, Dr. Michael Ciampi has done more to cut the cost of health care than anything any Democrat has done in the last 200 years. He has stopped accepting insurance and slashed his prices. The price for
On Friday, the Commerce Department reported that consumer spending unexpectedly fell in April. On Thursday, the agency reported a slight downward revision in its initial estimate of 1st Quarter GDP growth, and noted a dramatic drop in corporate profits. Amid
An expensive new youth center in Oakland, California may not open at all thanks to budget concerns. The West Oakland Youth Center, which was slated to cost $7.6 million and has been in planning stages for five years, does not
The list of Chicago horror stories grew longer on Thursday when police charged a 21-year-old local woman with murdering her 5-month-old son at a North Side motel. Kimberlynn Bolanos was charged with first-degree murder after stabbing her son, Isaac, to
ST. CHARLES, Ill., May 31 (UPI) — A police department in the Chicago suburbs said some of the guns obtained from a buyback program will be sold to a pair of licensed dealers. St. Charles Police Chief James Lamkin said
Douglas County Sheriff David Weaver is taking the next step in school safety by putting plain clothes, armed “school marshals” in schools in his county next school year. “It [will] be no different than getting on airplane; [where] you never
According to a new inspector general (IG) audit, the U.S. Postal Service has not taken the opportunity provided to it by its labor union to save roughly $30.6 million. The American Postal Workers Union agreed in May 2011 to streamline
An 8-year old Baltimore elementary school student who was suspended for biting his Pop-Tart into the shape of gun has been awarded an NRA life membership by those who think the school overreached. Park Elementary in Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel
Triumphalist progressive claims that early California figures prove Obamacare will reduce health insurance costs are coming to a screeching halt as closer analyses reveal Californians will actually experience a staggering 64% to 146% increase in individual health insurance premiums come
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Fox News that Attorney General Eric Holder should resign and that the Obama Administration does not respect the Bill of Rights. Asked by Megyn Kelly whether Holder should resign, Cruz said, “Yes, absolutely.”
In a statement published on May 22nd, Planned Parenthood criticized the adoption of a House amendment that would deny taxpayer funding for the abortions of illegal immigrants. Referring to the amendment as “another attack on women’s health,” the press release
In an interview with Breitbart News, William Estrada, Director of Federal Relations of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), said that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has taken the lead in the Senate to draft a letter to Attorney General
On Friday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing Hillary Clinton’s approval rating collapsing in the wake of the Benghazi investigation. In today’s poll, just 52% of voters have a favorable impression of Clinton, while 40% have an unfavorable view.
On Friday, the Commerce Department reported that consumer spending fell in April, its first drop in over a year. Consumer spending declined 0.2% for the month, after a 0.1% increase in March. Economists had been expecting a modest increase in
A decade ago, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee were presiding over the lowest interest rates since WWII. The terrorist attack on September of 2001 had spurred the central bank
Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor has launched the first ad of his reelection campaign for 2014. His opening message to voters defends his vote against Obama’s gun control legislation, stressing that the proposals would have done nothing to prevent recent tragedies.
Failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he plans to “help shape national priorities” by helping fellow conservatives in their mid-term election campaigns next year. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday, Romney said he is considering
(AP) Eurozone unemployment heading for 20 millionBy PAN PYLASAssociated PressLONDONUnemployment across the 17 EU countries that use the euro is on course to hit 20 million this year, according to figures showing the jobless rate hit another record high _
An Arizona citizens group will litigate the organizers of the failed recall effort against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Although progressive group Respect Arizona failed in its bid to begin a recall of Arpaio, the trial will continue–both to highlight
