Politics

With officials all over the state objecting that victims of Hurricane Sandy have not received adequate funding to return to their homes, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is under fire yet again for another suspicious project paid for by Sandy funds.

The Wall Street Journal reports that real disposable income among Americans only grew 0.7% in 2013, the weakest growth since 2009. Because of the minimization of income growth, the rise in consumer spending over the last two months of 2013 is expected

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced Friday that throughout 2013 his three campaign arms raised $4.16 million. Cruz made the massive haul over 2013 through his re-election committee, Ted Cruz for Senate, his joint fundraising committee, Ted Cruz Victory Committee, and

Twenty dispensaries have been licensed in Massachusetts to start growing and selling marijuana for medical use. Regulators in the state were given 100 applications to open dispensaries in 2012, with permission to offer up to 35 licenses. An official with

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted publications claiming he said there was a “fifty-fifty” chance New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wasn’t directly involved in Bridgegate, saying he was only referring to what a New York Times article suggested. Speaking

On Friday, President Barack Obama, who has admitted that during college he used marijuana and sometimes “a little blow,” told CNN that it is Congress’s job to remove marijuana from the government’s list of serious narcotics.  Although the president did

The front-running members of the Republican establishment have abandoned former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, once a Republican political darling.  According to the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), McDonnell’s legal defense fund raised just under $12,000 in six months, despite McDonnell’s heavy

The Christie for Governor campaign is looking to build up its coffers yet again but not to keep Christie in the governor’s mansion. The campaign, subpoenaed by the New Jersey State Legislature in its ongoing investigation of closures at the

After the House Republican leadership unveiled its “immigration principles” on Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who has staunchly and relentlessly defended American workers against amnesty, weighed in once again. Sessions said it looked like the consultant-driven and “recycled talking points” offer

On Janauary 29, Senator Mark Udall’s (D-CO) son, Jed Udall, was arrested in Boulder County, Colorado for trespassing and heroin possession. According to the Daily Camera, when City of Boulder rangers and Boulder County deputies responded to a call, they

The first negative January for the S&P 500 since 2010 is giving historians of Wall Street pause, considering that historically a bad January bodes ill for a barometer of the coming year.  According to the Stock Trader’s Almanac, when January

The California Obamacare exchange spent $1.37 million in taxpayer money to produce a bizarre six-hour Internet live stream featuring aging exercise personality Richard Simmons cuddling a contortionist, CalWatchDog.com has revealed.  The taxpayer-funded expenditure is particularly alarming given that California’s Obamacare exchange,

The shale oil and gas boom has skyrocketed property values in the tiny town of Cotulla, Texas, from $550 million in 2011 to a staggering $5 billion in 2013, reports Newsmax. Cotulla’s wealth explosion has also tripled tax revenues. That

Former Port Authority official David Wildstein promised he would talk when the time is right, and now The New York Times is reporting that the man who personally oversaw the closures on the George Washington Bridge last September claims Christie knew

The Senate’s Democrat Majority Leader, Nevada’s Harry Reid, once again attacked conservative financiers David and Charles Koch, this time claiming they are trying to “buy the country.” Reid’s hyperbolic attack came during a discussion of the Obama administration’s use of

Last month, President Barack Obama hailed income inequality as “the defining challenge of our time.” Politico says nervous Democrats are “convinced” the issue will help stave off midterm election losses to Republicans.  On Wednesday, however, Obama’s own pollster, Joel Benenson, told

A significant obstacle to construction of the Keystone pipeline was removed Friday, as the State Department released its review of the project. The State Department said there were no major environmental objections to construction of the pipeline. President Obama has

Senate Minority Leader has urged President Barack Obama to “pick up that pen you’ve been talking so much about” and approve the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, after a State Department review found that the project would have no

WASHINGTON (AP) — The long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada moved a significant step toward completion Friday as the State Department raised no major environmental objections to its construction. The finding is likely to be welcomed by Republicans and

Henry Waxman, Democrat of California, is retiring after twenty terms in Congress. (That’s terms, not years.) For four decades, he has represented one of the most liberal districts in the country, which pumps millions into Democratic coffers.  Yet whom does

Wendy Davis has plenty of scandal on her plate: the biographical lies, the ethics investigation, the seemingly years-long loyalty to the Republican Party. Last week, she suddenly revealed that she was campaigning on a pro-gun rights platform, but her photo-op

Immigration is the zombie of political issues–even when it is dead, it is still alive. The combination of the Democratic Party, business interests, and a GOP operative class yearning for its promise of improved standing with Hispanic voters means that

Billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is using material from the far left-wing Center for American Progress (CAP) and from President Barack Obama’s White House to argue to House Republicans that amnesty would be good for the economy and for American

In the Netflix show “House of Cards,” Kevin Spacey plays a powerful member of Congress who stacks the deck in order dispense favors and to help those who help him. The show may be fiction, but a real life, bigger

In the wake of the National Education Association’s (NEA) decision to support the Common Core State Standards yet urge changes in the initiative’s “implementation,” Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) called for a slowdown of a new teacher evaluation program in

A new poll finds the percentage of Americans who think gun control too strict is at its highest point since 2001 and triple what it was in 2013. The Gallup poll shows that “55 percent of Americans… are dissatisfied overall with

With the retirements of two of her closest allies in the House, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was forced Thursday to assure the press that she was running for reelection in November. “I’m running. I’ve already started the paperwork process. My work

According to the 2010 Death and Mortality numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more children under the age of ten are unintentionally killed in fire or water-related incidents than are killed in accidental gun deaths.

The foundation of excellent medical care is the power to choose your doctor and, in partnership with that doctor, decide your course of treatment. With the Affordable Care Act, the government has inserted itself to become the final arbiter of your care. It

Let’s put two recent news items together and see if we can envision a way to develop and deliver medical miracles.  First, let’s start with the inspiring saga of Sgt. Cory Remsburg and his determination to overcome grievous war injuries.

Real estate magnate, television star, and conservative provocateur Donald Trump is a confirmed speaker for the upcoming 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Breitbart News has learned. Trump has been a hit at several recent CPACs, with the crowd loving

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is indicating he could be open to immigration legislation that does not include a special pathway to citizenship for the 11 million people already in the U.S. illegally. In an interview with CNN, Obama