White House Blames Jobs Numbers on Sequester

The Obama White House is scrambling to blame Friday’s abysmal March jobs numbers on the sequester’s trimming of the rate of growth in federal budgets that have yet to fully commence. 5 Apr 2013

Book: Fed Reserve Printed '$700 Million Per Hour' During Financial Meltdown

A new book by former Reagan budget director David Stockman reveals that during the financial meltdown of 2008, the Federal Reserve “pumped out fresh cash at the rate of $700 million per hour, adding another $900 billion to its balance sheet in just seven weeks.” 4 Apr 2013

TONIGHT, 9 pm EDT on FNC: 'Sean Hannity Special--Boomtown 2: The Business of Food Stamps'

"Sean Hannity Special--Boomtown 2: The Business of Food Stamps" with Government Accountability Institute’s Peter Schweizer and Breitbart’s Stephen K. Bannon is scheduled to air on Friday, April 5th at 9:00 p.m. EDT on the Fox News Channel. 4 Apr 2013

MF Global Trustee's Report Blasts Obama Bundler Jon Corzine

The trustee for the now-defunct U.S. brokerage firm MF Global, former FBI Director Louis Freeh, issued a 124-page investigatory report blasting former MF Global CEO and Obama bundler Jon Corzine for “negligent conduct,” employing trading strategies with lax oversight, and surpassing board-approved limits for European trades. 4 Apr 2013

Obama Pushes to Give Home Loans to Lower Credit Borrowers

The Obama Administration is angling to allow people with questionable credit to receive home loans, encouraging lenders to use more subjective judgment, and pushing banks to utilize programs through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)--an executive branch agency that sticks taxpayers with the bill if borrowers default on their FHA home loan. 4 Apr 2013

Nearly 50 Million Americans in Poverty, Worst Since LBJ

Even as the Obama White House prepares for a star-studded White House concert featuring Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, and Justin Timberlake, figures from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that roughly 50 million Americans—one in six—now live below the poverty line. 3 Apr 2013

Congress Seeks $6 Billion to Keep College Loan Rate from Doubling

CBS News Money Watch points out, “While Americans have roughly $1 trillion in outstanding student debt, only about 3 percent of student debt will be impacted if the Stafford rate doubles.” Moreover, today’s interest rates are atypically low to begin with; in 2007, the subsidized rate was 6.8%, not the 3.4% for the 2011-2012 school year. 2 Apr 2013

'Political Intelligence': Former Obama Officials Turn D.C. Scoops into Wall Street Cash

A new Forbes article by Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President and Co-founder Peter Schweizer reveals that former Obama Administration officials and fundraisers are now leveraging their access and influence to bag big billings from Wall Street investment firms as part of the shadowy, emerging industry known as “political intelligence.” 2 Apr 2013

Australia to Bypass U.S. Dollar, Convert Directly into Chinese Yuan

In what may mark the beginning of a historic shift, Australia appears ready to bypass the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency and allow for the direct convertibility of the Australian dollar into the Chinese yuan. 2 Apr 2013

Rick Perry: GOP Governors Will 'Rue' Approving Medicaid Expansions

During a Monday press conference, Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) withstood pressure from Democrats and some Republicans to back down from his opposition to a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. 1 Apr 2013