From Peter Schweizer, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and President of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), writing at Politico: Journalists and pundits have begun offering lengthy postmortems to explain the causes of the ruinous Obamacare rollout. The debacle’s scale has surprised even
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressNEW YORKU.S. claims that dozens of Russian diplomats and their spouses cheated to get health care aid meant for the poor drew a sharp rebuke Thursday from a top Russian official who blamed the
By HILLEL ITALIEAP National WriterNEW YORKHeroic in his deeds, graceful in his manner, sainted in his image, Nelson Mandela long served as both cause and muse in the entertainment community. From the 1960s, when he was a political prisoner and
Veteran actor Gabriel Byrne told a radio talker that Pope Francis’ public graciousness belies the fact that the religious leader is merely a figurehead who cannot affect the change needed for the Catholic Church. Byrne, raised Catholic, compared the Pope
(AP) American teacher shot dead in Libya’s BenghaziBy ESAM MOHAMED and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated PressTRIPOLI, LibyaAn American chemistry teacher was shot to death as he was jogging in Benghazi on Thursday, highlighting persistently tenuous security in the eastern Libyan city where
Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons is teaming up with MSNBC host the Rev. Al Sharpton to declare war on the “knockout game” spreading across the country. The civil rights leaders want to stop the “knockout game” and the targeting of
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONCreative industries led by Hollywood account for about $504 billion, or at least 3.2 percent of U.S. goods and services, the government said in its first official measure of how the arts and culture affect the economy.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang are coming to a conservative publisher to bring pro-American stories to children the world over. Regnery Publishing announced a new, five-year deal this week introducing Charles M. Shulz’s Peanuts characters to its literary lineup.
(AP) 1 child dead in Idaho elementary school bus crashBy JOHN MILLER and REBECCA BOONEAssociated PressKUNA, IdahoAuthorities say one child has died and five people were injured, including four children, when a dump truck collided with a school bus carrying
Working at a morgue in Siberia, a man acquired a taste for human flesh, an item not served on many restaurant menus. However, the cannibal was able to fulfill his bizarre craving by regularly eating body parts of his lover, whom he
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) —The likelihood of life on other planets is “very high,” a planetary scientist told a House committee in a hearing some Democrats chided as evading U.S. issues. Seager was one of three Ph.D.-credentialed witnesses prominent in
Hoping that the best defense is a good offense, President Obama and his supporters are exhibiting a new found bravura to reinvigorate enthusiasm for his besieged healthcare law. Congressional Democrats, afraid of getting trounced in the upcoming 2014 midterm elections, are hoping
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) —As of Nov. 2, far fewer marketplace healthcare insurance applicants applied for federal subsidies than the number eligible, a U.S. analysis showed. The Avalere Health analysis found 30 percent of marketplace healthcare insurance applicants were eligible
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s government banned financial institutions from trading in bitcoin on Thursday, in what analysts said was a restrained first step towards regulating the digital currency that has exploded in popularity in China and soared in value in
(AP) Iraq police storm mall, kill gunmen after standoffBy EMAD MATTIAssociated PressKIRKUK, IraqIraqi police stormed a mall in a northern city that al-Qaida gunmen used to launch an attack on a nearby police station, killing three militants and ending an
(AP) Biden spotlights China treatment of US journalistsBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressBEIJINGCasting a spotlight on the lack of press freedoms in China, Vice President Joe Biden met with U.S. journalists working in Beijing Thursday after publicly criticizing how they’re treated by
Japanese police said Thursday they have arrested a woman for calling them more than 15,000 times over a six-month period. Authorities repeatedly visited the 44-year-old and asked her to cease and desist. When she failed to stop making the calls,
(AP) Car bomb hits Yemen’s Defense Ministry, killing 2By AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressADEN, YemenA suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Thursday at Yemen’s Defense Ministry, killing at least two people and wounding 20, security and hospital officials said. They said the
A Biblically-named restaurant in China where patrons can pay whatever they want — or nothing at all — has shown that while loving your neighbour may be laudable, it is a risky business model. The “Five Loaves and Two Fish”
(AP) NBA game in Mexico City postponedMEXICO CITYThe NBA says the game between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves has been postponed because of smoky conditions inside the Mexico City arena. The game scheduled for Wednesday night will be
Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and Senior Editor-at-Large for Breitbart News, will appear on Fox News’ Hannity Wednesday evening at 10 PM EST to discuss a new report on Obamacare. Hannity’s Fox News website teases the appearance:
According to a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities skyrocketed under President Obama’s administration. According to Fox News’ analysis of IAEA documents, “the vast majority of Iran’s enrichment capability came online during the Obama
On Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said that she would not run for president in 2016 despite widespread speculation that she would run to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s left in the primaries. She said at a press conference
British farmers will begin exporting pig semen to breeders in China next year, officials said on Wednesday, as they try to cash in on the Asian superpower’s growing consumption of meat. The deal, involving fresh or frozen sperm from four
(AFP) Three oil paintings by Norman Rockwell, the celebrated 20th century master illustrator of everyday life in America, sold Wednesday for almost $60 million, setting a new record for the artist. The best known, “Saying Grace” (1951) that shows an
