(AP) GOP: Voters will have final say on health care lawWASHINGTONRepublican leaders in Congress say voters will have the final word on health care in the November elections, and the GOP is betting that the law’s unpopularity will be enough
(AP) Mexico could return old ruling party to powerE. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated PressMEXICO CITYA single party dominated Mexico for most of the past century, and its loss 12 years ago proved to many that the country was finally a democracy. The
TOKYO (Reuters) – Kansai Electric Power Co on Sunday restarted the 1,180-megawatt No. 3 unit at its Ohi atomic plant, the utility said, Japan’s first nuclear reactor to come back online since the Fukushima crisis, despite public safety concerns.
(AP) Syrian opposition says 800 killed in past weekBy ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTSyria’s main opposition group said nearly 800 people have been killed in violence across the country in the past week which saw some of the bloodiest violence in the
(AP) Bombs kill 4 in Iraq as violence grinds onBy BUSHRA JUHIAssociated PressBAGHDADBombers killed four people in two Iraqi cities, officials said Sunday, as al-Qaida’s affiliate ramped up attacks six months after the last American troops withdrew. Three coordinated bomb
Press release from Marvel: Coming this fall, the third highest-grossing movie of all time and the #1 movie in the world, “Marvel’s The Avengers” assembles as you’ve never seen it before on Blu-ray 3DTM, Blu-rayTM, DVD, Digital and On-Demand platforms
DHD: The domestic box office is exploding with early Fourth Of July fireworks, with total moviegoing a blazing $205M, which is +15% from last year. And R-rated raunch ruled today. Universal’s Ted is wildly overperforming: $20.5M today for a $51M
Breitbart News has obtained a copy of the Congressional Record with parts of the Fast and Furious wire tap summaries. Issa Wiretaps Congressional Record
(AP) FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.Military officials at Fort Bragg have confirmed that a soldier shot and killed his superior officer before shooting and wounding himself. Fort Bragg officials have not released the identities of the officer or the shooter, or a motive for
CAIRO (Reuters) – Muslim Brotherhood supporters flocked to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to hear Mohamed Mursi speak on the eve of his inauguration as Egypt’s first Islamist, civilian president.
Crew and passengers travelling on a plane that had just taken off from a restive city in China’s far-western Xinjiang region on Friday thwarted a hijack attempt by six people, authorities said. The plane returned safely to the airport and
(AP) Congress poised to act on highways, student loansBy JOAN LOWYAssociated PressWASHINGTONAfter being derided as a “do-nothing” Congress, the House and Senate were poised to vote on a massive legislative package that overhauls highway and transit programs, salvages an estimated
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will press Russia on Friday in a bid to save a crucial weekend meeting on the Syria crisis that has been threatened by objections from Moscow. Clinton will meet her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov
(AP) Activists: Dozens killed in Syria shellingBy ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTGovernment troops rained tank and artillery shells down on a rebellious suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus Friday, killing at least 43 people over two days, opposition groups and activists
(AP) Greek Parliament electing speakersATHENS, GreeceGreece’s new lawmakers were voting for a Parliament speaker and deputy speakers Friday, in what could be the first showdown with an extremist right-wing party recently elected into office for the first time. Golden Dawn
(AP) Tepid economic growth weighs on US job marketBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WritersWASHINGTONThe U.S. economy is growing too slowly to pull the job market out of a slump, according to the latest data that suggest June
Breitbart News, monitoring ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer, has found the network’s flagship news program gave less coverage to Congress’s vote to hold a sitting Attorney General in contempt than the death of a “My Three Sons” actor and
The White House on Thursday condemned an unprecendented House of Representatives contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder as a “transparently political stunt.”
For a few puzzling moments Thursday, US President Barack Obama believed inaccurate media reports that his proudest political achievement — health care reform — had been shot down. Obama was standing in the outer Oval Office watching a split screen
The House of Representatives, in a historic move, has voted Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failure to produce subpoenaed documents in the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. The vote tallies were 255 yeas, 67 nays,
After the disastrous Supreme Court ruling this morning on ObamaCare, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said that the House Republicans will schedule a vote on repealing the health care law on July 11, after the House gets back from its recess. Cantor spoke of the
The United States on Thursday exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran, hours before restrictions would have entered into force against their banks. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement that China and
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on ObamaCare:
In a complex ruling, the Supreme Court has largely upheld the controversial Obamacare law. The Court struck down the individual mandate as an unconstitutional penalty under the Commerce Clause, but upheld it as a permissible tax. It also limited the expansion
(AP) WASHINGTONThe Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The court on Thursday handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans
