James O’Keefe and Project Veritas are back for more. In the aftermath of James O’Keefe’s shock video showing a young white man strolling into a polling place in Washington DC and promptly being offered Attorney General Eric Holder’s ballot, the
(AP) Foreign holdings of US debt hit record highBy MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONForeign demand for U.S. Treasury debt rose to a record high in February. China, the largest buyer of Treasury debt, increased its holdings for the second straight month.
In Coconino County, Arizona, Arizona Public Service – the energy utility that provides power to millions of Arizona residents – has announced that it will not be buying any more power from local wind farms. Apparently, the wind farms have
By CIARAN GILESAssociated PressMADRIDSpain’s cost of borrowing on the international debt markets rose sharply again Monday, increasing concern that the country may become the latest member of the eurozone to seek a financial bailout. The yield _ the interest rate
TEHRAN, IranA semiofficial Iranian news agency is quoting the country’s foreign minister as saying that Tehran is ready to resolve all of its nuclear disputes in talks with world powers scheduled for late May in Baghdad. Isna on Monday quoted
By ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday the Syrian government is responsible for guaranteeing U.N. observers full freedom of movement to monitor the country’s tenuous cease-fire, which appeared to be unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold
By ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTAn advance team of U.N. observers was negotiating the ground rules with Syrian authorities Monday for monitoring the country’s 5-day-old cease-fire, which appeared to be rapidly unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs with
(AP) Disney making ‘Iron Man 3’ with Chinese partner By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING Walt Disney Co. said Monday it will co-produce its next “Iron Man” movie with a Chinese partner in Hollywood’s latest effort to forge closer
Britain will mount its biggest peacetime security operation for the London Olympics, with “lone wolf” attacks causing most concern but a range of other threats also under surveillance. A security force of more than 40,000, backed by a huge intelligence
(AP) 4 hearings this week on agency’s spending scandalBy LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONA culture of wasteful spending by the General Services Administration, the real estate agency for federal buildings, comes under scrutiny at four congressional hearings this week. Two House and
US President Barack Obama came to Colombia hoping to defend US trade interests in Latin America. Instead, he found himself isolated on Cuba, and faced with a Secret Service sex scandal. Pressure from his counterparts at the Summit of the
(AP) Obama raises $53M for campaign, Democrats in MarchKEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in March, his campaign said Monday as it prepared to face Mitt
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at odds over last week’s multi-nation talks with Iran in Istanbul, with Netanyahu suggesting that the rest of the world had merely given Iran a “freebie.” The talks–attended by the
(AFP) Cannes season kicks off this week as the film festival unveils its pick of Hollywood giants and arthouse newcomers to compete for the coveted Palme d’Or at the glitzy event on the French Riviera next month. Organisers will announce
(AP) Israeli leader says nuclear talks gave Iran ‘gift’JERUSALEMIsrael’s prime minister says Iran got a “gift” from the world’s big powers at nuclear talks this weekend. Officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met with Iran
(AP) Split over Cuba could sink hemispheric summitsBy FRANK BAJAK and VIVIAN SEQUERAAssociated PressCARTAGENA, ColombiaCould this weekend’s gathering of about 30 Western Hemisphere leaders be the last Summit of the Americas? The question hung in the air as the leaders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Sunday that a wider yuan trading band could help reduce global trade imbalances if it allows more play for market forces.
Last Tuesday, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) accused his primary opponent, Democrat Eric Swalwell of accepting bribes while sitting on the Dublin council. Stark suggested that Swalwell took “hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes” from a local family that is
MADRID (Reuters) – Support for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy fell sharply in April after his government announced deep spending cuts and health and education reforms to fight the sovereign debt crisis, an opinion poll showed on Sunday.
At this weekend’s Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Hillary Clinton decided to get her groove on at taxpayer expense. Beer in hand, the Secretary of State partied with her friends at the Café Havana last night. No
Hilary Rosen, the Democratic National Committee consultant who told CNN last week that Ann Romney had “never worked a day in her life,” has used her power with the White House to swing special lobbying privileges for her friends –
Heavy donors to the Obama re-election effort have gained special access to the President, according to the New York Times today. Friends of Obama like Dwight and Antoinette C. Bush, who hosted a $17,900-per-plate fundraiser for the president in their
As Bill Kristol points out at the Weekly Standard, the New York Times ran a posthumous profile of Andrew Breitbart today – and writer David Carr didn’t pull his punches about how he felt about Andrew: For good or
