Hundreds of people from across America demonstrated in Washington Tuesday for jobs and stronger social security by converging on the offices of US lawmakers in Congress.
In the biggest settlement ever reached in a U.S. mining disaster, the new owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men were killed in an explosion last year, agreed to pay $210 million in restitution and penalties.
The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was lit Tuesday. The 118-year-old Sierra White Fir stands 63 feet and is ringed with 10,000 LED lights.
National Journal: While giving an economic speech in Osawatomie, Kan., President Obama said, “It is great to be back in the state of Texas.” Watch as he quickly corrects himself:
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) admits that when he was the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee he paid little or no attention to the issue of congressional insider trading when it was raised. Read Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer’s analysis
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo) used his allotted time during the House Financial Services Committee on insider trading rules for congressmen to complain about how flawed the bill is and how Congress will probably vote for it anyway, “because that’s what
Three more syringes have turned up hidden inside clothing purchased at a Bartow County, GA Walmart. Four syringes were discovered inside clothing at the same store last week.
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum describes what he would do in his first 100 days as President of the United States.
The Sullivan School kindergarten classes channeling Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone. This certainly beats “The Wheels on the Bus.”
A controversial holiday display outside the courthouse in Leesburg, VA has angered some residents there. It is a skeleton dressed as Santa and nailed to a cross.
An unprecedented wave of violence against Shiite worshipers marking a holy day in Afghanistan has killed more than 50 people. In Iraq, five bomb attacks have struck Shiite pilgrims killing at least 21 people.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Russia for a parliamentary election she said was rigged. Later, Clinton encouraged activists from Belarus to continue opposing a crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.
Singer Jackson Browne offered an intimate concert for some hundred onlookers at Occupy Freedom Plaza on Monday, as the nation’s capital prepares to receive thousands of protesters for a camp-out on the National Mall near the White House.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) expressed frustration and anger at the Justice Department’s handling of the “Fast and Furious” scandal when he appeared on Fox News yesterday. Attorney General Eric Holder will be testifying this Thursday before the Judiciary Committee.
= Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) tells Neil Cavuto about the dangers of President Obama’s economic policy and even jokingly floats the idea of Ron Paul as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
First of all I’d like to thank Speaker Pelosi for what I regard as an early Christmas gift. If she’s suggesting she’s gonna use material she developed while she was on the ethics committee, that is a fundamental violation of
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich continued a campaign swing through New York Monday. In an appearance at The Union League he said comments he made about getting young people to work have been distorted.
A 9-year-old boy has been suspended from school after being overheard calling his teacher “cute.”
The European Central Bank now has an iPhone/iPad app where users can see how making key decisions affects the economy.
