A Bridgeport, Connecticut woman who was easily elected to the state legislature last month after being charged in a hit-and-run car accident in August has been charged with breach of peace, reportedly for slapping her boyfriend. Newly elected state representative
In what some Catholics are calling a “surprise move,” Pope Benedict XVI issued an apostolic letter directing Catholic charities that they must act in complete compliance with Catholic teachings. The Pope’s letter was released following his expression of deep concern
In an interview last week on Heritage Foundation’s Istook Live!, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said that the Obama administration “actually wants to steamroll what’s left of the Republican Party here in Washington.” During a discussion with host Ernest Istook about
The American Pizza Community, a coalition of the nation’s largest pizza companies, regional chains, and small franchise operators, is supporting passage of the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Ace of 2012, a bill to reform the new menu labeling regulations that
The Supreme Court has directed the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a case that challenges the HHS mandate. In its ruling on November 26th, the high court vacated the appeals court’s prior dismissal of the challenge to
While members of Congress continue to wrangle over whether the nation can avoid the “fiscal cliff,” taxpayer funds are still being spent on what many might consider to be the less important details, like the official portraits of White House
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said on Monday that he is moving forward this week to begin consideration of the United Nations Treaty for People With Disabilities. The treaty, which was negotiated during the George W. Bush administration and
In an op-ed in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, liberal political analyst Juan Williams observed that Republicans have lost more power in the Senate and decides that the GOP has only itself to blame for its defeat because, as in 2010,
Massachusetts’ highest court will hear a case that may permanently strike the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in the state’s schools. Two weeks ago, attorneys representing an unidentified atheist family from the Acton area filed a brief
As Breitbart News reported earlier, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice has maintained that her remarks regarding the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were based on information provided her by the intelligence community. On September 16th, Rice
Since 2009, the world has watched the decline of Greece under the weight of its overwhelming debt. Since then, the country has seen fallout such as dysfunctional government, a deluge of illegal immigrants, and sharp budget cuts to its health
Despite a $1.5 billion tax hike on income, sales, corporations, and other areas in 2011, the state of Connecticut is projected to have a budget deficit that reaches $1 billion by the end of June 30, 2013. Gov. Dannel Malloy
The former Republican Secretary of State of Connecticut has criticized The Hartford Courant for what she calls “the height of hypocrisy.” Pauline R. Kezer wrote a letter to the editor in which she slams the news outlet for a recent
After 23 years of service in Congress, over a 36-year period, Ron Paul gave his farewell address to Congress. In his address, Paul delivered a sobering message to the nation: It is self-evident that our freedoms have been severely limited
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said that the Catholic Church will continue to move ahead with challenges to the Obama administration’s HHS mandate. Dolan asserted that the Church will not
Pat Stryker, founder of The Bohemian Foundation and member of George Soros’ Democracy Alliance, served as a bundler for President Obama’s campaign and invested $300 million in the failed Abound Solar energy company that filed for bankruptcy in June of
Stryker Corporation has announced that it will close its facility in Orchard Park, New York, eliminating 96 jobs next month. It will also counter the medical device tax in Obamacare by eliminating 5% of their global workforce, an estimated 1,170 positions. Jon
GOP strategist Karl Rove, often referred to as “The Architect” of the George W. Bush election campaigns, is vowing to advance his super PAC, American Crossroads, despite the defeat of Mitt Romney and some GOP Senate candidates. Though Rove predicted
As the fog of the election clears, those who truly wish to restore the nation to its constitutional foundations seem to be falling into two camps. One camp asserts that, as a result of the re-election of Barack Obama, conservatives
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has advice for Republicans after their big defeat on Election Day — to abandon their pro-life base. Following an election campaign in which the taxpayer-funded organization spent $15 million tearing down Republican candidates who vowed to
With the re-election of President Barack Obama, the Affordable Care Act’s regulations will continue to roll out through 2014. There will be new rules for how the states and the federal government will run the new health insurance “exchanges.” Insurance
Dozens of Connecticut’s registered voters are actually people who died several years ago. NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters and a team at Central Connecticut State University cross-checked information from the Social Security Death Index and the current state voter registry and discovered that
President Obama has not talked about ObamaCare much during the campaign, understandably because most Americans want the health care law repealed. But just wait. We’ll be hearing a lot more about the president’s signature legislation, because a “flood” of ObamaCare
Al Sharpton berated the crowd of 300 people at a GOTV rally in a Baptist church in Bridgeport, Connecticut Monday, shaming the attendees who might not vote. “Nobody’s shooting you, nobody is bombing your churches, nobody is threatening you,” he
Many who are still without heat, water, and power following Hurricane Sandy, are looking to the federal government to provide the kind of organized and effective disaster relief that can restore their lives. Can private groups and citizens offer what
