UNION CITY, New Jersey — Governor Chris Christie’s attorney absolved the Governor of having any prior knowledge of the politically motivated lane closures on the George Washington Bridge last September, using evidence from a report commissioned by the Governor himself.
Nate Silver’s predictions for the 2014 midterm elections have made many a fair-weather liberal friend turn on him. The FiveThirtyEight proprietor struck a particularly damning blow against newly-minted critic Paul Krugman in a wry column noting how rapidly Krugman turned
Finding Flight 370 might be the least of Malaysia Airlines’ worries once the missing plane’s ordeal has finally concluded. CNN reports that the airline had been suffering financially for years before the tragedy, and revenue losses and lawsuits threaten to put it
Every new poll seems to bring more bad news for President Obama. A poll conducted last week by the Associated Press and GfK found the president’s disapproval rating at 59%, besting the all-time high the president had just set in
“Without electricity the National Assembly in the country with the largest proven oil reserves,” observes one tweeter, disseminating a picture of Venezuela’s legislature consumed by darkness. Even President Nicolás Maduro’s radio show is offline as the country faces increasing blackouts
Malaysian officials announced this week that they believe “beyond a reasonable doubt” that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended its voyage in a remote area in the southeastern Indian Ocean. Yet as the search narrows to an area thousands of
Democrats are becoming vocal about growing concerns over the lack of Latino enrollment in Obamacare healthcare exchanges as the deadline to sign up nears. Despite claiming about a third of the uninsured population, the Obama administration has struggled to attract
French satellites have found what they believe could be a “debris field” made of parts of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Malaysian officials announced to day. The news arrives after inclement weather halted the search Tuesday. Malaysia’s acting transportation minister
A Chicago law firm has filed the first lawsuit in the case of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 – the beginning of ‘multi-million dollar litigation’ against both Malaysia Airlines and Boeing for manufacturing the 777, believed to have crashed in the southwestern
The relatives of those on board missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have taken to the streets of Beijing to protest the lack of new evidence pointing to the government’s conclusion that the flight crashed into the southeastern Indian Ocean, leaving
As President Nicolás Maduro continues to silence those in the government who disagree with his oppressive socialist regime, the Venezuelan opposition’s most prominent leader not behind bars has been expelled from Parliament, and three generals have been arrested for dissent.
Nebraska Senate candidate Shane Osborn is facing renewed scrutiny of his military record after an investigation by the Omaha World-Herald uncovered that the Republican had reached out to a friend with ties to the military to draft a Navy memorandum
Two men aligned with the pro-Ukrainian Euromaidan movement testified to Human Rights Watch that they were detained in Crimea by what they believed to be Russian “self-defense” forces, beaten, and tortured in captivity. One of the survivors claims to have
New Jersey’s veterans are having a harder time finding a job than veterans in any other state, according to an extensive survey of veteran employment rates nationwide by the United States Department of Labor. New Jersey boasted a staggering 10.8%
The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that the Obama administration is planning legislation that would limit the amount of private call information the National Security Agency could retain from phone companies and require the NSA to go through a special
Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone is speaking out against the Christie administration for what he told The Daily Beast was the misuse of millions of dollars meant to help the New Jersey victims of Hurricane Sandy. The handling of that money, he
As Malaysian authorities definitively conclude that no one could have survived the crash of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Telegraph reports that police are working with a “suicide mission theory,” as all signs point to the plane being flown deliberately
On Sunday, a 16-year-old protester died of a severe beating by the Venezuelan National Guard, and a pregnant 28-year-old woman was shot exiting a bus during a protest, as Nicolás Maduro’s regime continues to use severe violence to oppress national
At an event at Brooklyn Law School this weekend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia hinted that the Supreme Court may review the National Security Agency’s rampant spying on Americans’ phone calls and Internet use that was revealed by Edward Snowden.
Malaysian authorities running the investigation have told the families of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that the plane’s flight “ended in the southern Indian Ocean” and investigators assume no survivors. The news comes after a series of reports
The de Blasio administration is frantically trying to undo the damage the mayor has done to his popularity by launching an offensive against New York City’s charter schools, according to a New York Times report. The Times reports that Mayor Bill
Federal courts in Michigan are dueling over whether the state’s same-sex marriage ban passes rational basis review, as an appeals court halted same-sex marriages in the state Sunday in response to a court ruling overturning the law. The appeals court
Clashes in Venezuela between peaceful protesters and Venezuelan state police have claimed the lives of three more citizens – one not participating in protests at all – bringing the death toll since February 12 to 34 people and increasing the call for
“The finger of suspicion is pointing towards the pilots,” a source told the UK Telegraph this weekend about the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, as China, Australia, and France all report satellite images of debris in the southern
With Iran investing in cruise missile technology and Vladimir Putin strengthening his ties to Latin America’s leftist strongholds, American military leaders are struggling to fully meet the threat of a cruise missile attack from the Gulf of Mexico. According to
