Are some funerals of certain former world leaders more important to attend than others? President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama are expected to attend former South African President Nelson Mandela’s funeral service in the African nation, reports USA Today.
by Kerry Picket6 Dec 2013, 9:11 AM PST0

The Internal Revenue Service quietly proposed new regulations aimed at 501(c)(4) organizations during the Thanksgiving recess that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, called “a crass political effort by the Administration to get what political advantage
by Kerry Picket5 Dec 2013, 6:31 PM PST0

Medical and security sources told Reuters on Thursday that gunmen have killed an American citizen working at an international school in the Libyan city of Benghazi. According to the report, the attackers shot the man, who was a teacher at the
by Kerry Picket5 Dec 2013, 5:58 AM PST0

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released a report on Monday evaluating DHS’ Information Security Program. According to the executive summary, the report identified a number of issues that concerned Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), ranking member of
by Kerry Picket4 Dec 2013, 3:56 PM PST0

The U.S. released a top Iranian scientist Mojtaba Atarodi in April as part of the dealings with Iran in Geneva recently, the Times of Israel reported. The secret back channel of negotiations between Iran and the United States, which led to this
by Kerry Picket30 Nov 2013, 1:17 PM PST0

Russian law enforcement is holding 15 radical Islamists in Moscow who allegedly belong to a banned branch of the al-Qaida terror network, AFP reports. Members of the over 50-year old Egyptian founded group, Takfir wal-Hijra, were allegedly preparing suicide strikes. Television footage on Russian
by Kerry Picket28 Nov 2013, 10:04 AM PST0
Investor’s Business Daily wrote on Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s long time friend Bill Ayers, a former member of the violent organization the Weather Underground, finally confessed that he wrote Obama’s biography, Dreams From My Father. : Obama has always
by Kerry Picket27 Nov 2013, 1:48 PM PST0

Days after completing nuclear talks with Iran and striking a deal on uranium enrichment and sanctions, the Obama administration has asked the Islamic Republic to release several American hostages. Criticized for not bringing up the matter during the negotiations, the White House
by Kerry Picket27 Nov 2013, 1:16 PM PST0

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Oversight and Government Reform National Security Subcommittee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter Monday to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Rand Beers demanding more information about the Obama Administration’s plans
by Kerry Picket26 Nov 2013, 11:48 PM PST0

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) military sexual assault legislation has hit another snag. According to numerous reports, the bill was blocked: Gillibrand, the junior Democratic senator from New York, believes passage of her bill to shift the decision to prosecute sexual assaults
by Kerry Picket26 Nov 2013, 8:45 PM PST0

President Barack Obama’s controversial deal easing sanctions on Iran is causing new rifts among Senate Democrats in a caucus struggling to hold itself together in the wake of the Obamacare fiasco. Democrats in the upper chamber who usually are unified
by Kerry Picket25 Nov 2013, 5:50 PM PST0

The Dallas FBI’s Assistant Special Agent in Charge Kevin, F. Kolbye, served as the On-Scene Commander for the investigation into the deaths of the four Americans killed on September 11, 2012, following the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate and
by Kerry Picket24 Nov 2013, 2:18 PM PST0

The moment the polls opened in Virgnia on Tuesday morning, early birds made their way to go vote. In the swing county of Loudoun, where residents were told there was a county-wide connectivity problem causing issues with the electronic validation system,
by Kerry Picket5 Nov 2013, 5:56 AM PST0
Problems appear to already be happening on election day in Virginia. Two callers from Loudoun County called into WMAL’s Morning’s on the Mall radio show and told hosts Larry O’Connor and Brian Wilson that the electronic validation system across the county
by Kerry Picket5 Nov 2013, 4:24 AM PST0

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden made no mention of the Obamacare exchanges in their campaign speeches for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has been pounding away at the issue for last
by Kerry Picket4 Nov 2013, 4:51 PM PST0

About 100 Tea Partiers protested President Barack Obama in Arlington on Sunday, as he was set to give his endorsement of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. The Tea Partiers, who held Ken Cuccinelli signs and shouted out questions regarding
by Kerry Picket3 Nov 2013, 4:39 PM PST0
Editor’s note: the following is a parody speech and not authored by President Barack Obama. President Obama Joins Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Terry McAuliffe For Celebration Of The Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON – Today, just over a month since the Administration
by Kerry Picket3 Nov 2013, 6:42 AM PST0
Kathleen Murphy, a Democrat who is running for the House of Delegates against Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock, told a forum in Great Falls on Saturday that doctors should be forced to accept Medicare and Medicaid patients: FYI last night at the Great
by Kerry Picket3 Nov 2013, 5:47 AM PST0
The Washington Post’s piece regarding the Obama administration’s failure to properly roll out the health care exchanges includes a nugget at the end of the piece that illustrates how desperate the situation became one month before the launch of healthcare.gov:
by Kerry Picket2 Nov 2013, 8:35 PM PST0
The June 2010 edition of the Federal Register on the 17th of that month shows that the Obama administration was well aware that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would cause private health insurers to halt coverage of millions of Americans
by Kerry Picket1 Nov 2013, 4:43 AM PST0

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) has been lobbying the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Congress to ensure that grocery and convenience stores are subjected to the same uniform menu labeling regulations that requires restaurants, including franchised chains with 20
by Kerry Picket31 Oct 2013, 5:59 AM PST0
President Barack Obama made it no secret he was a proponent of a single payer health care system in America when he first came on to the national scene. However, he explained to his supporters over the years that a
by Kerry Picket29 Oct 2013, 3:52 PM PST0

Like many other health insurance carriers across the country, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield recently sent letters to thousands of its customers informing them that their insurance coverage was in peril as a result of the implementation of the Obamacare exchanges. According to
by Kerry Picket29 Oct 2013, 10:24 AM PST0

Department of Homeland Security internal documents obtained by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) draft final regulation arranged by the Obama Administration that would lift the established ban on Libyans coming to the U.S.
by Kerry Picket27 Oct 2013, 7:07 PM PST0
It well known that Virginia Libertarian gubernatorial nominee Robert Sarvis wants same sex marriage to be legal in the Commonwealth like one of his opponents, Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Sarvis’ campaign theme is “Virginia – Open minded and Open for Business.”
by Kerry Picket26 Oct 2013, 8:26 PM PST0