
Who Wrote the Omnibus? Four Lawmakers, Many Lobbyists
The ugly work that went into the massive pork-filled omnibus spending bill snaking its way through congress is now starting to be exposed.

The ugly work that went into the massive pork-filled omnibus spending bill snaking its way through congress is now starting to be exposed.

The Fed’s decision to raise interest rates a quarter point for the first time in nearly a decade represents an important and welcome step in the direction of fiscal sanity. It’s a small step, but one that benefits ordinary Americans and will be disliked by many on Wall Street. And in the nation’s capitol.

A Washington, D.C.-based political intelligence firm founded by Edward Kennedy, Jr., son of the late Massachusetts Senator, is being fined by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in a case involving the handling of sensitive government information.

Contrary to the image painted of the Clintons by both their friends and enemies, the Clintons have always been less about ideas and beliefs than they have been about money. One need look no further than their record: the collection of an astonishing $3 billion in contributions and donations over the course of their public lives. No one comes even close.

The U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York has just ruled that congressional staff members cannot seek immunity from insider trading investigations conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Government contractors who are most likely to defraud taxpayers are also the largest contributors to political campaigns, a new analysis finds. The lesson may well be if you are going to defraud the government, you better be prepared to cough up money for lobbyists and politicians.

Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in America, is a long-time proponent of higher taxes and greater regulation on business. But his words are usually not matched by his own actions, leading to a major image problem on Wall Street, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Taking on crony capitalism, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas openly declared that he would not bail out the banks a la 2008. Dr. Ben Carson took that position as well, saying he had no interest in protecting bankers from their excessive risk-taking. Carly Fiorina spoke eloquently and at length about how Obamacare was a creature birthed by large corporations, including the pharmaceutical industry. She also noted that crony capitalism is one step away from socialism.

Hillary Clinton appeared to have little interest in advancing the cause of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia during her tenure, according to recently released State Department emails.

A massive $325 billion federal transportation bill passed overwhelmingly on Capitol Hill with strong support from both parties. The bill, which was not read or analyzed by most members of congress before they voted on it, is still being digested and analyzed by clean government organizations.

The Clintons promised that they would disclose all donations flowing into the Clinton Foundation—and everyone was supposed to assume they were doing just that. But then we discovered last Spring that there were secret foreign donors giving them money while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

Mark Levin has done the nation a great service. He wrote a new book. It’s called Plunder and Deceit: Big Government’s Exploitation of Young People and the Future.

Newly released financial disclosures reveal Bill Clinton received $16.46 million in payments from a George Soros-backed for-profit education company, as Hillary Clinton’s State Department funneled tens of millions of dollars to a group run by the company’s chairman.

Reykjavík, Iceland, the site of the historic 1986 summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, will soon be getting its own pagan temple.

A squadron of 1,700 private jets are rumbling into Davos, Switzerland, this week to discuss global warming and other issues as the annual World Economic Forum gets underway.

On the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, it’s easy to see the collapse of the Soviet Bloc as something that was inevitable. That’s essentially the way the event is being taught today at universities and colleges around

The arrest of IRA Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for questioning in the 1972 murder of a widow is a new twist in the career of a political figure praised by American politicians for his role in the Northern Ireland

Ronald Reagan was a son of the Midwest, but it’s only natural that he would find and make his home in California. Reagan’s California, from the 1930s to the early 1990s, was a place for dreamers and innovators. A place

The Economist’s latest cover story warns readers of “The New Age of Crony Capitalism.” The magazine’s editors are to be commended for shining a journalistic light on cronyism’s rise and the corrosive effects of rent-seeking behavior. The Economist does a

The Obama Administration strategy for containing Iran’s nuclear program rests on cooperation from Russia, but that cooperation will be sorely tested as the crisis in Ukraine escalates. While State Department spokesman Jennifer Psaki says that she expects Russia to “remain an active

A new consulting firm in Moscow is promising to provide “special protection” to foreign clients operating in Russia. The firm name says it all: Putin Consulting. The firm is run by President Vladimir Putin’s first cousin once removed. Roman Putin,

With both the United States and the European Union committing tens of billions of dollars in aid to the Ukraine, it appears that much of that money will actually end up in Russia, according to analysts. The reason? A large

Secretary of State John Kerry has cited the declining Russian stock market and the sliding ruble as examples of the costs the Kremlin is paying for moving Russian forces into Ukraine. But some in Moscow are asserting that the crisis

Think all there is to say about the War on Christmas has already been said? Think again. With her trademark fearlessness and verve, Governor Sarah Palin’s new book, Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas, offers readers an impassioned,
Take a quick glance at ObamaCare’s busted multimillion-dollar website and the 3.5 million health insurance cancelation notices hitting American mailboxes and you might be tempted to dub the whole thing a disaster. But it’s not — at least not for the politically-connected