Today, in 1981, Philadelphia Police Office Daniel Faulkner was murdered by [We’re not going to give his name]. This week, [the murderer’s] death sentence was commuted to life without parole. Score something to the unserious left. God speed Officer Faulkner.
From The Economist: FOR elected officials life in Washington, DC, holds many advantages. One is having a network of friends and associates who keep you well informed. But allegations have surfaced that politicians sometimes make use of this privileged access
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans have blocked President Barack Obama’s choice to head the consumer protection agency that was created after the 2008 financial meltdown. His nominee, former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, ran into near-solid opposition from Republicans. As
WASHINGTON (AP) – Jon Corzine plans to tell a House committee that he doesn’t know the location of clients’ money that went missing from failed investment firm MF Global. The former U.S. senator has been subpoenaed to explain how MF
From BusinessInsider: The House Financial Services Committee canceled a scheduled “mark-up” of a bill to ban congressional insider trading last night, amid concerns that the committee’s chairman, Spencer Bachus, was moving forward with the bill to take the heat off
From CBSNews: Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales. In Fast and Furious, ATF
Today, in 1993, President Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement. Remember that time that Democrats weren’t anti-free markets? Good times.
CHICAGO (AP) – Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – More than 100 police officers gave protesters at the Occupy encampment in San Francisco five minutes to gather belongings before authorities took down about 100 tents and arrested 70 people as the camp was dismantled in
Today, in 1941, the Japanese attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The U.S. would enter World War II.
Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on the STOCK Act and the general issue of insider trading by Members of Congress. This comes on the heals of a Senate hearing last week. The question now isn’t
Today, the House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on the STOCK Act, which would prohibit insider trading by Members of Congress and their staff. The Committee is chaired by Rep. Spencer Bachus. Yeah, that’s a bit interesting.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was rebuffed in parliamentary elections. Democracy is a messy thing, thankfully.
From the Hartford Courant: Police said they had received an anonymous call from South Chapel and Main Street Thursday reporting a sex assault that took place at the Occupy Hartford camp at Broad Street and Farmington Avenue. When the victim
From The New York Times: The ghost of George Washington Plunkitt, the 19th-century Tammany Hall boss who cynically defined “honest graft,” is in the air as bipartisan panic suddenly sweeps Congress over an ethical matter that is old news on
Today, in 1945, the U.S. Senate voted to join the United Nations. They might want to rethink that vote.
From the LATimes: Most of the roughly 300 Occupy L.A. protesters were released from jail by Friday evening, with some immediately speaking out on the police raid that cleared their camp. One speaker suggested that some of those arrested might
From ThinkProgress: The Richmond Tea Party has been alleging that it is being singled out for unfair treatment from the city of Richmond, Virginia after officials have opened a tax audit of the group. These Tea Partiers complain that the
Herman Cain will shortly announce whether or not he will continue his campaign for the GOP nomination. National Journal reports now that Cain has called all of his rivals ahead of his press conference, suggesting he will drop out of
Friday, President Obama reacted to the Senate’s failure to pass his gimmicky Payroll Tax Cut Extension: “We need to get this done. And I expect that it’s going to get done before Congress leaves. Otherwise, Congress may not be leaving
From The Washington Post: Embattled presidential candidate Herman Cain is inviting his top supporters and donors to Atlanta on Saturday for a meeting in which he will give them advance word of whether he intends to continue his campaign, sources
From the Associated Press: The U.S. unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years, as employers stepped up hiring in response to the slowly improving economy. The Labor Department said Friday
From National Journal: This is the worst-case scenario from Europe, and it just might come true: Italy defaults on its debts. Every major Italian bank collapses. Recession grips the eurozone. Sovereign defaults and bank failures ripple across the Continent. Saddled
Today, in 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French. More importantly, today, in 1805, he won the Battle of Austerlitz.
From the Associated Press: General Motors will buy Chevrolet Volts back from any owner who is afraid the electric cars will catch fire, the company’s CEO said Thursday. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, CEO Dan Akerson insisted
