Victoria Leigh Soto, one of the teachers killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on Friday, heroically shielded her students from the gunman before she was shot and killed. As a result of her bravery, none of her students died. According to
The gunman who massacred 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday had what is being described as an “altercation” with four staff members at the school the day before the heinous shootings.
A group of 15 elementary school students huddled in prayer in a closet as Adam Lanza, in the midst of his shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, was screaming, “Let me in.” According to the New York Daily News,
Three days before Adam Lanza massacred 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT on Friday, he tried to purchase a rifle at a sporting goods store in Danbury, CT but was turned away. Lanza
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fainted due to a stomach virus that left her dehydrated and suffered a concussion in the fall last week, the State Department revealed on Saturday. As a result, Clinton is not expected to testify next Thursday at the
President Barack Obama, who supports raising taxes and passed Obamacare, told Noticias Univision 23 on Thursday he thinks he would be considered a “moderate Republican” in the 1980s because of his economic policies. When a reporter from the Spanish-language station
On Thursday, President Barack Obama chimed in on the NHL lockout by telling NHL players and owners that they should “remember who it is that’s putting all that money in their pockets.” In an interview with WCCO-TV, Minnesota’s CBS affiliate, Obama said
On Thursday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state of California had the authority to slash Medi-Cal reimbursements by 10%, overturning various injunctions blocking the state from implementing a 2011 law that was passed to help California Gov.
Last week, Californians concerned for their privacy and civil liberties forced the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to pull an agenda item that would have approved a grant for the purchase of a drone. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil
On December 11th, as North Korea was launching a rocket, the Obama administration’s top officials who deal with Asia were reportedly at various Washington, D.C. soirees, caught completely flat-footed by the rocket launch. According to Foreign Policy magazine, “the Obama administration’s Asia team
On Friday, ESPN suspended commentator Rob Parker “until further notice” for calling Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, who is African-American, a “cornball brother” because Griffin has a white fiancee and may be a Republican. “Following yesterday’s comments, Rob Parker has been suspended
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signaled a possible reversal on gun control and now may be open to supporting more restrictive gun laws, such as a ban on assault weapons. In an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday, the
A new survey of federal government workers found that job satisfaction and commitment levels to be at the lowest points in a decade. According to the annual “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” the government-wide job satisfaction
On Thursday, White House press secretary Jay Carney accused House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) plans to avert the fiscal cliff of being “fantasy economics.” Even though President Barack Obama’s initial offer, which included $1.6 trillion in new taxes an unprecedented
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-ranking Democratic leader in the Senate, said President Barack Obama has taken raising the Medicare eligibility age “off the table” in the fiscal cliff negotiations. “I was told that it is not on the table
If the White House and Congress fail to reach a budget deal to avert the fiscal cliff, the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program will be slashed by 10%, affecting 6.9 million households that rely on federal assistance to pay
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke conceded there were limits to how much the central bank can stimulate the country’s economy. Despite this, Bernanke announced the Federal Reserve will purchase $85 billion dollars in bonds every month until the
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the the failure of Congress and the White House to reach an agreement on a budget deal has already harmed the economy by lowering consumer confidence and discouraging businesses from making investments
Even as residents flee the state — and take their tax dollars with them — California has continued to engage in deficit spending. This has resulted in the state’s budget deficit for the first five months of the fiscal year increasing to $2.7 billion, bringing the
While the country worries about whether the White House and Congressional leaders will agree to a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama has spent more time socializing this holiday season than negotiating with Republicans on Capitol
On Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told the House Republican Conference to not make plans for Christmas because of the impasse in the budget negotiations. CBS News reported Republicans leaving the meeting with Boehner said the House Speaker’s remarks
On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Democrats would not agree to raising the age for Medicare eligibility. Pelosi first wrote an op-ed in USA Today to argue raising the Medicare eligibility age would be “unfair”: Yet in
On Wednesday, self-described “objective” fact-checking organization Politifact announced that its 2012 “Lie of the Year” was a factually accurate Romney campaign commercial that accused President Barack Obama of taking Chrysler into bankruptcy and selling it to Italians “who are going to build
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced on Tuesday his state would participate in Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, becoming the first Republican governor to embrace the aspect of Obamacare the Supreme Court ruled was optional. Sandoval made the decision days after the Obama administration told states they would
On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said the United States should automatically register “every eligible voter in America” by coordinating modern technology and existing databases that are available, while insisting in-person voter fraud rarely occurs. In a speech at the John
