
Embattled Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner is resigning her post overseeing Obamacare just months after she admitted that the Obama White House’s highly publicized 8 million Obamacare enrollment figure was inflated by at least 1.3 million.
by Wynton Hall16 Jan 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

In a stunning Tuesday report, Gallup CEO and Chairman Jim Clifton revealed that “for the first time in 35 years, American business deaths now outnumber business births.”
by Wynton Hall14 Jan 2015, 5:32 AM PST0

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that nations responsible for the downward spiral of oil prices will suffer.
by Wynton Hall13 Jan 2015, 7:42 AM PST0

The Senate advanced the Keystone Pipeline bill Monday on a bipartisan 63-32 vote that paves the way for debate on a measure many expect will clear Congress.
by Wynton Hall13 Jan 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

Former GOP vice presidential nominee and current House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced on Monday he will not run for president in 2016.
by Wynton Hall12 Jan 2015, 2:56 PM PST0

The White House claimed last week that President Barack Obama’s proposed “free” community college for everyone proposal would cost U.S. taxpayers at least $60 billion over the next 10 years were it to pass. But as the New York Times pointed out on Friday, community college is already tuition-free for millions of students.
by Wynton Hall10 Jan 2015, 1:58 PM PST0

On Wednesday, 44 House Democrats surprised Republicans by flipping their votes to upend a fast-track vote on a Wall Street deregulation bill that was similar to one those same Democrats voted for as recently as September.
by Wynton Hall10 Jan 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

Prosecutors at the Obama Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have recommended bringing felony charges against four-star General David Petraeus for allegedly providing his then-mistress Paula Broadwell with classified information during his tenure as CIA director, reports the New York Times.
by Wynton Hall10 Jan 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

Friday’s jobs report brought little comfort to American workers, as wages posted their biggest drop in eight years.
by Wynton Hall9 Jan 2015, 7:31 PM PST0

Former House Majority Leader-turned-Wall Street investment bank executive Eric Cantor appeared on Twitter for the first time since July to tweet out his Monday CNBC op-ed wherein he offered Republicans advice on how to lead the new Congress.
by Wynton Hall5 Jan 2015, 12:19 PM PST0

Arrests and the issuance of tickets and criminal summonses have all nosedived in the wake of the murder of two police officers in Brooklyn, reports the New York Times.
by Wynton Hall5 Jan 2015, 11:29 AM PST0

The recent plunge in gas prices has been welcome relief for many, but today’s price at the pump still isn’t what it used to be in nominal and inflation-adjusted real terms, reports the Wall Street Journal.
by Wynton Hall3 Jan 2015, 12:22 PM PST0

An analysis by the Wall Street Journal finds that the number of private business owners under the age of 30 has hit a 24-year-low.
by Wynton Hall3 Jan 2015, 12:06 PM PST0

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering warning consumers about the environmental impact of eating meat.
by Wynton Hall2 Jan 2015, 6:24 PM PST0

A progressive group founded by Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig is calling on Democrats to “stand with Warren against Obama” in opposing Obama’s nomination of Wall Street executive Antonio Weiss — a man who helped raise big bucks for Obama’s political campaigns.
by Wynton Hall29 Dec 2014, 4:26 PM PST0

President Barack Obama’s Sunday golf game forced two Army captains to reschedule their wedding so Obama could play at the Kaneohe Klipper golf course.
by Wynton Hall29 Dec 2014, 11:51 AM PST0

Michigan now has more food stamp recipients than it does public school students, an analysis of federal and state statistics by Breitbart News reveals.
by Wynton Hall29 Dec 2014, 10:15 AM PST0

A new CNN/ORC poll finds former Florida Governor Jeb Bush with a 10-point lead over New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and a 16-point advantage over Dr. Ben Carson among CNN’s sample of 453 individuals who it dubbed Republicans.
by Wynton Hall28 Dec 2014, 11:10 AM PST0

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has joined ranks with other progressives like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to blast President Barack Obama’s nomination of Antonio Weiss as the Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance–a big money banker and one of Obama’s top campaign bundlers.
by Wynton Hall28 Dec 2014, 10:57 AM PST0

Last week, Emad Khalil Karaein, Jawad Khalil-Ahmad Karaein, and Khader Khalil Karaein pleaded guilty for their roles in a food stamp fraud scheme at the Middle Eastern Market in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that cost taxpayers at least $1,278,700.
by Wynton Hall27 Dec 2014, 10:53 AM PST0

Big Labor says it has big plans for recruiting into its ranks the millions of illegal immigrants affected by President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty action.
by Wynton Hall25 Dec 2014, 8:05 AM PST0

Homeless centers in Denver, Colorado, say the state’s decision to legalize pot has spawned an influx of homelessness that strained the state’s system, according to the Associated Press.
by Wynton Hall24 Dec 2014, 6:21 PM PST0

Democrats bagged the bulk of big dollar donations in the 2014 midterm elections according to an analysis by the Associated Press. Out of the $128 million spent by the top 10 individual donors to outside groups, Democrats hauled in $91
by Wynton Hall24 Dec 2014, 5:52 PM PST0

On Tuesday, the Commerce Department released revised GDP figures that showed third quarter growth at 5%, the strongest third-quarter growth in eleven years.
by Wynton Hall23 Dec 2014, 8:03 AM PST0

With fracking and shale oil production putting increasing pressure on OPEC, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi issued bold and startling remarks to the Middle East Economic Survey, announcing OPEC is prepared to let oil prices fall to $20 a barrel.
by Wynton Hall23 Dec 2014, 7:16 AM PST0