Former Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday that the Russian economy has entered a vicious downward spiral as Russia’s energy-centric economy continues to suffer from falling oil prices, Western economic sanctions, and a severely weakened ruble. “Today, I
The 17-year-old son of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was robbed Friday night by two unidentified men outside of the Mayor’s home. The men put him in a chokehold, struck him in the face, and stole his cell phone. Officials say Zach
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds Democrats cooling to Hillary Clinton as a possible 2016 presidential contender. When Democratic voters were asked which Democratic candidate they would back in the primary, 61% said Hillary Clinton, a 12% drop since
President Barack Obama said on Sunday he is eager to redouble his efforts to release the remaining 131 suspected terrorist inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility so he can close Gitmo’s doors forever. “I’m going to be doing everything I
In the 3.8 years since John Boehner (R-OH) has been Speaker of the House, U.S. debt has skyrocketed $3,815,285,317,834.71, reports CNS News. “The $3.8 trillion in new debt that the federal government has accumulated under the spending deals approved by
A Pew Research Center study released on Friday finds that in 2013, the wealth of white households was 13 times greater than black households, a dramatic increase since 2010 when white wealth was eight times that of black household wealth.
Speaker John Boehner’s top aide for more than two decades, Dave Schnittger, has announced he is leaving Boehner’s office and walking through Washington’s revolving door to become a lobbyist at powerhouse Squire Patton Boggs–a move that will give Schnittger maximum
A new USA Today/Pew Research poll finds that President Barack Obama’s core policy initiatives such as combating global warming and income inequality barely register as top concerns for most Americans. In the wake of historic midterm election losses for Democrats,
A new Gallup poll finds that 51% of Americans oppose President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty plan for illegal immigrants versus 41% who support it. Among Hispanics, 64% said they approved of Obama’s executive amnesty plan, with 28% saying they disapprove.
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the deeply unpopular Obamacare program is working but needs a name change. “Obamacare, no question, has a very bad brand that has been driven intentionally by a lot of misinformation
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it will allow four companies to use drones that weigh less than 55 pounds for commercial use. The four companies–Trimble Navigation Ltd., VDOS Global LLC, Clayco Inc and Woolpert Inc.–say they plan to use
On Tuesday, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) joined the growing group of Democrats who blame Obamacare for their party’s electoral woes. “We never recovered from the [Obamacare] rollout because the election became one that was directed toward the president. We couldn’t
Obama supporters continue to find out the hard way that the reality of Obamacare stands in stark contrast to the rhetorical promises of Obamacare. Case in point: Obama supporter Catherine Keefe. On Wednesday, the Washington Post published an essay by
Washington Examiner’s Timothy Carney says the massive so-called Cromnibus spending bill contains special carve outs and crony perks for Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the reauthorization of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) which doles out taxpayer dollars to overseas companies.
For the first time in U.S. history, food stamp enrollments have been above 46 million for 36 months in a row. According to newly released numbers from the United States Department of Agriculture (which oversees the food stamp program), food
Louisiana’senator-elect Bill Cassidy told Fox News Sunday what national polls overwhelmingly confirm: the Republican Party is now the party of the working-class. “If there’s one party for the working person right now, it’s the Republican Party,” senator-elect Cassidy said. Cassidy,
A civil war has opened up inside the Democratic Party over Obamacare. With half of all Senate Democrats who voted for Obamacare no longer in office, top Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and outgoing Tom Harkin (D-IA) have begun trashing
Before he’s replaced by Republican Senator-elect Joni Ernst next month, Obamacare co-author Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) is expressing regret over passing Obamacare. “We blew it,” said Harkin. “What we did is we muddled through and we got a system that
Even as the Obama White House was busy touting its Friday jobs report, CNBC’s Jeff Cox looked deeper inside the government’s data and discovered that the actual increase of working Americans numbers a paltry 4,000. Worse, reports Cox, “the jobs
Progressive New York Times columnist Thomas B. Edsall wrote on Tuesday that Democrats’ embrace of Obamacare’s redistribution scheme has angered and alienated working-class and middle-class Americans. “Even though midterm elections favor Republicans, the 2014 results show middle and working-class dissatisfaction
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is blasting President Barack Obama over the fact that U.S. debt has soared past $18 trillion. “This is a sad milestone for America. Under President Obama’s failed leadership, the national debt has skyrocketed by
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday that passage of the highly unpopular Obamacare program has revealed Americans’ ignorance about health insurance. “One of the things that we have learned with the passage of the
U.S. debt has now surpassed $18 trillion. Under President Barack Obama, America’s debt has skyrocketed 70%. On the day Obama took office, January 21, 2009, Zero Hedge reports U.S. debt stood at $10.625 trillion. The national debt cleared $18 trillion
Retailers’ decision to move up many holiday sales to Thanksgiving Day resulted in a 27.3% jump in store traffic over last year’s Thanksgiving Day numbers, reports retail analytics firm ShopperTrak. “It’s ruining the spirit of Thanksgiving,” 20-year-old Cathyliz Lopez of New
The Obama administration’s recent challenge to Obamacare’s “workplace wellness” provisions has given Obamacare’s big business backers second thoughts about their support for the highly unpopular health care law. New lawsuits filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) challenge so-called
