A new report by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation says the mix of tax hikes and spending cuts hammered out during the “fiscal cliff” negotiations bought America just more year before federal debt is 200% of GDP. Instead of that happening
In an attempt to get out in front of startling GDP contraction, Democrats are scrambling to blame the unanticipated growth plunge on spending cuts, not President Barack Obama’s trillions in federal spending that have accelerated the need for tightening the
On Tuesday, former Obama car czar Steven Rattner, who reportedly owns a 15,000-square-foot Martha’s Vineyard mansion and pilots a private jet, blasted “climate-change deniers” on MSNBC’s Morning Joe broadcast. Rattner’s comments came during a debt discussion wherein host Joe Scarborough
Hillary Clinton’s recent health scares were not enough to deter Allida Black and Judy Beck, two of Clinton’s strongest backers, from creating a “Ready for Hillary” super PAC last week. “It’s a draft movement. We want her to run, but
In an explosive exchange outside the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., security guards for billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accosted senior Talk Radio Network investigative reporter Jason Mattera when he asked the mayor about his strong
Fox News will re-air the Sean Hannity one-hour “Boomtown” special on Washington, D.C.’s wealth explosion tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET and 9:00 p.m. PST. The special, which has sparked considerable buzz on Twitter and triggered a flood of emails, shines
In his second Inaugural Address, President Barack Obama issued a clarion call for government intervention to combat climate change. But Whole Foods Market CEO and co-founder John Mackey says dire warnings about global warming are overblown. In an interview with CNBC,
Washington, D.C. consumes more gallons of wine per capita than any state in the nation. Per capita consumption in gallons • District of Columbia (6.6)• New Hampshire (4.8)• Massachusetts (4.1)• Vermont (4.1)• Nevada (3.8)• Connecticut (3.6)• Delaware (3.6)• New Jersey
Wealth in Washington, DC has surged to the highest median income in the United States, surpassing even tech mecca Silicon Valley, California. With a median household income of $119,134, the Census Bureau reports that Loudoun County, Virginia now occupies the
Last week, President Barack Obama renominated Richard Cordray as director of the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a move that has reignited conservative opposition to the unconstitutional agency. On January 4, 2012, Obama installed Cordray through a highly controversial
On Friday, the New York Times Television section highlighted tonight’s Sean Hannity one-hour special “Boomtown,” a program featuring Government Accountability Institute President and Co-founder Peter Schweizer and Breitbart News Executive Chairman and Government Accountability Co-founder Stephen K. Bannon. 9 P.M.
Washington, a town that produces nothing, is awash in money. D.C. has become a boomtown, a place where politicians, lobbyists, and special interests leverage their crony connections to bag billions in insider perks and government contracts funded by taxpayer money.
GOP Vice Presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was booed today at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. Ryan congratulated Obama on winning another four years in the White House: “I congratulate President Obama on his inauguration, and I join the country in
A Penn State film professor has ignited a campus controversy by tying voter ID laws to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). This, despite the fact that a majority of Democrats, independents, and Republicans support voter ID laws to stop illegal voting
A disturbing video [WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO] of Bolivian lawmaker Domingo Alcibia Rivera of the Movement Toward Socialism political party allegedly raping a passed-out woman on the Parliament floor leaked onto the internet this week. Security camera footage from a December 20th holiday luncheon
A new Gallup poll finds that 75% of Americans support term limits for members of Congress. Support for limiting congressional terms varied by partisanship: 82% of Republicans said they would vote “for” term limits versus 79% of Independents and 65%
On Friday, House Republicans unveiled a plan to avert a potentially perilous game of political brinksmanship over raising the debt ceiling and to force Democrats to pass a budget for the first time in nearly four years. The plan: pass
Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) took the fight to Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew in a Freedom Works interview with Kristina Ribali on Thursday and said he’s “determined to try to make sure that
Efforts to eliminate pork and offset spending from the Hurricane Sandy relief package failed Tuesday night, as President Barack Obama and Democrats declared victory for an aid bill that will total over $60 billion. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) sponsored an
The Windber Medical Center in southwestern Pennsylvania says it will no longer deliver babies because Obamacare’s projected reimbursements make it too costly to do so. The hospital, which has delivered approximately 200 babies every year since 2005, also says declining
Mega retailer Wal-Mart says it will hire 100,000 newly discharged veterans over the next five years and will buy an additional $50 billion worth of U.S.-made products over the next ten years. The new effort, said Wal-Mart U.S. Chief Executive
President Barack Obama will not have his budget completed in time to meet the legally-required February 4th deadline. “The administration was forced to delay some of its FY 2014 budget preparations, which in turn will delay the budget’s submission
On Monday, top Federal Reserve official Charles Evans said the U.S. economy is expected to grow 2.5% in 2013, a substantial shortfall from the 4.2% growth rate the Obama administration originally projected. Mr. Evans also stated that U.S. unemployment would
