Big Government

US President Barack Obama mocked Republicans who reject global warming as a “liberal plot,” as he pumped up a crowd of environmental activists in Washington. Obama compared climate change deniers to patients who ignore the science that shows they have

President Barack Obama used the power of his Executive Office “pen” Wednesday morning to allow the U.S. Commerce Department to issue a ruling that all but terminates a four-decade Congressional restriction against exporting U.S. domestically produced crude oil. The new

When Barack Obama tried to defend his highly controversial and questionable deal to trade five cutthroat terrorists for a likely deserter, he lashed out at critics, repeatedly proclaiming, “We don’t leave soldiers behind… Period. Full stop.” Tell that to America’s

The US Geological Survey (USGS) ignited the Williston Basin oil boom in 2008 with its assessment of over two billion barrels of recoverable oil from the Bakken field but gave made no assessment of America’s Three Forks field to the

America certainly has been having problems with the EPA’s employees, but it seems the EPA itself has been having a few problems with its employees, too. In one case it’s been so bad that the EPA has had to issue

A representative of a grassroots organization of Catholic school parents in Milwaukee said her group is “shocked” by a response sent to them by Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki to their letter and online petition regarding their desire to end use

Illegal immigrants from Central America who are making the journey to the United States largely believe that they will be allowed to indefinitely remain in the United States once they surrender to Border Patrol agents because of changes in U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tom Homan, the official overseeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s removal operations, said Wednesday it will take years for the unaccompanied minors streaming across the border to appear before an immigration judge. In a House Judiciary Committee hearing

Today in ABC v. Aereo, a divided Supreme Court held companies that stream content over the Internet are legally the same as cable companies, and violate copyright laws by carrying someone else’s content. Aereo provides paying subscribers with a service

Illegal immigrants who have flooded across the border seeking “permisos” that they believe will allow them to indefinitely remain in the United States have reportedly been phoning others in Central America to inform them they are being allowed to stay

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted that a candidate had to be a little bit crazy to run for president, painting the job as one that “totally consumed” a candidate. Clinton cited her “life of service” as a reason

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker John Boehner said he has formed the congressional working group to look at the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing into the United States illegally to get a better understanding of the crisis amid concerns that

The expanded background check bill that failed to pass in the Senate last year would not have stopped the June 8 Las Vegas attack that ended with two police officers and legally armed civilian “hero” Joshua Robert Wilcox dead.  This

Those in Central America may not have believed Vice President Joe Biden’s vow that a “vast majority” of illegal immigrant children flooding across the border will be deported, because the Obama administration returned fewer than 2,000 illegal immigrant children last

The National Organization for Marriage has received a $50,000 settlement from the IRS after the government agency admitted it was at fault for publishing confidential information about the organization’s donors gleaned from its tax returns. A federal court forced the

On Wednesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said the time has come for President Barack Obama to use executive actions to ease deportations as thousands of illegal immigrant children are flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. “It is now time for the

Former Secretary Hillary Clinton admitted that she probably made a mistake when she suggested that she and Bill Clinton were “dead broke” after leaving the White House. Clinton made her comments during an interview with PBS anchor Gwen Ifill. Clinton

University of Michigan researchers have released a study stating that the disparity between the wealthiest Americans and the rest of the country has grown because of the Great Recession and the slow recovery. According to the study, the top 5%

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Word has spread around the world that the Obama administration “refuses” to enforce the country’s immigration laws, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte said Wednesday.  At a hearing on the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the southwest border,

Republican Speaker John Boehner offered his most forceful words yet regarding President Barack Obama’s aggressive use of executive orders to enact liberal policies, outlining the reasoning behind a planned lawsuit and saying Congress must act to avoid Obama from acting

WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Let’s face it: I’ve been a thorn in leadership’s side,” says Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Salmon, sitting at his desk in the Rayburn House Office Building. Earlier that day, Salmon had just been named by Speaker John

In a 2-to-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Kitchen v. Hebert affirmed a lower court’s ruling holding that traditional marriage laws violate the Constitution. The case will likely soon go to the U.S. Supreme

The nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination has been busy these days. It has voted to approve same-sex marriages, to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, and now has approved allowing babies to die who are born alive