This afternoon, SD Sen. Tim Johnson, who has served in Congress for 28 years, will announce that he will retire at the end of his term next year, rather than run for reelection. He is the fifth veteran Democrat to
Today’s top stories in social media and technology include social media public shaming that’s gotten out of control, Mayor Bloomberg tells people to think before they tweet, meeting strangers online, several cyberstalking and harassment cases, how criminals use your Facebook
Despite continued protestations of doom over the sequestration cuts that have paralyzed all of Washington in the grips of terror over the past 25 days, President Obama somehow found it possible to commit the federal government to acquiring five new national monuments today. He
(AP) Obama calls for April debate on immigration billBy JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama challenged Congress Monday to “finish the job” of finalizing legislation aimed at overhauling the nation’s immigration system. With members of the House and Senate away on
Senators worked late Friday night and finally managed to pass a budget, albeit narrowly. The final vote was 50-49 with no Republicans voting for the budget and four Democrats defecting. The Senate budget is front loaded with $100 billion in
Dr. George Will is a respected social scientist and acclaimed writer, but he’s not a lawyer. And he shows it by suggesting the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to
Its fitting that President Obama was on an overseas trip on the 3rd Anniversary of his signature achievement, ObamaCare. Presidents often recede into foreign policy in their second terms. At some point in a second term, the political fortunes of
Dem Strategist Hillary Rosen on CNN: “This sequester has belt-tightening all over the place and I think you could argue, for appearance sake, ‘Let’s do this, let’s do that.’ There are a hundred things. I don’t know that the Republican
On March 22 President Obama pledged to provide $200 million to Jordan to help with the “nearly half a million refugees who have fled the civil war in neighboring Syria.” Obama made this pledge at “a press conference with King
After jet-setting to Israel to lecture citizens of the Jewish State about how they needed to empathize more with Palestinians who elect Hamas and back Israeli extinction, President Obama demonstrated what empathy means to him: the State Department has announced
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONNobody’s going to win an Emmy for a parody of the TV show “Star Trek” filmed by Internal Revenue Service employees at an agency studio in Maryland. Instead, the IRS got a rebuke from Congress for wasting
I want to thank the 104 patriots of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) who courageously stood for their “Back to Basics” budget this week. By proposing sweeping entitlement reforms and by limiting Obamacare, the “Back to Basics” budget would have
As local police departments across the country are beginning to find ammunition difficult to find, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered up to 1.6 billion rounds for its more than 100,000 armed agents. Rep. Timothy Huelskamp (R-KS) has
Transcript: It has now been three months since the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut. Three months since we lost 20 innocent children and six dedicated adults who had so much left to give. Three months since we, as Americans, began
(AP) Obama: Assault weapons ban deserves a voteAMMAN, JordanPresident Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress _ even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance
It irritates me as a lawyer when I hear another lawyer pontificate on an area of law they seem to know nothing about. You might get the same feeling in your area of work. It just happened on Happening Now
Colt Manufacturing is considering a move out of Connecticut after 175 years in business due to the new gun bans being mulled by the state legislature and Democrat Governor Dannel Malloy. Colt President and CEO Dennis Veilleux published an op
Three years ago, Democrats in Congress rammed through ObamaCare, against the wishes of a majority of Americans. Never before had such a major piece of legislation been enacted with no bi-partisan support and in the face of such overwhelming opposition
(Reuters) – Congress foiled the financially beleaguered U.S. Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail when it passed legislation on Thursday requiring six-day delivery. The Postal Service, which lost $16 billion last year, said last month it
(Reuters) – The National Rifle Association’s affiliate in New York filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the state’s new gun control measures, passed in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. The state Rifle &
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONSimon & Garfunkel ‘s song “The Sound of Silence,” written amid the turmoil following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and Chubby Checker’s 1960s dance hit “The Twist” are among 25 recordings selected for preservation at the Library
President Obama has nominated Thomas E. Perez for Secretary of Labor. Perez is a radical progressive who is currently the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in President Obama’s Justice Department. Perez has amassed a record demonstrating contempt for the
On Tuesday Congress considered two revisions to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 that took opposing approaches to the privacy of different types of electronic communications. In the Senate, liberal Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) joined forces with Tea Party
Speaking like the “everybody gets a trophy” liberal and “I do not want to offend anybody” politician that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has always been, the San Francisco Democrat on Thursday said she did not want “anybody to lose”
Wednesday evening, the Senate passed its version of a continuing resolution to provide government spending authority through September 30th, the end of the fiscal year. The government has been operating off a series of continuing resolutions, since the Senate hasn’t
