The horrific massacre at a Connecticut school on Friday raises troubling and complex questions about ethical, spiritual and legal issues related to mental illness. However, a quick reading on DailyKos – the pulse of the mainstream progressive Democratic grassroots –
Even in the wake of the horribly criminal Dec. 14 Connecticut shooting and other “public shootings” this year — like the Aurora theater and the Sikh Temple in Milwaukee — Northeastern University’s James Allen Fox says, “there is no pattern,
CBS: Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on why he thinks now might be the time Congress can pass gun control legislation.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press that she will introduce an assault weapons ban bill on the first day of the new Congress.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Making a sadly familiar journey, President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to mourn with a town still seeking to comprehend the unimaginable massacre of its children and teachers. His visit Sunday to
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fainted due to a stomach virus that left her dehydrated and suffered a concussion in the fall last week, the State Department revealed on Saturday. As a result, Clinton is not expected to testify next Thursday at the
A top federal appeals court signaled Friday that it might act on Obamacare’s HHS Mandate–requiring employers to cover birth control and abortion-related services. After repeated assurances that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not mandate abortion or people of faith
Last week, Californians concerned for their privacy and civil liberties forced the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to pull an agenda item that would have approved a grant for the purchase of a drone. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) spoke to HuffPo Live MARC LAMONT HILL: Tell me what it means to not vote in your own best interest. Why would a poor white mechanic from West Virginia vote for the Tea Party and not
Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an ardent gun control advocate, moved to politicize the monstrous school shooting in Connecticut, issuing the following statement: With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has traditionally been the federal government’s neutral arbiter of disputes between labor and businesses. It’s tasked with giving a fair hearing to unions, workers and businesses. However, according to a new report from the
(AP) Federal judges sue to win promised pay increasesBy JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated PressWASHINGTONWith the nation teetering on an economic “fiscal cliff,” federal judges may soon force Congress to dedicate possibly millions of dollars to what some of those same judges
John Boehner pointed out the obvious on Thursday, noting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and then-Sen. Barack Obama would never have given President George W. Bush freedom to raise the debt ceiling as high as he wished. Boehner
The National Review’s Bob Costa reports that Arizona Republican Rep. David Schweikert had a closed-door meeting with the Speaker on Thursday afternoon about why he was purged. “I don’t think the speaker’s hands are dirty,” Schweikert told Costa. “I simply
If you’re in debt, and someone says they will offer you a sum of money but then will take the same sum of money away, nothing has changed, and you’re still in debt, correct? Tell that to Sen. Bob Corker,
This afternoon, Breitbart News sat down with Sen. Jim DeMint, in advance of his exit from the Senate to take the reigns at the Heritage Foundation. Our conversation primarily focused on the future of the conservative movement and the immediate
If the White House and Congress fail to reach a budget deal to avert the fiscal cliff, the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program will be slashed by 10%, affecting 6.9 million households that rely on federal assistance to pay
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the the failure of Congress and the White House to reach an agreement on a budget deal has already harmed the economy by lowering consumer confidence and discouraging businesses from making investments
Apparently, Santa Claus has been hired by a left-wing activist group called TheAction.org: Today, Santa Claus, working closely with Catholics United, called on Congress to extend tax cuts for the middle class before Christmas. Despite the long journey from the
House GOP leadership has a new spin as of late Wednesday on why they purged conservatives from influential House committees: “It was an a**hole factor.” Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, a conservative himself but also a member of the House
US senator-elect Elizabeth Warren was nominated Wednesday to be a member of the Senate Banking Committee, where the prominent consumer advocate will have influence over laws affecting the finance industry. Warren, a Harvard professor who made her reputation defending Americans
Last week, House GOP Leadership flexed its muscle and stripped 4 conservative members of their committee assignments. After my colleague Matthew Boyle reported that leadership seemed to use a secret vote “score” to make their decision, anxiety grew that leadership
Todd Cefaratti, the president of TheTeaParty.net, has a message for Republicans and Democrats alike: “This is just the beginning. If you think the tea party’s dead, you ain’t seen nothing yet.” At a press conference inside the Capitol Hill Club in
Conservatives in the House Republican conference are becoming more and more upset with House Speaker John Boehner’s purge of more conservative members from their committee assignments, Breitbart News has learned. While many won’t go as far as purged conservative Kansas
(AP) US economy could withstand brief fall off ‘cliff’By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONIt’s the scenario that’s been spooking employers and investors and slowing the U.S. economy: Congress and the White House fail to strike a budget deal by New
