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Study Finds No Shortage of High-Tech Workers in U.S.

Study Finds No Shortage of High-Tech Workers in U.S.

Despite the clamor that there is a perpetual shortage of American high-tech workers, the number of foreign workers with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) degrees that the United States imports annually alone exceeds the number of available STEM jobs,

Sen. Dick Durbin Calls on Pentagon to Enlist DREAMers

Sen. Dick Durbin Calls on Pentagon to Enlist DREAMers

On Monday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who chairs the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding for the military, called on President Barack Obama’s Department of Defense to start enlisting DREAMers if Congress does not pass amnesty legislation.

Judicial Watch's IRS Investigation Leads Directly to Washington

Judicial Watch's IRS Investigation Leads Directly to Washington

Judicial Watch recently uncovered stunning new documents detailing the extent to which the Obama IRS improperly targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. These documents reveal that, contrary to claims by Lois Lerner and other top

India's New PM: 'Israel's Best Friend in South Asia'

India's New PM: 'Israel's Best Friend in South Asia'

India’s Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s record shows he is serious about strengthening ties with Israel, according to an Israel National News analysis. The Israeli government seems to agree.  “On Friday, I spoke with the Prime Minister-elect of India. There, too,

Google is Safe: The Right to be Forgotten is Meaningless

Google is Safe: The Right to be Forgotten is Meaningless

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down its ruling this week against Google that has created a so-called “right to be forgotten”. Free speech campaigners have fretted over the impact the

Karl Rove: I'd Prefer to Get Amnesty Done in Lame-Duck Session

Karl Rove: I'd Prefer to Get Amnesty Done in Lame-Duck Session

Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested that he would like Congress to pass amnesty legislation during the lame-duck session of Congress, but he also said that immigration reform could get done “early next year.” President Barack Obama said that there were

Weekly Address: Working When Congress Won't Act

Weekly Address: Working When Congress Won't Act

The White House: In this week’s address, the President discusses actions to expand opportunity for more Americans, with or without the help of Republicans in Congress, including his Administration’s efforts to cut red tape for major transportation infrastructure projects. And

IRS Stalling FOIA Request

In response to IRS Stonewalling NRSC FOIA Request RE Correspondence With Dem Members of Congress:  Yeah, I picked up on this story earlier today, and added this little tid bit of info to it: Republicans are doing what past Republican

Obama Administration Close to Unilaterally Easing Deportations

Obama Administration Close to Unilaterally Easing Deportations

President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security admitted that the Obama administration is close to enacting executive actions to ease deportations for even more groups of illegal immigrants, which could actually undercut the chances that Congress will pass sweeping amnesty

Obama Urged to Overturn US Ban on Aiding Foreign Abortions

Obama Urged to Overturn US Ban on Aiding Foreign Abortions

Under pressure from outside groups, the White House is deciding to overturn part of the 1973 Helms Amendment which bans American money from being used to perform or promote abortion overseas, reports the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam)

Obama, Biden Stop for Lunch at Shake Shack

Obama, Biden Stop for Lunch at Shake Shack

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are lunching outside the White House and promoting government financed work projects that he says could be endangered if Congress does not act by the end of the summer.