President Obama is under fire for aggressively using executive orders to provide amnesty to illegal alien minors and enact other liberal policies, but Department of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson indicated in a Tuesday hearing he understands in principle that Congress
In a press conference on Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) announced actions to remove his state from the Common Core standards and the aligned Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments. Much of Jindal’s focus
Wednesday in the rotunda of the National Archives, first lady Michelle Obama turned a swearing-in ceremony for 50 new American citizens waving U.S. flags into political speech on immigration reform. President Barack Obama immigration policy has come under fire recently
Tuesday during her CNN town hall, former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton responded to the current humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied minors pouring across the U.S.-Mexico border by distancing herself politically from President Barack Obama. In 2012, Obama signed an executive
Barack Obama allowed his White House to release the news that he is planning to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Ahead of his appearance in New York on Tuesday at a Democratic fundraising
As Ukraine meets increased violence from pro-Russian forces and Iraq suffers near collapse with hundreds murdered by Islamic radicals, The Huffington Post thought it was most important to feature the news that President Obama is “at last” taking on the
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services disclosed that 6 million people have signed-up for healthcare from Medicaid since the rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The new data suggests that millions of the “8 million” Obamacare
T. Boone Pickens challenged President Obama to a one-hour workout session after a video went viral on Wednesday featuring Obama’s exercise routine while on his trip to Warsaw, Poland. Saying, “My cardio is better,” Pickens, the American business magnate and financier, took
Although the Louisiana state legislature recently approved a bill whose language would cement the state to the Common Core standards and the PARCC multi-state assessments, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) could still veto the bill or choose one of several other
An elderly Mendocino, California, couple is fuming after 3,000 gallons of water was reportedly stolen from their above-ground storage tank this weekend. Kathy Dimaio, 87, was so angry with the theft, which she estimates drained her of $1,000 of water,
California’s state capitol is no exception to calls from Governor Jerry Brown to stall the use of water in one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. In fact, the capitol’s browning lawns are among the once-lush but now-dead
Last week the California Senate passed a resolution calling on President Obama to stop the deportation of “undocumented immigrants” with no criminal history. The resolution calls on President Obama to suspend deportations by executive order. It passed with bipartisan support
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz spoke about faith and freedom at Houston Baptist University (HBU). He was joined by HBU President Robert Sloan and journalist Marvin Olasky–all three shared how faith has impacted their own careers and discussed religious freedom in
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has issued a stay of execution of 14 days for Charles Frederick Warner after a previously scheduled execution went awry. Officials said Clayton Derrell Lockett’s veins collapsed during his planned execution this evening. Lockett’s execution was halted when
The Los Angeles Times reports that Gov. Jerry Brown issued a new executive order addressing the state’s drought on Friday. The provisions include temporarily halting environmental regulations, urging restaurants to only serve water if customers request it, ordering homeowners associations
Transcript as follows: Hi, everybody. In my State of the Union Address, I talked about pizza. More specifically, I talked about a pizza chain in Minneapolis – Punch Pizza – whose owner, John Soranno, made the business decision to give
Armed agents from the Obama administration are on the precipice of a potentially deadly confrontation with cattle ranchers in Nevada, in a grazing-rights dispute between Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management. The bottom line is that the feds
For the third time in five years, armed military personnel have plotted attacks on unarmed soldiers at the Fort Hood military post in Killeen, Texas. On April 2nd, a gunman opened fire, killing three people and wounding as many as
Sanctions against North Korea have not stopped it sourcing parts for its rockets from the UK, U.S. and even South Korea, according to a UN report. The report says that the Unha-3 rockets were built using parts from the three
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hi, everybody. This week, I visited a community college in Florida, where I spoke with students about what we need to do to make sure our economy rewards the hard work of every American. More specifically, I spoke
Who wins who loses, we all should care. President Obama or any nation within the European Union can impose all the sanctions they want. The question is what will Vladimir Putin bear and what will he do in the form
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA’s director and its top lawyer told White House attorneys in advance about their plans to file an official criminal complaint accusing Senate Intelligence Committee aides of improperly obtaining secret agency documents, the White House confirmed
Washington (CNN) – President Obama signed an Executive Order Thursday allowing the U.S. government to impose a host of sanctions on both individuals and entities deemed to be violating Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. In a phone call with reporters,
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire–Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) told reporters here that he is still deciding as to whether he will run for president in 2016. “I’m going to look at it after this session. I’m keeping my options opened. Right now,
On Tuesday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could cost 500,000 Americans their jobs. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, and President Barack Obama has pushed congressional
