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If Republicans retain control of the House in 2014 and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) retires, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) may have the best chance of defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to become the next Speaker. However, that

When the new legislative season begins on February 5, Connecticut State Senator Joe Markley (R-16) will introduce a bill that blocks officials from spending $1 million on an advertising campaign for Common Core. “Why should the government spend a million

Meningitis is an infection of the brain, spinal cord, or other nerve tissue. The disease is usually traced to one of five different strains of the meningococcus bacteria, which can cripple or kill; recently, worldwide, as many as 4,000 people

More immigrants facing deportation in immigration courts across the nation are having their court cases closed because of Obama’s prosecutorial discretion policy, researchers at Syracuse University found.  Meanwhile, the number of removal proceedings initiated in immigration courts by the U.S.

A federal grand jury indicted conservative author and commentator Dinesh D’Souza Thursday for allegedly violating U.S. campaign finance law. D’Souza, the author of books like Illiberal Education, What’s So Great About America, and The End of Racism, made the film 2016:

On Wednesday, the Virginia legislature passed a bill making the electric chair a go-to method of execution for death row inmates. Since 1995, electrocution has been employed in Virginia but only if requested by the sentenced prisoner. In that time

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records provides only minimal benefits to countering terrorism, is illegal and should end, a federal privacy watchdog said in a report to be released on Thursday, according to

Women’s Health Rapid Response Fund accused Republicans of embracing a “revolting anti-choice agenda” for supporting pro-life candidates and organizations. The  media and fundraising apparatus of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is making the most of the 41st anniversary of “Roe

Governor Scott Walker will propose $800 million in tax cuts Wednesday evening, representing most of the state’s $912 million revenue surplus. Half of the cuts will be achieved through property tax reductions, and the other half will consist of lower

The federal government’s shutdown over an impending storm before snowflakes even speckled the sidewalks of the nation’s capital prompted Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to tweet, “DC Fed Gov shut down by snow… What a bunch of wimps.” The government’s packing its

The Department of Justice (DOJ) says a Philadelphia gun buyback program misused more than $450,000 provided for the program. The buyback program was administered by the Police Safety Net (PSN). According to NBC Philadelphia, the DOJ’s inspector general found that

As winter storms barrage the east coast of the US and a wind chill temperature of minus eight degrees freezes DC, hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates are in the nation’s capitol  for the 41st annual March for Life event

At the end of last year, embattled NJ Gov. Chris Christie took control of the Republican Governors Association (RGA), which acts as a kind of super-pac for GOP gubernatorial campaigns. In 2010, a cycle comparable to the upcoming elections, the

The latest economic indicators continue to suggest that the housing market is slowing due to the twin evils of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law and the Fed’s low interest rate policies.  The former has greatly constricted the availability of

What a difference a week makes. After Christie miraculously skated in last week’s Pew Poll thanks to national apathy, Americans have finally turned on the once-beloved governor. Pew and USA Today found that Christie’s unfavorability ratings have doubled in the