The Center for Security Policy (CSP), a right-leaning think tank that focuses on national defense, issued a statement bidding adieu to President Barack Obama’s outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security on July 12. They decried her for lumping Tea Partiers in
Washington D.C. is in desperate need of entry-level jobs and mega retailer Wal-Mart was ready to bring hundreds of such jobs to the Nation’s Capitol. But the city council decided to force a “living wage” requirement on the company despite
(AP) Oil rises near $106; pump prices jump to $3.55By The Associated PressNEW YORKThe price of oil rose to near $106 a barrel Friday. Gasoline prices jumped the most since mid-February, unwelcome news for summertime drivers. Benchmark crude oil for
After two tours of combat duty and wounds “that left him shattered,” Army medic Shawn Aiken is struggling to make ends meet–to the point of pawning “jewelry, games, an iPhone, and even the medic bag [he] used when saving lives
Reuters reports that Syria and Iran will both pursue seats on the U.N. Human Rights Council later this year. There “will be 14 seats available for three-year terms [that begin] in January 2014.” Of those 14 seats, four seats will
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve minutes released from its June meeting revealed that Fed officials are split over whether to begin ending the central bank’s “quantitative easing” policy of buying $85 billion of bonds each month. “About half of these participants
Tough new Las Vegas foreclosure laws designed to keep delinquent homeowners in their homes longer have created a yo-yo effect in the housing market where the number of previously owned homes for sale are down and new home building is
Washington D.C. Council member Tommy Wells (D) announced a proposal on Wednesday that would replace criminal penalties for small amounts of marijuana. Wells, chair of the council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, announced this proposal at a press conference Wednesday
California Senate Bill 131, which is ostensibly about protecting victims of child sex abuse, forces private schools to defend claims of sexual abuse as far back as 40 years ago, but exempts public schools from such claims. Because of the
On Monday, the Californian State Senate passed legislation AB817 that would allow non-citizens to help voters when they cast their ballots. Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda sponsored the bill, which would permit as many as five permanent residents who entered the
President Barack Obama’s nominee to become the next FBI director told senators on Tuesday that he believes waterboarding is torture and is illegal. “When I first learned about waterboarding when I became deputy attorney general, my reaction as a citizen
Aaron Hernandez got the lowest score possible for “social maturity” during a pre-draft assessment in 2010. The Wall Street Journal reported “Hernandez got a 1 out of 10 in ‘Social Maturity’” while receiving “a perfect 10 for ‘Focus,’ two nines in
The Associated Press is reporting that Egypt will amend or completely replace its “Islamist-backed” constitution and elections will follow in early 2014. Interim president Adly Mansour has appointed “two panels to make amendments to the…constitution passed under Morsi’s government.” Those
Former New York Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is now running for New York City Comptroller in the Democratic primary as he, like former and current mayoral candidate Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), strives to put a sex scandal behind
Newtown, Connecticut-based National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has filed a lawsuit claiming Connecticut’s new gun control laws were passed in an emergency fashion which allowed those pushing the laws to bypass “proper public input [and] adequate reviews by members of
It looks as though while I was on vacation last week a few media critics were complaining about CNN’s decision to cover the Zimmerman trial over the fall of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. Fair enough. What I reject, however, are
Patriots owner Robert Kraft said former tight end Aaron Hernandez “duped” the team. “No one in our organization was aware of any of these kind of connections. If it’s true, I’m just shocked,” Kraft told the Boston Globe. “Our whole
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde blasted the United States for instituting “absolutely inappropriate” sequester-related reductions in the rate of budgetary growth that she says will retard economic improvement. “The budgetary procedure that is in place in the United States,
Dear Mr. President: Recent events in Egypt show the failure of your administration’s policies toward this largest of Arab countries. You helped in the overthrow of dictator Hosni Mubarak. Very well. Americans should shed no tears for Mubarak’s departure. He stayed in
The Egyptian military opened fire on a crowd of unruly Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators who had staged a protest outside a military headquarters Monday, killing at least forty and wounding many others. In response, the country’s other major Islamic party, Nour,
The wife of Secretary of State John Kerry was rushed from Nantucket to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Sunday for an undisclosed health emergency. The 74-year-old’s condition is stable but critical.
A 16-year-old Nebraska girl was injured in the mob that formed after pop star Justin Bieber hinted on Twitter that he might visit Omaha’s Westroads Mall. Adding insult to injury for the young Belieber, JB never showed.
Obamacare’s delayed implementation of the employer mandate means health insurance exchanges and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be unable to determine whether individuals are eligible for taxpayer-funded subsidies and will instead now rely on the honor system. Experts say
(AP) NEW YORKFormer Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he’s coming back to politics. He tells The New York Times he’s going to run for the office of New York City comptroller. In an interview Sunday, Spitzer says he’s planning to start collecting the
(CNN) — Survivors of the San Francisco plane crash were being treated Sunday for injuries ranging from paralysis to “severe road rash.” But they’re alive. In all, 182 people were hospitalized and 123 others walked away from Saturday’s crash landing
