One year ago today, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro defeated Henrique Capriles Radonski in an election widely considered fraudulent by the international observers present. Today, Maduro celebrates his victory after announcing a new Ministry of International Communication to improve his government’s
A deadly gas not on the list of chemical weapons Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was made to relinquish to the international community last year was used twice in a northern Syrian village this weekend, prompting accusations that both the government
In 2013 a total of 364 firearms were sold to persons prohibited from buying them in Maryland. These incidents were due to “the massive backlog in conducting gun background checks” that resulted from Maryland’s draconian new gun laws. According to
Israel criticized remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in which he suggested openness to negotiating a nuclear deal that would keep Iran only six to 12 months away from bomb-making capability, as being “not acceptable,” reports Reuters. “In
Democrat operatives are openly touting a medical marijuana ballot initiative in Florida as a means of helping Democrats win elections in 2014, saying the move, which will likely help bring young voters to the poll, is necessary for the greater
We are likely to see economic data to take a backseat if the Ukrainian situation takes a turn for the worst, with European markets wobbling in morning trading (the FTSE 250 down 1.6 percent at noon GMT). With a Monday
MPs should unpick EU laws, declare the UK Supreme Court to be the country’s highest authority, and challenge Brussels to “do its worst”, the head of the Civitas think tank has urged in a new report. In his report, The
The acting Ukrainian President has declared that his country is at war with the Russian Federation following this weekend’s latest clashes across the eastern part of Ukraine. The Times reports that Oleksandr Turchynov, acting President of Ukraine, stated in a
On April 10 the Missouri House passed legislation expanding that state’s “castle doctrine” law. Originally passed in 2007, the law recognizes Missourians rights to defend their lives and property with deadly force and with “no duty to retreat” when at
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and European High Representative Catherine Ashton condemned the attacks on government buildings in east Ukraine by pro-Russian forces. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of more consequences and the
Ukraine interim President Oleksandr Turchynov held a televised press conference to address the violent takeovers of cities in east Ukraine. He announced Kyiv will “launch a large-scale anti-terrorist operation involving the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” He promised amnesty for any
As violence escalates in Sloviansk, ambulances had to rush to Kharkiv’s central square as pro-Russians clashed with pro-Ukrainians. Earlier in the day, at least three people were severely beaten in Kharkiv around 3 p.m. on April 13 during clashes between
On Saturday, Ukraine told Russia it will not forward any payments on gas to Russia due to the increased price. Andriy Kobolev, chief executive of Ukraine’s state-run energy company Naftogaz, said the increased price Russia was demanding for its gas
Dr. Minh Nguyen is an oncologist working in Newport Beach, California, a wealthy area of Orange County. This week Dr. Nguyen began getting calls from reporters after CMS released a list of Medicare payments showing he was paid $11 million
The European Union will help Ukraine pay gas bills with Russia and provide them with gas if Moscow decides to cut them off. The response comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to European leaders that threatened to
Two dozen income inequality protesters took to the streets of San Francisco on Friday to hold demonstrations against Google lawyer Jack Halprin, as class-based tensions escalate between activists and wealthy Silicon Valley employees over what protesters deem unwelcome gentrification. Halprin,
According to a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 50 to 80 union protesters forcibly entered a Walmart in Dearborn, Michigan, chased one employee into a ladies’ room, and “coercively interrogated” her. Walmart, a non-union retail store, filed
On March 17, 2012, Occupy Wall Street activists celebrated the six month anniversary of their protest movement by attempting to re-occupy Zuccotti Park. A scuffle with police took place that night which eventually led to a trial about to take
There is a clandestine plan by the Obama administration to pin the blame for the failure of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians on Israel, according to a recent report from the Washington Free Beacon. The Washington Free Beacon
How much did the IRS mistakenly give to tax scam artists who cashed in on fraudulent tax returns last year? Would you believe almost $4 billion? Believe it. In a report released last November, the federal government admitted that it
Denver Public Schools (DPS) plans to actively pursue people brought to the United States illegally and install them in their classrooms as teachers. People deemed by the federal government to have the status of “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) are
“How green bullying, junk science and EU lies killed off another successful industry,” I wrote in a piece a few months back. The story went roughly like this: 1. Greenpeace and similar organisations decide to target chemicals industry. 2. They
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is no stranger to scandal, and certainly no stranger to being convicted of tax fraud. His latest conviction may have the 77-year-old working with the elderly at a nursing home to complete his one-year sentence, announced
Kathleen Sebelius is resigning as Secretary of Health and Human Services, bringing to an end six contentious months during which the President’s biggest policy achievement, the Affordable Care Act, became a political albatross for Democrats. The New York Times reports
The Australian agency coordinating the international effort to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has narrowed the search area to the smallest it has ever been–an area of 22,364 square miles northwest of Perth, Australia–as investigators have continued to find pinging
