Clayton Thomas Kelly, a 28-year-old man from Pearl, MS, snuck into the retirement home of Rose Cochran, the wife of Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), to take secret photographs of her and post them online. Madison, MS, police arrested Kelly late
On Thursday, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki told a Senate committee that he was “mad at hell” after hearing of allegations that the VA had been falsifying waiting lists for patients and that some 40 veterans had died as
On Friday, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin wondered why nobody other than Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is speaking up about amnesty and the Obama administration’s lawlessness on immigration. Levin, on his radio show, said that as the Obama administration
The American Chemical Council (ACC) will make a $289,000 independent expenditure for local network and cable television ads in support of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) during the three weeks leading up to the June 10 Republican primary in Virginia’s
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the official resignation of its undersecretary for health in what the administration hopes is seen as a sacrifice due to the growing VA hospital scandal. But the man nominated to fill that officer’s position
“Creating opportunities for unlimited learning will require newtools, new mindsets and new ways of thinking,” said Greg Abbott, the GOPgubernatorial candidate and current Texas Attorney General, who has beentraveling the state with the third phase of his Educating Texans: High-Quality
The Missouri legislature handily passed a bill Thursday that would define a process in which state education experts will evaluate and recommend K-12 education standards in the state. HB1490, which passed the Missouri state House, 131-12, and the state Senate,
A 436-page stack of regulations released on Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) paved the way for the Obama administration to bailout health insurers who lost money on Obamacare. Originally, the Obama administration promised its so-called
For years now Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) has been lambasting the GOP and its supporters in attacks both fanciful and vitriolic, but now Bloomberg is scolding Republicans for at last making Harry Reid himself a target as
Four prominent scholars on Friday questioned why the high-tech industry gets a free pass to perpetuate the myth that there is a shortage of American workers in jobs related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Unlike industry lobbyists and
On Friday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin suggested that recent revelations that 40 U.S. veterans died while they were placed on secret waiting lists at a VA hospital in Arizona is a preview of what will occur Obamacare. Palin reminded
Three Republican Senate candidates from Georgia – Karen Handel, Paul Broun, and Jack Kingston – have signed the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) pledge vowing not to expand legal immigration right before the election on Tuesday. The pledge has
In the wake of hints from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson that the Obama administration is looking to reduce deportations by making changes to the Secure Communities program, the office of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions released an
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein blasted environmental groups standing in the way of legislation she wants passed that would help California farms deal with the severe drought in the state. Feinstein said environmentalists “have never been helpful to me in producing
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) is investigating allegations the Department of Homeland Security has deleted records related to a list of terrorists the agency maintains as part of a “hands off” policy on some of the individuals on the list. Grassley
With a bitter primary campaign between Tea Party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel and incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) veering towards the gutter, McDaniel used a Thursday morning press conference to try to pull it back, embracing the reform platform of
Businessman David Perdue continues to lead the polls for the Georgia Senate race, but a recent blooper on taxes may shake up the race as the candidates prepare for Tuesday’s election. Perdue gave his opponents a golden opportunity after he
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Amid apparent security concerns, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan cancelled a trip Friday to the traumatized town from which Islamic extremists abducted more than 300 schoolgirls a month ago. It would have been the first reported visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s new homeland security secretary is offering his first public hints at executive action the administration might take on immigration, suggesting changes to a much-criticized program that runs the names of people booked for local
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested that the military allow veterans the option of choosing their own health care, rather than being forced to rely on military hospitals. McCain pointed to reports of forty soldiers dying in Phoenix waiting for healthcare
State Senate candidate and free-birth-control activist Sandra Fluke lost a key endorsement this week, as the Santa Monica Democratic Club endorsed local school board president and Harvard graduate Ben Allen instead as its candidate for the 26th district in the
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would require states who ditch their busted Obamacare exchanges and join the federal HealthCare.gov to pay back the money they wasted. The bill, known as the
After Nebraskans Ben Sasse and Pete Ricketts, both of whom were endorsed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, won the GOP Senate and gubernatorial nominations, respectively, on Tuesday, Palin’s political action committee, SarahPAC, rolled out a video that highlighted some
Kentucky is one of the nation’s leading coal-producing states where the 89,350 coal-related jobs with a combined payroll of $5.5 billion are threatened by the Obama administration’s devastating environmental restrictions. So why on earth would US Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes want to
President Barack Obama’s top adviser and confidant told a group of global elites on Thursday in Las Vegas, Nevada that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has made a commitment to the White House to try to pass amnesty legislation this
