Meet the Hamas version of Oprah. Her name is Ahlam Tamimi, and she is the terrorist responsible for the 2001 suicide bomber attack at the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem that killed 15 people and injured another 132. Among the American
If you have not been a supporter of Mitt Romney’s since the start of the GOP primary campaign, you may be one of those stubborn conservatives, those obstinate Tea Partiers, or those recalcitrant Constitutionalists who are yet refusing to commit
(AP) Congress: GSA violated its gift awards limitsBy LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe General Services Administration developed an employee awards program that spent more than $438,000 over four years, far exceeding the agency’s per-gift limit of $99, congressional investigators reported Friday. Investigators
By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated PressINDIANAPOLISSen. Richard Lugar sounded wistful in his gratitude when he thanked supporters packed in the skybox of the Indiana Pacers’ home court, as though he could see the approaching end of a political career that has spanned
(AP) GOP superdelegates: It’s over, Romney is nomineeBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt’s over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president. That’s the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party’s national
The contest for Connecticut’s US Senate seat got ugly Thursday when one candidate called another a “whore” during a debate on live television. Lee Whitnum ripped Congressman Chris Murphy over his pro-Israel stance.
The Democrats have been so derelict in their duty to introduce or pass a reasonable budget, apparently any attempt to pass a budget is considered “controversial.” The Los Angeles Times ran a piece, prior to the U.S. House passing
In a stunningly arrogant move, President Obama, the leader of one of the co-equal branches of the United States Government, intimated that, should the United States Supreme Court rule the individual mandate included in the Patient Protection and Affordability Care
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) is designing another version of the DREAM Act that would permit younger illegal aliens who are brought into the United States to remain in the country legally and to begin the process of becoming a citizen. The senator explained on
The United States said it will ease restrictions on investment to Myanmar and quickly appoint an ambassador as it seeks to boost reformers who allowed landmark elections in the long-closed nation. In its latest gestures under a three-year diplomatic drive
Last year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would be “foolish” to pass a budget. This year, he’s said he won’t bring one to the floor. That may be an eventuality he can longer prevent – and it has
“Battleground” star Jay Hayden says the Hulu series isn’t bucking to win kudos over at Fox News or MSNBC. The new show, which follows the political campaign behind a Wisconsin Senatorial hopeful, isn’t an overtly liberal or conservative program. And
KONY 2012: nearly ninety million YouTube hits and counting. Rarely has something been injected so rapidly into the public consciousness of America. The beautiful cinematography and horrifying images have created an unprecedented reaction, reverberating all the way to Capitol Hill,
(AP) Dems sharpen attack as GOP rallies behind RomneyBy STEVE PEOPLES and BETH FOUHYAssociated PressMILWAUKEEPresident Barack Obama’s administration launched a multi-pronged assault on Mitt Romney’s values and foreign policy credentials Sunday, while a fresh set of prominent Republicans rallied behind
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase taxes on millionaires, reviving a proposal he first pitched last September that aims to draw sharp election-year lines between the president and the Republican opposition. The plan, scheduled
It was one of his biggest campaign promises: Candidate Barack Obama told us early and often that he would unite Americans in the wake of Evil Bush doing everything he could to tear us apart. The media jumped on that
In a private meeting of GOP lawmakers, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) proposed overturning the House and Senate ban on earmarks in order to push past legislative logjams: I just got up … and did it because I was mad because
(AP) Recall election ordered for Wis. Gov. Scott WalkerBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.The recall election ordered Friday for embattled first-term Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker quickly turned into a possible rematch when the Democrat he narrowly defeated in 2010 announced he
Clive Crook has an interesting post at the Atlantic today arguingthat Obamacare is a “milder dispensation” of government power thansingle-payer. And if single-payer is Constitutional, then stopping theObamacare mandate is really no victory worth having. In other words, thegovernment can
Yesterday, the Democratic Senate threw down the gauntlet to President Obama. Obama wanted a bill passed that would end $4 billion in tax breaks for oil companies, and the Senate resisted; four Democratic Senators broke with the President and voted
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For the first time ever, Tennessee is basing a portion of a teacher’s evaluation on student test data. Test scores will be combined with a principal’s classroom observations to create an overall score for teachers, ranging from 1 (significantly
Yesterday, President Obama’s plan to raise taxes on oil companies went down in flames in the Senate, 51-47. And while the vote was largely along party lines, four Democrats–Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska), Mary Landrieu (La.), Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Jim Webb (Va.)–wisely
New York State Senator Kevin S. Parker – who in recent days donned a hoodie in the New York Senate to protest the killing of Trayvon Martin — took to Twitter today to denounce the fact that Senate GOP Majority
Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-Working Families Party) of Connecticut, the state with the largest achievement gap in the nation, made it clear that a primary focus of his agenda this year would be to fix what is broken with Connecticut’s public schools. The
(AP) In Wisconsin, Romney links Santorum to ‘big labor’By THOMAS BEAUMONT and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressLACROSSE, Wis.Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is attacking rival Rick Santorum as a friend of “big labor” as they campaign in Wisconsin, where a fight over
