President-elect Petro Poroshenko’s inauguration is on Saturday, but that is not slowing down the violence in east Ukraine. Pro-Russian forces shot down the An-26 transport aircraft in Slaviansk on Friday. According to anti-terrorist operation spokesman Vladyslav Selezniov, it was not
Amid the revelation that federal resources and facilities–many of which are located in Texas–are overwhelmed due to a significant spike in illegal immigration, Texans are particularly concerned about securing the U.S.-Mexico border. Speaking to a large crowd on Friday at
With a plot that sounds like a Jason Bourne movie, on June 2 the Supreme Court declined to review Risen v. United States, a case raising an important question on First Amendment protections for the media but in a context
During the June 5 airing of the Daily Show, host Jon Stewart mocked the NRA for apologizing for calling Open Carry Texas (OCT) demonstrations “weird,” then asked what will happen when an OCT participant walks into a business with his
The Director of Communications at Sunrise Coal, in Indiana, Suzanne Jaworowski spoke with Terre Haute, IN CBS and Fox affiliated television station in WTHI about the Obama Administrations New EPA regulation that will reportedly force approximately 600 existing coal-fired power
As the Daily Dot noticed, the French appeared puzzled as to why President Barack Obama was chomping on gum during a D-Day Commemoration event in France on Friday. Here are 17 French tweets reacting to the scene. 1. Barack Obama and
Hysterical Stephen Colbert Takes Matt Drudge’s Troll Bait Stephen Colbert is either an idiot or a willful idiot. I guess the walking/talking/glib-faced cancer on truth can be both. But his mind-numbingly moronic, hysterical and knee-jerk defense of The State Hillary
There’s a kind of willful blindness at Vox that is almost poignant. How can a site purportedly devoted to avoiding the pitfalls of partisanship so often fail to acknowledge their own baked-in bias. From its inception Vox has linked itself
At the Texas GOP Convention on Friday, Senator Ted Cruz addressed a nearly-packed arena of enthusiastic Texans. He gave an impassioned speech about the steps that must be taken in order to restore liberty, which is “under assault,” in the
Friday in France after the commemoration of 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a informal conversation according to the White House… Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
Friday from France where she taking part in the commemoration of 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, National Security Adviser Susan Rice was asked by CNN reporter Jim Acosta to explain the controversy surrounding her infamous Sunday show appearances
During his speech Thursday at the Texas Republican Party Convention, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) gave a warning to national Democrats who have put a lot of money and hope behind Wendy Davis, the Democrats nominee for Texas governor in an
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist George Will discussed President BArack Obama’s claim that the backlash over the Bergdahl swap was “whipped up” by republicans. Will said “When he says it’s whipped up, he means it’s
When the air conditioning broke in Game 1 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio on Thursday evening, LeBron James had trouble breathing. He eventually cramped, could not move his left leg, had to be carried to the bench, and
MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) — The suspect in the killing of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police was arrested unarmed early Friday, ending a massive manhunt that paralyzed much of an eastern Canadian city. “I’m done,” a witness said he told
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is in stable condition six days after being released from Taliban captivity, but he still has not spoken to his parents. According to Fox News, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said, “His health continues to
Police indicate that a gunman who used a shotgun to kill one and wound three on the Seattle Pacific University campus was stopped and subdued by a student who sprayed him with pepper spray, then tackled him to the ground.
On April 28, 1944, landing tanks carrying U.S. personnel and military equipment “converged in Lime Bay” to get into formation to storm the Slapton Sands for a D-Day rehearsal, Exercise Tiger. This rehearsal would cost 1,000 American lives. Warfare then
On June 5, in a bipartisan 78 to 17 vote, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Sylvia Burwell, Obama’s appointee for secretary of Health and Human Services. Despite a fast-tracked confirmation process with bipartisan support, all the likely GOP contenders
Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) threw down the gauntlet in a May 30, 2014 San Antonio Express News opinion piece “Common Core Controversy in Texas Distracting, Unneccessary” in which he declared
The Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW) had a message for the females in attendance at the Texas GOP convention: “We must be part of the fight!” Several members of the prominent group spoke to a large crowd of women on Thursday.
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), together with Representative Lois Capps (D-CA-Santa Barbara), are pushing legislation to allow families to petition a court to bar a “dangerous” individual from buying a gun and confiscate any guns said individual
FortWorth — In the first major go-round on the official opening day of the Texas State Republican Convention, a strong “Educating our Children”subcommittee resolution to stop Common Core in Texas was initially adopted into the party platform. The following resolution plank
Madrid’s city council yesterday approved a proposal to name a square after former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The local Madrid Diario reports that the council approved the name ‘Plaza de Margaret Thatcher’ for a previously unnamed public space situated
Today at the Texas GOP convention, Governor Rick Perry spoke to a large crowd of enthusiastic conservatives. He touched on a myriad of areas in which Texas has dominated on a national level, ranging from education, to energy, to the economy.
