The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its revised assessment of the first quarter of 2014’s Gross Domestic Product and revised it down to -1%. The initial assessment said the economy had at least grown, but only by .01%. Real gross
On Wednesday’s “Your World” on the Fox News Channel, talk show host Montel Williams attacked President Barack Obama for his handling of the Veterans Administration hospital scandal, particularly Obama’s rhetoric lacking an apology. “I am angry, my friend,” Williams said.
On CNN’s Wednesday broadcast of “Crossfire,” Dr. Ben Carson, author of “One Nation” went toe-to-toe with former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) and former Obama campaign adviser Stephanie Cutter over remarks he made back in March likening the communication of public
On Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Wednesday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol criticized President Barack Obama on the heels of a speech he gave at the U.S. Military Academy earlier in the day. Kristol’s criticism was based on the view
So-called whistleblower Edward Snowden stated in an interview with “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams that aired on NBC on Wednesday that an intelligence service in the National Security Agency with “significant funding and a real technological research team can tell
In an appearance on Sean Hannity’s radio show on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that senior Israeli officials, he had spoken with, which included Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unanimously believed that “the current deal being negotiated by the Obama
Late Wednesday night at a House hearing involving the Veterans Administration hospital waitlist scandal, retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA) broke down in tears as he was questioning VA Department officials. Cook choked up when he was
In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” on Wednesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized President Barack Obama for the matter of which he said Obama had weakened the United States’ ability to wield influence around the world. “I
On May 27 almost 40 people were killed after Al-Shabab militants raided “a village between Ethiopia and Somalia.” Al-Shabab is an “Al-Qaeda-linked” group of militants. According to Voice of America (VOA), the local Somali governor said “27 pro-government militiamen and
Wednesday night at a House hearing on the Veterans Administration hospital wait list scandal, Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) pressed Veterans Administration Department officials about their refusal to turn over documents to the committee. At one point Roe asked Dr. Thomas
Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) hammered Veterans Affairs officials Dr. Thomas Lynch, Joan Mooney and Michael Huff about their lack of cooperation in turning over all the documents requested in the committees subpoena.
On May 28 Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Democrats “may offer” gun control amendments to the Commerce, Justice, Science spending bill this week in response to Elliot Rodger’s Santa Barbara attacks. Rodger stabbed three people to death in a
On May 26 Iranian “commander Sardar (General) Abdullah Eskandari… was killed on Monday in clashes in Damascus.” News of his death was announced on Iranian state-run television and reported by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
Wednesday on the House floor, Del. Eni Faleomavaega, (D) of American Samoa, slammed the the Redskins owners Dan Snyder for refusing to change the “racial slur” team name. The non-voting house member blasted the NFL for not punishing Snyder like
Scout Willis is putting her star power behind the #FreeTheNipple campaign. Willis, daughter of actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, strolled around Manhattan Tuesday sans shirt. She later published photos of herself during the walk on Instagram, a social media
It wouldn’t make much sense to cite Enron’s annual reports after word broke that the books were being cooked. Similarly, it doesn’t make much sense to cite VA wait times when the veracity of that data is (and has been)
On Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer offered his thoughts on President Barack Obama’s graduation speech at the U.S. Military Academy earlier in the day. According to Krauthammer, the speech was self-serving, which
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously smacked down the Illinois Supreme Court in President Barack Obama’s home state for violating the Fifth Amendment. Almost always the Supreme Court chooses to take a case (called granting a writ of certiorari) from a
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Nogales, Arizona recently sealed a tunnel used by cartels to transport drugs and weapons from Mexico to the U.S. According to the Latin Post, it took six trucks full of cement to seal the tunnel on
Maya Angelou died at her North Carolina home on May 28, but not without leaving us with her poetry, her writings, and at least one account of her love for guns. According to the Chicago Tribune, Angelou told TIME magazine
When many think of professional sportsmen, they often think of their flashy suits, big cars, and their large entourage of followers. But many players understand they are in a serious business. Evidence of that is the newest must hire for
BBC News reports the Mehsud faction has split from the Pakistani-Taliban over “un-Islamic” practices. According to the BBC: The rift comes after a month of infighting in which dozens of fighters from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed. The powerful
CNN’s international experts gave a lackluster review to President Barack Obama’s foreign policy speech he gave at West Point on Wednesday. CNN International anchor and correspondent Jim Clancy said the address “was not really a great speech” given where the
Coal miners in Donetsk came out in support of the pro-Russian forces in charge of “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) at a rally led by self-proclaimed leader Denis Pushilin. Donetsk is in the Donbass region, which is the industrial area of
The family of Sgt. Issac Sims, a brain-injured Iraq War veteran with PTSD who was killed over Memorial Day weekend by Kansas City Police after he pointed a gun at them during a standoff, told KCTV that delays in their
