LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated PressNEW YORKThe brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge
Mitt Romney, speaking in northern Virginia, energized the crowd by referring to the imminent decision on ObamaCare that is due from the Supreme Court tomorrow: “My guess is they’re not sleeping real well at the White House tonight; that’s the
The Congressional Black Caucus plans to walk out of the House tomorrow when the contempt-of-Congress vote on Attorney General Eric Holder is taken. Apparently, they have scheduled a meeting at 10 a.m. to discuss the walkout and urge other Democrats
US regulators sued hedge fund billionaire Philip Falcone for fraud Wednesday, accusing him of taking $113 million from a fund to pay his taxes. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Falcone, who raked in billions betting against packaged mortgage
Nearly two in three Americans think President Barack Obama is better suited than Republican rival Mitt Romney to deal with an alien invasion, according to a survey released Wednesday. National Geographic Channel contacted 1,114 adults across the United States last
The NRA is putting pressure on the White House and members of Congress when it comes to Thursday’s House vote on contempt against Attorney General Eric Holder. In a letter to the House, Chris Cox, NRA-ILA Executive Director, said the
Operation Fast & Furious was a program in which the ATF pressured gun shop owners to sell guns to straw purchasers, knowing there was a high probability they’d land in the hands of drug cartels. They made no effort to
The Department of Justice tried to prevent Florida and its Governor, Rick Scott, from removing non-citizens from its voter rolls, asking for a restraining order and arguing that removing non-citizens would be a violation of the National Voter Registration Act.
Local CBS affiliates are reporting that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) won’t be returning imminently, one day after he took a leave of absence for “exhaustion.” According to sources close to Jackson, he’s “facing a serious health challenge.” Staffers don’t
I challenge everyone in this country to go one day without breaking the law. The obvious tests would be not to exceed the speed limit, grab a single grape and pop it in your mouth at the market, or log
President Obama has had a bad June. You know that because the Democrats and the Left are already providing a laundry list of recriminations to explain a defeat in November: SuperPAC money, the European economy, a conservative Supreme Court, the
Stockton, California became the largest city to seek bankruptcy protection on Tuesday night. According to the AP, “the economic downturn, soaring pension costs and contractual obligations” left the city so in debt that they could not come to terms with
When speaking about a $1 trillion reform–whose price tag has at least doubled–it seems silly to use the term “nickels and dimes.” But the “savings” part, as designed, would offset only a small fraction of the additional spending component. Those
From the time that the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Fast & Furious really gained the public eye in December 2011, via the Holder Hearings, accusations that the focus on the Attorney General were politically motivated have been legion. Even
The desperate Obama campaign e-mails are coming fast and furious these days. Today, Julianna Smoot, the Deputy Campaign Manager, drew the short straw. Mitt Romney, she warned, would win “If we’re drastically outspent”: Benjamin — If we’re drastically outspent in
The city of Stockton, California, America’s 65th largest city, has filed for bankruptcy. While the media presents Stockton as a sad case of a city economy damaged by the real estate market and frivolous spending on various public works projects,
Tomorrow, at around 10:30am EDT, the Democrat-left-media complex will launch the most aggressive and sustained attack on the institution of the Supreme Court in the history of our Republic. When the Court throws out at least some portion of ObamaCare
The Senate, capitulating to pressure applied by Barack Obama, has settled on a deal on student loans and sent it to the House for approval, where conservative House Republicans have the numbers to tank the proposal. Obama has been courting the youth
No, Mr. Obama, the House is not going to adjourn for the July 4 break so you can claim that they are abandoning America. The Democrats in the House attempted to use a rule governing floor debate to instigate a break for
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Steve Israel’s message is clear to an increasing number of Democrat candidates who want to win in November: stay away from the Democrat’s national convention. Joe Manchin, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and Rep. Nick Rahall
Democrat Utah Representative Jim Matheson broke ranks and will vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt. Mr. Holder has refused to cooperate with the Oversight Committee on Operation Fast & Furious. “It just compounds the tragedy when both
As the U.S. House of Representatives votes to find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the natural question becomes: now what? Legal precedent lays out a step-by-step process, and Holder’s latest gambit suggests he knows of a loophole
A few of the numbers from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal/NBC poll have gotten plenty of media attention, especially those numbers that look good for Obama. Buried deep in the poll, though, is bad news for both Obama and his media
The “death” of the tea party has been greatly exaggerated. Five-term Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) was defeated last night by Jim Bridenstine, a conservative with strong support from local tea party activists. It was the first time in 18 years
(AP) Stockton official: Mediation with creditors failsBy GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated PressSTOCKTON, Calif.In opting to become the nation’s largest city to seek federal bankruptcy protection, this river port of 290,000 took a rare financial step of last resort after struggling with the
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama said if the Supreme Court struck down Obamcare on Thursday, such a decision would, according to a Financial Times account, send the country “backwards” and Americans did not want to “re-fight” healthcare. At a campaign
With one Facebook post, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin changed the healthcare debate, putting Obamacare supporters on the defensive while galvanizing Tea Party opponents of it by crystallizing what the fight was about in two words: “death panels.” In another
From Fox News: NEW YORK – Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., emerged victorious Tuesday in what may have been the toughest race of his political career. Rangel won the Democratic primary for the seat he has held since 1971 against state
(AP) Presidents approve college football playoffRALPH D. RUSSOAP College Football WriterWASHINGTONCollege football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead. A committee of university presidents on Tuesday approved the BCS commissioners’ plan for a four-team playoff to
By KEVIN FREKING and PAUL FOYAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITYSen. Orrin Hatch won the GOP primary in Utah on Tuesday, handily turning back a challenge from tea party forces hoping to jolt the Republican Party again by defeating an incumbent who
A common joke is that, in the future, Republicans will have to find as many minorities to be on stage with them as possible while Democrats will have to do the same with whites. As the country becomes more diverse
Based on a recent Gallup poll that found President Barack Obama with a 66 percent to 25 percent lead over Mitt Romney among Hispanics, liberals prematurely celebrated not only winning the Hispanic vote this election year by wide margins but
Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner, who has just written The American Spirit: Celebrating the Virtues and Values that Make Us Great, recalled how the late Jack Kemp, whose infectious optimism was one of his inspirations, was one of the GOP’s best messengers.
The iconic Oreo cookie is getting a Gay Pride rainbow makeover, at least in a new Facebook ad campaign. Oreo, which is owned by Kraft Foods, posted on its Facebook page a controversy-stirring ad featuring an Oreo cookie stuffed with
Stung by criticism–from both Republicans and Democrats–of their “dinner with Barack” fundraising contests, Barack and Michelle Obama have decided to call it quits. But the leader that senior strategist David Axelrod calls the “black Jesus” is planning to have just
A new report out Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that American businesses and workers took a beating in 2010. A few of the lowlights: Total employment in 2010 dropped 2.5 million workers The number of U.S. businesses in
By DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated PressWASHINGTONA federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming, handing down perhaps the most significant decision on the issue since a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse
President Barack Obama is campaigning against a Republican Congress he is trying to blame for his policy failures. However, his campaign’s co-chair may have revealed Obama and Democrats’ true intentions by making a so-called “Kinsley gaffe” in which someone mistakenly
By MIKE BAKERAssociated PressOLYMPIA, Wash.President Barack Obama’s campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year’s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate. Thousands of attorneys and support staffers have agreed to aid
In a dramatic reversal, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted unanimously today to reinstate Teresa A. Sullivan as President of the University of Virginia. It was a stunning political comeback for President Sullivan, who earlier in the month had
