The Obama Administration is putting forth a public service announcement trumpeting a plan from the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development Departments to promote “the Obama Administration’s broad strategy to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, stabilize the country’s housing market, and
If you’re in debt, and someone says they will offer you a sum of money but then will take the same sum of money away, nothing has changed, and you’re still in debt, correct? Tell that to Sen. Bob Corker,
Scientists from Yale and Harvard named a newly identified species of extinct lizard Obamadon gracilis in honor of President Obama. A team of scientists wrote a study examining how an asteroid strike 65 million years ago led to the extinction
This afternoon, Breitbart News sat down with Sen. Jim DeMint, in advance of his exit from the Senate to take the reigns at the Heritage Foundation. Our conversation primarily focused on the future of the conservative movement and the immediate
A top GOP legal adviser to several House and Senate Republicans says the Republican National Committee’s newly formed panel to study the GOP’s failed 2012 election strategy must focus on rooting out cronyism among the party’s consultant class. “Until Chairman
This week, Jeffrey Zeints, Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner in which he pled for a huge chunk of cash, supposedly to help the victims
Do you remember when you first registered as a Republican, and the fine print asked if you hated immigrants, gays, lesbians, and women in general? Remember how it also asked if you would help beat up Muslims? Maybe you don’t
US Google users on the prowl for erotic images needed to be more explicit on Thursday after the search engine was tuned to avoid delivering porn in results for “ambiguous” queries such as “boobs.” An adjustment to Google search rolled
Susan Rice, the US envoy to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state, after fierce opposition from Republicans, NBC News reported Thursday. Rice, who is close to President Barack Obama, had
If the White House and Congress fail to reach a budget deal to avert the fiscal cliff, the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program will be slashed by 10%, affecting 6.9 million households that rely on federal assistance to pay
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke conceded there were limits to how much the central bank can stimulate the country’s economy. Despite this, Bernanke announced the Federal Reserve will purchase $85 billion dollars in bonds every month until the
The Census Bureau has released figures showing that by 2043, non-whites will outnumber whites in America. As Barack Obama won 78% of the non-white vote in 2012, the Republican Party is contemplating how to make its message of conservatism appeal
According to the American Tort Reform Association, California tops the nation’s list of “judicial hellholes,” claiming the top slot from Philadelphia. ATRA makes its judgments based on ridiculous lawsuits being greenlit by judges and backed by juries: No significant signs
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the the failure of Congress and the White House to reach an agreement on a budget deal has already harmed the economy by lowering consumer confidence and discouraging businesses from making investments
An eye-opening report contends that an 18-member group made up of the world’s most powerful central bankers–five of whom hail from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)–conducts six meetings a year to fashion a “high-stakes experiment” to avert global economic
Even as residents flee the state — and take their tax dollars with them — California has continued to engage in deficit spending. This has resulted in the state’s budget deficit for the first five months of the fiscal year increasing to $2.7 billion, bringing the
Did House Speaker John Boehner lie to the American people during a Thursday morning press conference when he denied the existence of a secret spreadsheet scorecard list allegedly involved in his purge of conservatives from House committee leadership positions? Breitbart
Maryland Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the counterweight from the left to House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, said he thinks House Speaker John Boehner is delaying on fiscal cliff negotiations so as he can get re-elected as Speaker
On Wednesday, Patrick Moran, the son of Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence for beating up his girlfriend in public. The Washington City Paper described the incident: Moran and his girlfriend were fighting
House GOP leadership has a new spin as of late Wednesday on why they purged conservatives from influential House committees: “It was an a**hole factor.” Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, a conservative himself but also a member of the House
Will Lansing’s union-supporting Mayor and the Unions work to bring the criminal element that caused the mayhem at the anti-right-work rally to justice? That’s the question that’s going to be asked today at a press conference at the scene of
While the country worries about whether the White House and Congressional leaders will agree to a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama has spent more time socializing this holiday season than negotiating with Republicans on Capitol
Almost every day, President Obama meets with some new slice of the American public to pitch his side in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Business leaders, unions, governors, state lawmakers, etc. have all been courted as part of Obama’s push for
On Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told the House Republican Conference to not make plans for Christmas because of the impasse in the budget negotiations. CBS News reported Republicans leaving the meeting with Boehner said the House Speaker’s remarks
On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Democrats would not agree to raising the age for Medicare eligibility. Pelosi first wrote an op-ed in USA Today to argue raising the Medicare eligibility age would be “unfair”: Yet in
Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said again Wednesday she has no plans to make a second bid to be America’s first woman president. However, in good diplomatic fashion Clinton, who remains the most popular figure in the Obama cabinet,
US senator-elect Elizabeth Warren was nominated Wednesday to be a member of the Senate Banking Committee, where the prominent consumer advocate will have influence over laws affecting the finance industry. Warren, a Harvard professor who made her reputation defending Americans
(AP) US futures mixed ahead of jobs, retail reportsNEW YORKStock futures are mixed ahead of a busy day for economic indicators. Dow Jones industrial futures are up 5 points to 13,235. The broader S&P futures have fallen 1.3 points to
(AP) Election over, administration unleashes new rulesBy MATTHEW DALYAssociated PressWASHINGTONWhile the “fiscal cliff” of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business groups see signs of a “regulatory cliff” that they say could
(AP) Bank repossessions hit 9-month high in NovemberBy ALEX VEIGAAP Real Estate WriterLOS ANGELESU.S. home repossessions rose to a nine-month high in November, even as the number of homes starting on the path to foreclosure declined to the lowest level
(AP) Leading conservative says Obama will win tax fightWASHINGTONA leading conservative who’s resigning from the Senate is predicting that President Barack Obama will win the battle over raising taxes. South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint calls it “a political trophy” within
It’s becoming quite clear that liberals are stonewalling on entitlement cuts while conservatives are caving on higher taxes for the wealthy. Barack Obama said yesterday that the Republicans would cave, asserting that he was “confident”: I’m pretty confident that Republicans
The cap-and-trade credits that the California government expected to sell for a hefty profit sank like a stone. When the California Resources Board held its first auction of the credits late last month, they projected an ultimate $1 billion profit.
