Jesse Jackson Jr. Agrees to Plea Deal, Faces Five Years in Jail
On Friday, prosecutors formally charged former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) with illegally spending campaign funds, making false statements, and wire frauds. Jackson reportedly has reached a plea...
View ArticleTaxpayers Spent $14K to Send NJ Transit Workers to Super Bowl
The New Jersey Transit Corporation spent over $14,000 to send four of its employees to the Super Bowl in New Orleans to scout out transportation and security in advance of next year’s big game at...
View ArticleObama: Chicago Has Its Own Newtown Every Four Months
Speaking in Chicago Friday, President Barack Obama pointed out the high number of murders in that city last year included 65 persons under the age of 18, which is "the equivalent of a Newtown every...
View ArticleRangel Proposes Bills to Reinstate Draft, Require Women to Sign Up
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) wants to bring back the military draft and require women to register for the Selective Service.On Friday, Rangel reintroduced the so-called “draft bill,” known officially as...
View ArticleSessions: Jack Lew 'Complicit' in Violation of Medicare Law
The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the senate budget committee, sent out a statement claiming that Jack Lew, former White House Chief of Staff and current Treasury Secretary...
View ArticleCould a New Leak Detection Technology End the Pipeline Debate?
Spawned in space, the latest in pipeline leak detection systems can save lives, save the industry money, and has the potential to do the unthinkable: bring environmentalists and industry leaders...
View ArticleObama Pushes Gun Control in Chicago
On Friday, February 15, President Obama visited Chicago in order to highlight his new gun control proposals.Obama's visit came only days after the funeral of Hadiya Pendleton, a teen who was killed...
View ArticleProtestors Wear Obscene Shirts to Cuccinelli Book-Signing
On Saturday, Virginia’s Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, was signing copies of his new book, The Last Line of Defense, at a local Barnes and Noble in Tysons Corner. However, for the adults and...
View ArticleObama Reverses Course, Leaks Own Immigration Plan: 'Dead on Arrival,' Says Rubio
President Barack Obama reversed course on Saturday, preparing an immigration reform bill that was leaked to USA Today and that would allow illegal immigrants to become full permanent residents within...
View ArticleDNC Vice Chair Brazile Tolerates Maher's Antisemitic Rant on Hagel
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel may not enjoy wide national support, but he has the strong support of America’s antisemites, if HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maheris any indication. And leading Democrats, like...
View ArticleWhy I Became a Gun Rights Advocate
"Think of the children.” I’ve heard that a lot lately, or variations thereof. One woman recently chided me on Twitter with the following: “Imagine if you had kids! Think about others instead of...
View ArticleBreitbart's Ben Shapiro Replaces Karl Rove as CA GOP Convention Keynote
Breitbart News editor-at-large Ben Shapiro will give a keynote address at the California Republican Party convention this March, taking the spot previously scheduled for Karl Rove. According to the...
View ArticleSEC Investigating Possible Insider Trading in Heinz Buyout
In one of the fastest enforcement actions ever filed for suspicious trading, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen a Swiss trading account that turned a $90,000 options play into $1.7...
View ArticleSpeculation Mounts Obama May Offer Keystone Pipeline-Carbon Tax Deal
Canadian Financial Post editor Terence Corcoran recently suggested that President Barack Obama may be preparing a deal to approve the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast in exchange for...
View ArticleDems Ready to Take the House in 2014
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is trying to stir up confidence among House Democrats for 2014, claiming that they are in better shape than...
View ArticleObama Golfs With Tiger, No Press Allowed
Enjoying his long Presidents Day vacation without the ball and chain, President Obama spent Sunday at The Floridian golf course in Palm Beach, Florida. There, Golf Digest got the scoop that one of his...
View ArticleIowa Gov. Branstad to Rove: 'Stay Out'
Republican Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told Karl Rove to keep his new super PAC, which some conservatives believe was created to wage war on them, out of Iowa's Republican primaries. "I basically told...
View ArticleRep. Price (R-GA) Attacked for Endorsing Rove Primary Involvement
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), who is considering running for Senate in Georgia, drew the ire of conservatives this weekend when he indicated on Friday he may not have a problem with Karl Rove's super PAC...
View ArticleChicago Police Superintendent: Gun Owners 'Corrupt'
Just days after saying the gun laws in Chicago aren't strict, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy alleged that gun rights groups are corrupt on a Feb. 17 morning radio program in Chicago.He...
View ArticleAmericans for Prosperity Set to Clash Against Rove's Super PAC
Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group that has fiercely supported free market principles and embraced the Tea Party movement, is considering getting involved in Republican primaries next...
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