Bob Goodlatte: Obama administration to blame for spike in asylum requests
By STEVE CONTORNO | 08/21/13 05:25 PM
The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee accused the Obama administration Wednesday of not doing enough to prevent the growing number of foreigners entering the United States by seeking asylum. In a...
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Washington is saddling future generations with debt, but how do we fix that?
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/21/13 04:20 PM
Americans know the national debt is growing and will hit future generations, especially millenials. But when Washington shifts focus to every squirrel that runs by (gun control, global warming, abortion, etc.), it becomes...
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President Obama still claims the NSA is not spying on Americans
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/21/13 03:50 PM
Accessing 75 percent of all U.S. Internet traffic apparently doesn?t count as snooping on the American public in the White House.
Read More... VIDEO: ?Carlos Danger? releases Spanish campaign ad
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/21/13 03:15 PM
Anthony Weiner may have angered some Hispanics for using the online alias ?Carlos Danger? during his sexting escapades, but the New York Mayor hopeful is looking to build his campaign support with a Spanish language...
Read More... Julian Assange: ?There will be a thousand more Bradley Mannings?
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/21/13 03:10 PM
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange predicted that ?there will be a thousand more Bradley Mannings? in a statement on the sentencing of his source for one of the broadest national security leaks in U.S. military history.
Read More... BlackBerry?s fall, and why big business hates the free market
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 08/21/13 02:40 PM
Do you wonder why big business often lobbies for more regulation? Why the champions of any given industry are the most willing to embrace big government?
Read More... NLRB suffers latest recess appointment-related setback
By SEAN HIGGINS | 08/21/13 02:30 PM
Federal Judge Benjamin Settle ruled on Aug. 13, that National Labor Relations Board general counsel Lafe Solomon was unconstitutionally appointed to his position. It was the latest example of the judicial branch pushing...
Read More... Bradley Manning: Pardon me President Obama!
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/21/13 02:20 PM
Pfc. Bradley Manning wants President Obama to pardon him after he was sentenced to prison today for leaking government secrets to Wikileaks. Shortly after he was sentenced to 35 years in prison, Manning?s attorney...
Read More... White House: Obama?s Trayvon Martin comments apply to Christopher Lane
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/21/13 02:10 PM
President Obama?s spokesman described the murder of Australian baseball player Christopher Lane in Oklahoma as a ?pretty tragic case,? saying that Obama?s comments after the Trayvon Martin case apply to Lane.
Read More... Sarah Palin: ?Duck Dynasty? is what Americans ?desire and deserve? in politics
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/21/13 01:35 PM
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin loves the Duck Dynasty fever sweeping America, suggesting that Republicans turn to the famous family to find their way through the political wilderness. ?[I]t?s time our...
Read More... The NRCC?s online war on Obamacare
By CONN CARROLL | 08/21/13 01:30 PM
If you live in Flagstaff, Ariz., or Fayetteville, N.C., and you Google the term ?How do I enroll in Obamacare?? the top result you?ll see is for howobamacareworks.org, a link that will direct you to...
Read More... Camille Paglia: Hillary Clinton ?disqualified herself? from presidency with Benghazi spin
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/21/13 11:50 AM
Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should have resigned after the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, according to feminist author Camille Paglia, who believes that Clinton...
Read More... Mark Levin blasts ?French Republicans? for surrendering Obamacare fight
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/21/13 10:05 AM
Conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin ridiculed the moderate Republicans in leadership Wednesday night, on Sean Hannity?s Fox News show.
Read More... Morning Examiner: The day amnesty died
By CONN CARROLL | 08/21/13 08:05 AM
Conservative talk radio may not have killed amnesty this time around, but it definitely helped liberals realize they?ve already lost.
Read More... Reuters: Obamacare spurring shift to part-time workforce
By PHILIP KLEIN | 08/21/13 07:55 AM
A one-year delay in the employer mandate is not changing the trend of businesses limiting the number of employees in their workforce and shifting more employees to part-time in response to President Obama?s health care...
Read More... Ted Cruz calls out Obama campaign ?astroturf? at Defund Obamacare event
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/21/13 07:45 AM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Heritage Action held a town hall Tuesday night in Dallas, Texas to promote the campaign to defund Obamacare. As two men stood up to protest Cruz?s speech, the crowd stood and chanted USA...
Read More... Waiting on Clinton: Dem presidential contenders defer to the ?inevitable? nominee
By REBECCA BERG | 08/21/13 07:15 AM
In 2008, many of her fellow Democrats believed Hillary Clinton was the ?inevitable? Democratic presidential nominee. But the hype around her fell flat. Looking forward to the 2016 presidential race, many still...
Read More... A retirement village for tyrants?
By MICHAEL BARONE | 08/20/13 07:25 PM
A leader (that?s British for editorial) in tomorrow?s Telegraph, entitled Be gentler to dictators, takes off from the murder indictment of Pakistan?s former President Pervez Mushharaf and argues that dictators should...
Read More... Darrell Issa: John Kerry just proved Hillary Clinton?s Benghazi probe was PR stunt
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/20/13 05:30 PM
Secretary of State John Kerry reinstated the four officials Hillary Clinton put on leave after the Benghazi terrorist attack, thus proving that Hillary Clinton?s Accountability Review Board was a ?public relations...
Read More... I?m closest to an economist I?ve never heard of
By MICHAEL BARONE | 08/20/13 04:50 PM
The estimable economic blogger Megan McArdle links to a website that will tell you, after you?ve responded to 105 (!) economics questions, which famous economist you are most similar to.
Read More... State Department: No firings ?warranted? by Benghazi mistakes
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/20/13 04:45 PM
No one should be fired for the mistakes that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens in a Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, according to a...
Read More... DC government deals blow to Uber, consumers
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/20/13 03:35 PM
Taking a cab in Washington, D.C. will continue to be a frustrating experience more often than it should, thanks to the District of Columbia Taxi Commission.
Read More... 39 percent of unemployed workers have been out of work longer than 27 weeks
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/20/13 02:05 PM
Of the 12.2 million Americans who were unemployed as of December 2012, 39 percent (4.7 million) had been out of work for 27 weeks or more, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.
Read More... 15 Canadian things that Ted Cruz should also renounce
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/20/13 01:28 PM
Ted Cruz made headlines Monday after he indicated that he would renounce his Canadian citizenship. ?Nothing against Canada, but I?m an American by birth and as a U.S. senator, I believe I should be only an...
Read More... Morning Examiner: Another failed Ted Cruz hit piece
By CONN CARROLL | 08/20/13 12:45 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had been in office all of one month before The New York Times gave former-restaurant critic Frank Bruni 1,000 words to attack him as??The G.O.P.?s Nasty Newcomer??in the Sunday...
Read More... Ted Cruz ally: Team Rand raising questions in Iowa about Cruz?s eligibility (Updated)
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/20/13 12:35 PM
Allies of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in Iowa have begun raising questions about whether Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, qualifies for president under the Constitution, according to an in-state political operative who supports the...
Read More... Conservative reform and its critics
By CONN CARROLL | 08/20/13 12:10 PM
Ross Douthat recently diplomatically and cogently critiqued the libertarian populism vision for the future of the Republican Party.
Read More... Obamacare?s design assumes insurance is a bad deal for younger population
By PHILIP KLEIN | 08/20/13 10:00 AM
Whether or not President Obama?s health care law succeeds depends in large part on a simple question of economic decision-making: Will a critical mass of younger and healthier Americans decide to purchase insurance next...
Read More... Unemployment up, revenues miss expectations, as tech stalls out in California
By CONN CARROLL | 08/20/13 09:55 AM
Unemployment in California rose to 8.7 percent in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as growth slowed in the state?s tech sector.
Read More... Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who?s the wealthiest of them all?
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/20/13 09:30 AM
It?s no secret that members of Congress are wealthy, but who?s the wealthiest? The top spot goes to the congressional watchdog who?s been leading the investigations on Benghazi and the IRS, Rep. Darrell Issa,...
Read More... Karl Rove: Joe Biden will challenge Hillary in 2016
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/20/13 07:30 AM
Karl Rove predicted on Fox News Monday evening that Vice President Joe Biden would challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. Host Bill O?Reilly referred to a Wall Street Journal...
Read More... Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship: ?Nothing against Canada, but I?m an American by birth?
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/20/13 07:30 AM
Ted Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship, Monday, after a report in the Dallas Morning News suggested he technically had duel citizenship as he was born in Canada to an American mother. ?Assuming that is true, then...
Read More... Solved! The ?mystery? of Duck Dynasty?s success
By MARK TAPSCOTT | 08/20/13 07:05 AM
It got a bigger audience than ?Mad Men?s? fifth-season premiere. It topped ?Breaking Bad?s? opening number this year. And it left ?The Good Wife?s? finale in the dust. ?It? is, of course, the...
Read More... Political Capital: The sordid intersection of business and government
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 08/19/13 04:55 PM
The game is rigged against the little guy and in favor of the big guy. Government does most of the rigging.
Read More... Union leader slams Obama?s ?war on coal?
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/19/13 03:50 PM
Union leaders are joining the growing chorus of opposition to the ?war on coal? being waged by President Obama through the Environmental Protection Agency.
Read More... Who needs work when there?s welfare?
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/19/13 03:35 PM
Federal welfare benefits pay more than minimum wage jobs in 35 states, according to a new report from the Cato Institute.
Read More... Standard procedure in DC becomes ?corrupt practices? overseas
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 08/19/13 03:25 PM
I?m confused. Federal investigators are looking into potential corruption by Citibank because the bank hired family members of top government officials, potentially ? get this ? to help them get favorable treatment...
Read More... Brookings scholar defends NSA surveillance, contra Washington Post
By MICHAEL BARONE | 08/19/13 03:20 PM
Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution, writing in the New Republic, strongly defends the NSA surveillance program. He has read through the documents and argues that the two August 15 recent Washington Post stories...
Read More... Postal Service?s financial plan: Make Medicare pay our bills
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/19/13 02:05 PM
United States Postal Service?s have a plan to escape the cost of their retiree pension plan, according to a new government report, but it comes at the expense of the already-embattled Medicare program. ?The primary...
Read More... Monday meme: Rodeo clown
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/19/13 02:00 PM
Read More... Obama?s high-speed rail plan suffers huge loss in California court
By CONN CARROLL | 08/19/13 01:00 PM
President Obama?s signature infrastructure project suffered a huge defeat Friday, when a Sacramento Country Superior Court judge ruled that the California High Speed Rail Authority has failed to comply with essential...
Read More... HHS offering cash prizes for pro-Obamacare videos
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/19/13 12:50 PM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has just released a new program for a video promotional contest for Obamacare. The HHS has teamed up with a group called ?Young Invincibles? for a contest that will...
Read More... Teneo: Where the Clinton crew seamlessly blends politics and getting rich
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 08/19/13 11:40 AM
One reason Hillary Clinton lost the 2008 primary was the liberal distaste for the corporatism, cronyism, K Street coziness, and flat-out corruption that defined Bill Clinton?s presidency and Hillary Clinton?s Senate...
Read More... Ted Cruz endorses Ashton Kutcher?s Teen Choice Award speech
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/19/13 08:50 AM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is a big fan of Ashton Kutcher after the actor gave a speech about opportunity and hard work after he won the ?Ultimate Choice Award? at the Teen Choice Awards last week. ?Remarkable...
Read More... Morning Examiner: The RNC?s war on clowns
By CONN CARROLL | 08/19/13 08:25 AM
When the Republican National Committee voted Friday not to sponsor debates with NBC and CBS if they went ahead with biopics of former-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the GOP panel framed the decision as an attack on...
Read More... Poll: ?Duck Dynasty? star Willie Robertson should not run for Congress
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/19/13 08:20 AM
A new poll shows that a majority of Louisiana voters indicates that they are happy with ?Redneck Millionaire? Willie Robertson exactly where he is ? and not in Congress. As the Washington Examiner?s Paul Bedard...
Read More... Obama played over 27 hours of golf during his vacation
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/19/13 07:45 AM
So how did President Obama spend his vacation? ABC?s Mary Bruce calculates some of the numbers as the president heads back to the White House this week including over 27 hours on the golf course. President Obama played...
Read More... If Hillary is a lock, what?s a Democrat to do? Campaign for veep
By BYRON YORK | 08/19/13 06:29 AM
Even though Sen. Amy Klobuchar is a decidedly long shot in her party?s sweepstakes, her trip to Clear Lake over the weekend marked a beginning for Democrats in Iowa.
Read More... Robert Gibbs: Hillary Clinton is taking a risk by playing politics so quickly
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/18/13 08:20 PM
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is risking her current popularity by stepping into the political ring earlier than necessary, according to former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. ?I, as a...
Read More... AFL-CIO to make major unionization push in Texas
By SEAN HIGGINS | 08/18/13 07:50 PM
Texas was the very first state in the union to pass a ?right to work? law making it illegal for union contracts to mandate that all of a company?s workers join a union or at least pay dues to one.
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