Senate Votes to Block Obama’s Controversial DOJ Civil Rights Nominee
In a surprisingly strong vote, the Senate on Wednesday blocked President Barack Obama’s controversial choice to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
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Administration Offers 2-Year ObamaCare Extension for Canceled Health Plans
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will let people keep health insurance plans that would otherwise be out of compliance with ObamaCare for another two years, in a delay Republicans portrayed as an election-year ploy.
Top Generals Identify Major Shortfalls In Nation’s Defense Capabilities
The nation’s top military commander painted a dark picture Tuesday of future U.S. defense capabilities clouded by shrinking Pentagon budgets and adversaries’ technological advances that he said would erode American battlefield superiority.
Putin Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Russian President Vladimir Putin will appear on the Nobel committee’s agenda for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, possibly alongside several Russian dissidents.
Unlikely GOP Tax Plan the Result of Changing Politics
The tax reform plan from Michigan Rep. Dave Camp was unimaginable as a Republican document just a few years ago, the result of a shifting political landscape that has seen the triumph of President Obama’s tax message and the influence of conservative populism.
Dem Says GOP Would Back Abortion ‘If Their Daughter Got Pregnant by a Black Man’
An Alabama Democrat with a history of making incendiary racial remarks claimed that Republicans wouldn’t oppose abortion “if their daughter got pregnant by a black man.”
Former VP Candidate Paul Ryan: ‘I Can’t Believe We Lost to These Guys’ (+video)
When Republican Mitt Romney said in one of the 2012 presidential debates that Russia was America’s greatest “geopolitical adversary,” he was right, said Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney’s running mate.
Hillary Clinton Compares Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler (+video)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday compared recent actions by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Ukraine to those implemented by Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s.
President Obama’s Foreign Policy is Based on Fantasy
FOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality.
3rd-Graders Caught Smoking Pot In Sonora School Bathroom (+video)
Three third-grade students at a Sonora elementary school were busted for smoking pot in the school’s bathroom last week.