Obama Repeals ObamaCare (+video)
Under pressure from Senate Democrats, the President partly suspends the individual mandate.
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Widow of American Teacher Gunned Down in Benghazi has Surprising Message for Husband’s Attackers (+video)
The widow of the American teacher who was slain in Benghazi says she forgives the attackers that gunned down her husband earlier this month.
New York Times *Finally* Tells its Readers: Obamacare is Awful for the Middle Class
Ginger Chapman and her husband, Doug, are sitting on the health care cliff. The cheapest insurance plan they can find through the new federal marketplace in New Hampshire will cost their family of four about $1,000 a month, 12 percent of their annual income of around $100,000 and more than they have ever paid before.
Warren Buffett Reaps Crony Capitalist Billions from Gov Bank Bailouts
When most panicked during the financial crisis, Warren Buffett invested, reaping more than $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. But he apparently did so with knowledge that his investments would be backed by the feds . . .
Harry Reid: Boehner Will Cave In On Immigration Reform Next Year (+video)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) believes Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will negotiate on comprehensive immigration reform next year, despite his declarations to the contrary.
CBO Shows Top 40% Pay More than 100% of Taxes
The Congressional Budget Office has published a study, The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2010, which shows that the top 40 percent of income earners paid 106.2 percent of total federal income taxes, while the bottom 40 percent paid -9.1 percent.
Federal Judge: Right to Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Deeply Rooted in Nation’s History and Implicit in The Concept of Ordered Liberty’
Judge Robert J. Shelby, whom President Barack Obama appointed to the U.S. District Court in Utah last year, issued an opinion on Friday declaring that a right to same-sex marriage is “deeply rooted in the nation’s history and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.”
Oil Industry Starts Push to End Ban on Exports of Crude Oil
The oil and gas industry is seizing on recent comments by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to push for an end to the United States’ 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.
Three US Military Aircraft Hit In Southern Sudan, 4 Wounded
Gunfire hit three U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country’s military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded in the attack in the same region where gunfire downed a U.N. helicopter the day before.
Federal Judge Deals Another Blow to ObamaCare Contraceptive Mandate
A federal judge granted an injunction this weekend that prevents the government from enforcing the ObamaCare mandate requiring religious groups across the country to provide insurance that includes access to the morning-after pill and other contraceptives.