NSA to Release Spying Statistics
The Obama administration plans to release statistics that could shed light on the scope of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs.
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Test Reveals Facebook, Twitter and Google Snoop on Emails’: Study of Net Giants Spurs New Privacy Concerns
Facebook, Twitter and Google have been caught snooping on messages sent across their networks, new research claims, prompting campaigners to express concerns over privacy.
Obama: Sex Ed for Kindergartners ‘Is the Right Thing to Do’
The Chicago Public Schools this year are mandating that the district’s kindergarten classes include sex education, fulfilling a proposal President Barack Obama supported in 2003 when he served in the Illinois state senate and later defended when he ran for president in the 2008 election cycle.
Feds Forced Churches to Get Baptism Permits
For as far back as anyone can remember, Missouri Baptists have gathered on river banks for Sunday afternoon baptisms.
Court: White House Visitor Logs for Obama and Most of His Staff are Confidential
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that White House visitor logs for the president and most of his staff are not public information subject to disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.
Pentagon Can’t Afford Syria Operation; Must Seek Additional Funds
The U.S. military, struggling after defense cuts of tens of billions of dollars, will be unable to pay for attacks on Syria from current operating funds and must seek additional money from Congress, according to congressional aides.
Sen. Mark Begich Vows Obamacare Will Never Be Repealed (+video)
Sen. Mark Begich stated this week at an Anchorage town hall that Obamacare will never be repealed.
Police Storm Homeschool Class, Take Children by Force
Four children, ages 7 to 14, have been forcibly taken from their Darmstadt, Germany, home by police armed with a battering ram, and their parents have been told they won’t see them again soon, all over the issue of homeschooling, according to a stunning new report from the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Justice Ginsburg to Officiate at Same-Sex Wedding
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will officiate at a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first for a member of the nation’s highest court.
Ocean Plume from Japan Nuke Disaster Will Reach U.S. by 2014
Within three years of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown that was triggered by a tsunami in Japan in March 2011, the radioactive ocean plume resulting from the disaster will reach the shores of the United States, researchers say.