Gallup Poll: 58% of Americans Oppose All or Most Abortions
With the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell in full swing, a new Gallup poll of Americans nationwide find well over half oppose all or virtually all abortions.
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Janitors Claim Discrimination Due to Lack of Spanish Translations
A group of Spanish-speaking custodial workers in Colorado have filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver discriminated against them by failing to provide Spanish translations.
Grassley: Democratic Senator Baucus Retiring Because of Obamacare Trainwreck
Democratic senator Max Baucus is retiring because he is “fed up” with the Affordable Care Act, according to his Republican colleague Chuck Grassley.
IRS Knew Tea Party Was Being Targeted In 2011: Report (+video)
Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general’s report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner.
Over 500 Pounds of Explosives Stolen from Montana Federal Storage Facility
Around the same time the nation was transfixed on the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers last month, thieves on the other side of the country pulled off a little-noticed heist. Read more here.
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S.
GOP Ready to Push Benghazi Case Into 2014, Beyond
Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats’ early favorite for president in 2016.
ACLU Finally Figures Out What Restoring Liberty Has Been Saying for Months: All Emails, Facebook Messages are Under FBI Surveillance
According to new documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, government officials may not always obtain warrants when they snoop through our emails, Facebook messages, and other electronic communications — and the FBI apparently doesn’t even believe it’s legally required to do so.
Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Center of Turkish Town Near the Syrian Border
Two powerful car bombs killed at least 43 people in this town near Turkey’s border with Syria on Saturday, transforming downtown office blocks into smoldering husks in one of the deadliest attacks on Turkish soil in at least a decade.
Koch Sponsors Pro-Amnesty Buzzfeed Event (+video)
An event touting itself as an evening of immigration reform discussion with a “diversity of opinion” turns out to be slanted heavily towards “comprehensive immigration reform.”