Court Orders CIA to Acknowledge Drones
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must acknowledge whether an armed drone program exists, a federal appellate court ruled on Friday.
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North Dakota Passes Most Restrictive Abortion Bills In Nation
North Dakota’s Senate passed a pair of anti-abortion measures Friday that are considered to be the most restrictive in the nation. Read what the bills prevent, and what kind of protections are offered pre-born babies with potential genetic defects.
Insecure Social Security: House Oversight Committee Investigating Fraud And Waste In Social Security Program
Fraud could be a major reason that the number of people enrolled in Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) has risen so dramatically over the past 10 years.
Interior Chief: Shell ‘Screwed Up,’ Must Improve To Resume Arctic Affort
Royal Dutch Shell “screwed up” in 2012 during its troubled efforts to begin oil exploration off Alaska’s coast, and must improve planning and contractor oversight before regulators will let it return.
Senate Democrats Would Increase Taxes — And The National Debt
Before Wednesday it had been more than 1,400 days since Senate Democrats had produced a federal budget. After only a few hours of Senate Budget Committee testimony, it quickly became apparent why they waited so long.
LA Times Says Conservative White Men Worse Than Terrorists, Monitoring Needed
According to an op-ed at the Los Angeles Times, conservative white men who support the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms are worse than international terrorists and need to be monitored by the federal government.
RNC to Revamp GOTV Operations
The Republican National Committee is moving forward with a comprehensive overhaul of its antiquated voter turnout operation, including a focus on fixing a collection of broken state parties. Alaska is probably at the top of its list.
The Axis of Torpor: Against Waging War as an NGO.
The Turks call Israel a “crime against humanity” and threaten a cultural and demographic takeover of Europe, the Pakistanis are ramping up nuke production to sell to any loon in town — and those are just our “allies.” Yet another must-read Mark Steyn column.
Video: Former Secret Service Agent Refuses To Take Bullet For Obama On Ending White House Tours
The White House is now backing away from Obama’s lie that ending White House tours was the Secret Service’s call, but he can’t unsay it.
President Obama’s Naive Foreign Policy Unravels As A “Tiny Country” Threatens Us With Nukes
Obama is now feverishly trying to deploy the very missile shields he cancelled 4 years ago. Yet another example of Obama’s utter incompetency. Read about it here.