The Federal Reserve’s holdings of publicly traded U.S. Treasury securities—federal government debt—pushed above $2 trillion for the first time last week, hitting approximately $2,001,093,000,000 as of Aug. 14, according to the Fed’s latest weekly accounting.
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Al Jazeera America is the most ambitious American television news venture since Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes started the Fox News Channel in 1996.
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A new study finds that a New York mother of two is eligible for $38,004 in welfare benefits–a sum more than the annual salary of a New York entry-level school teacher.
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The CRS, Congress’ non-partisan in-house think tank, compiled 82 deadlines that the Affordable Care Act mandates upon the first three years of its own implementation. Remarkably, it turns out that the White House has missed half of the deadlines legally required by the ACA. And some of those deadlines remain unmet to this day.
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President Obama has overseen a dramatic expansion of the regulatory state that will outlast his time in the White House…He famously signaled his intent to use the machinery of government to further his policy goals after the 2010 elections, declaring: “Where Congress won’t act, I will.”
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The Janczewski family is fighting the local school district in Rose, Michigan after it emerged that a male teacher molested their 8th grade son and then — unbelievably — six other teachers spoke out against the 15-30 year sentence the man received.
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An Australian student on a baseball scholarship in the US has been gunned down for “the fun of it”, in an alleged random shooting by three teenagers.
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If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches.
With no real accomplishments as Secretary of State and much to defend while she occupied that position, Hillary Clinton signaled her upcoming presidential campaign strategy in a grand opening speech in San Francisco last week.
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A state fair’s response to the uproar over a rodeo clown’s mockery of President Obama is creating an uproar of its own. Adding to the uproar, in ’94 a mask featuring President Bush was used. Find out what happened then.
A Georgia high school project that has sparked outrage among some students and parents will not be taken down, the district decided.
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The Congressional Budget Office last week released updated historical budget data for the federal government, reporting a deficit of $1.087 trillion in fiscal 2012. See how that compares to past years.
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The ruling from a federal judge could establish that an international consensus disavowing long-held traditional values could trump the U.S. Constitution.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee’s ranking member will launch an investigation into the Obama administration’s potentially illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens following revelations that the National Security Administration (NSA) violated legal boundaries imposed by Congress.
About 400,000 “Dreamers” have been allowed to stay in the United States in the year since the Obama administration began accepting applications for young illegal aliens to defer deportation proceedings and receive work permits.
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A Republican Congressman from New York recently turned to Fox News to issue a scalding criticism of President Obama for taking unilateral action to extend high speed Internet to virtually every school in America.
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President Obama used his weekly radio/YouTube address to tout the pending implementation of his signature health-care law and bash the GOP for threatening a government-shutdown, while Republicans used theirs to call for a delay in one of the Affordable Care Act’s controversial provisions, the so-called “individual mandate.”
A chain of Phoenix-area car washes that’s raised thousands for local charities, including numerous law enforcement agencies, found itself the target of a sweeping raid Saturday by law officers.
The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents.
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The Republican National Committee voted Friday to bar NBC and CNN from sponsoring GOP primary debates in the 2016 election, ramping up pressure to stop the networks from running programs focused on Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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A spinoff of the scandal-ridden community organizer group ACORN received more than $200,000 in federal housing grants despite a ban on money going to ACORN affiliates, watchdog organization Judicial Watch announced Thursday.
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Senate Conservatives Fund Executive Director Matt Hoskins said the organization is “preparing to launch a statewide media campaign in Kentucky to expose McConnell’s record on this issue and to persuade him to lead the fight.”
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Two Democratic senators warned Friday that a new report detailing thousands of instances in which the National Security Agency broke laws while spying was only “the tip of a larger iceberg” of surveillance violations.
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Three-quarters of Americans are now dissatisfied with the nation’s course, up from 68 percent in July.
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$2,001,093,000,000: Fed’s Ownership of U.S. Debt Breaks $2T for First Time
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyThe Federal Reserve’s holdings of publicly traded U.S. Treasury securities—federal government debt—pushed above $2 trillion for the first time last week, hitting approximately $2,001,093,000,000 as of Aug. 14, according to the Fed’s latest weekly accounting.
Al Jazeera America Promises a More Sober Look at the News
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Brian StelterAl Jazeera America is the most ambitious American television news venture since Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes started the Fox News Channel in 1996.
Study: NY Welfare Recipients Eligible for More in Benefits than Teachers Earn
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by WYNTON HALLA new study finds that a New York mother of two is eligible for $38,004 in welfare benefits–a sum more than the annual salary of a New York entry-level school teacher.
Unpublished CRS Memo: Obama Administration Has Missed Half Of Obamacare’s Legally Imposed Implementation Deadlines
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Avik RoyThe CRS, Congress’ non-partisan in-house think tank, compiled 82 deadlines that the Affordable Care Act mandates upon the first three years of its own implementation. Remarkably, it turns out that the White House has missed half of the deadlines legally required by the ACA. And some of those deadlines remain unmet to this day.
Regulation Nation: Obama Expands Regulatory State
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ben Goad and Julian HattemPresident Obama has overseen a dramatic expansion of the regulatory state that will outlast his time in the White House…He famously signaled his intent to use the machinery of government to further his policy goals after the 2010 elections, declaring: “Where Congress won’t act, I will.”
Staggering: Mich. Family Violently Targeted after Standing Against Teacher who Molested their 8th Grade Son
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Erica RitzThe Janczewski family is fighting the local school district in Rose, Michigan after it emerged that a male teacher molested their 8th grade son and then — unbelievably — six other teachers spoke out against the 15-30 year sentence the man received.
Police Reportedly Say Teen Shot Australian Student in Oklahoma for the ‘Fun Of It’ (+video)
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorAn Australian student on a baseball scholarship in the US has been gunned down for “the fun of it”, in an alleged random shooting by three teenagers.
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Warrantless Cellphone Searches
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Timothy B. LeeIf the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches.
Hillary Throws out the Tattered Race Card to Scare Up Support for her Tattered Record
/25 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ed Farnan and Richard GrenellWith no real accomplishments as Secretary of State and much to defend while she occupied that position, Hillary Clinton signaled her upcoming presidential campaign strategy in a grand opening speech in San Francisco last week.
After Obama-Mocking Rodeo Clown, Missouri Fair Now Requires ‘Sensitivity Training’
/11 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorA state fair’s response to the uproar over a rodeo clown’s mockery of President Obama is creating an uproar of its own. Adding to the uproar, in ’94 a mask featuring President Bush was used. Find out what happened then.
Georgia School to Keep Display Featuring ‘God is Dead’ Posters
/14 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsA Georgia high school project that has sparked outrage among some students and parents will not be taken down, the district decided.
It’s Official: 2012 Deficit Was $1.087T; $1T+ All 4 Yrs of Obama’s 1st Term
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyThe Congressional Budget Office last week released updated historical budget data for the federal government, reporting a deficit of $1.087 trillion in fiscal 2012. See how that compares to past years.
Judge Allows International Law to Trump US Constitution’s First Amendment Right to Criticize Homosexuality
/14 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe ruling from a federal judge could establish that an international consensus disavowing long-held traditional values could trump the U.S. Constitution.
James Inhofe Announces Intent to Investigate NSA Violations
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Adam KredoThe Senate Armed Services Committee’s ranking member will launch an investigation into the Obama administration’s potentially illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens following revelations that the National Security Administration (NSA) violated legal boundaries imposed by Congress.
In First Year of New Program, Deportation Is Deferred for 400,000 Young Illegal Aliens
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Rebecca KaplanAbout 400,000 “Dreamers” have been allowed to stay in the United States in the year since the Obama administration began accepting applications for young illegal aliens to defer deportation proceedings and receive work permits.
GOP Rep: Obama’s ‘Arrogant Disregard’ for ‘Voice of the People’ Has Founding Fathers ‘Turning in their Graves’
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Oliver DarcyA Republican Congressman from New York recently turned to Fox News to issue a scalding criticism of President Obama for taking unilateral action to extend high speed Internet to virtually every school in America.
Obama Blasts Government-Shutdown Threat; GOP Wants Individual-Mandate Delay
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Chris GoodPresident Obama used his weekly radio/YouTube address to tout the pending implementation of his signature health-care law and bash the GOP for threatening a government-shutdown, while Republicans used theirs to call for a delay in one of the Affordable Care Act’s controversial provisions, the so-called “individual mandate.”
Many 2016 Republican Hopefuls Agree: Defund ObamaCare
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Elise ViebeckMany Republicans who are eyeing a run for president in 2016 are backing an all-or-nothing plan to defund ObamaCare.
ICE Agents Raid Arizona Car Wash Chain
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Greg BotelhoA chain of Phoenix-area car washes that’s raised thousands for local charities, including numerous law enforcement agencies, found itself the target of a sweeping raid Saturday by law officers.
NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year, Audit Finds
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Barton GellmanThe National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents.
GOP Votes to Bar CNN, NBC from Hosting Primary Debates
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Seth McLaughlinThe Republican National Committee voted Friday to bar NBC and CNN from sponsoring GOP primary debates in the 2016 election, ramping up pressure to stop the networks from running programs focused on Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Judicial Watch: Feds Give Housing Grant to ACORN Affiliate Despite Federal Ban
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Michal CongerA spinoff of the scandal-ridden community organizer group ACORN received more than $200,000 in federal housing grants despite a ban on money going to ACORN affiliates, watchdog organization Judicial Watch announced Thursday.
Conservative Group Comes Out Against Mitch McConnell
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alex PappasSenate Conservatives Fund Executive Director Matt Hoskins said the organization is “preparing to launch a statewide media campaign in Kentucky to expose McConnell’s record on this issue and to persuade him to lead the fight.”
Democrat Senators Warn That NSA Violations ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Sean LengellTwo Democratic senators warned Friday that a new report detailing thousands of instances in which the National Security Agency broke laws while spying was only “the tip of a larger iceberg” of surveillance violations.
Summer Dystopia: 75% of Americans Unhappy with Nation’s Direction
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by Alissa TabirianThree-quarters of Americans are now dissatisfied with the nation’s course, up from 68 percent in July.