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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The owner of sustainable farm in Texas claims a SWAT team came onto her property “under the guise that we were doing a drug trafficking, marijuana-growing operation” and ended up taking more than 20,000 pounds of material and allegedly violated personal rights.
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American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC), which is organizing the march, claims Muslims nationwide have been the victims of anti-Islamic bigotry in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on American soil.
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Heritage Action for America CEO Michael Needham on Thursday cast House Republicans as gutless for backing down on Obamacare and the farm bill.
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The government finally has admitted that Area 51 — the Shangri-La of alien hunters and a sturdy trope of science-fiction movies — is a real place in the Mojave Desert about 100 miles north of Las Vegas.
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Dozens of illegal aliens at Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina are pushing for changes to a policy that requires them to pay out-of-state tuition.
An Army soldier and father, active in his Baptist Church, was shot 12 times as he charged Maj. Nidal Hasan, it was revealed Thursday during Hasan’s court-martial.
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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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A city of Portland ordinance that prohibits carrying loaded guns in public places does not violate a person’s right to bear arms, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled in a ridiculous decision.
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An 18-year-old accused of killing a bicyclist with his car has had a vehicular manslaughter charge upgraded to murder in part because he boasted about speeding on Twitter, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden began to download NSA secrets describing the U.S. government’s electronic spying programs while he was working for Dell Inc in April 2012, almost a year earlier than previously reported, according to U.S. officials and other sources familiar with the matter.
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The Pentagon has unveiled a range of initiatives to curb sexual assault in the ranks and tackle what military leaders have described as a “crisis” of confidence which prevents victims coming forward.
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Conservatives are plotting an aggressive push during the last two weeks of August to boost the controversial effort in Congress to oppose spending bills this fall that contain funding for Obamacare.
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The Treasury Department’s Financial Management Service (FMS), which publishes both the federal government’s official Daily Treasury Statement and its official Monthly Treasury Statement, is reporting that in July the federal government ran a deficit of $98 billion while the fed’s debt clock stayed frozen at the same number.
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Is the New York Times being guest edited by Rush Limbaugh? Today it runs with a fascinating takedown of the Clinton Foundation.
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Three more weapons from Fast and Furious have turned up at crime scenes in Mexico, CBS News has learned, as the toll from the controversial federal operation grows.
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The truth about Sean Hannity’s loss of his nightly slot on Fox News has finally come out. And it may shock you.
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If you happen to send an email to one of the 400 million people who use Google’s Gmail service, you shouldn’t have any expectation of privacy, say the attorneys for Google.
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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.
Texas ‘Garden of Eden’ Owner Claims SWAT Raided Her Property Under ‘Guise’ of a Drug Bust and Took 20,420 Pounds of Material (+video)
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Liz KlimasThe owner of sustainable farm in Texas claims a SWAT team came onto her property “under the guise that we were doing a drug trafficking, marijuana-growing operation” and ended up taking more than 20,000 pounds of material and allegedly violated personal rights.
Blowback: Group Planning 9-11 Million Muslim March on DC Blasted (+video)
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by FoxNews.comAmerican Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC), which is organizing the march, claims Muslims nationwide have been the victims of anti-Islamic bigotry in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on American soil.
Heritage Action CEO Calls Out House GOP
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Matt FullerHeritage Action for America CEO Michael Needham on Thursday cast House Republicans as gutless for backing down on Obamacare and the farm bill.
Government Now Admits There IS an ‘Area 51’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Richard LeibyThe government finally has admitted that Area 51 — the Shangri-La of alien hunters and a sturdy trope of science-fiction movies — is a real place in the Mojave Desert about 100 miles north of Las Vegas.
DOJ Seeks to Block Bernanke Testimony
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Associated PressGov’t says Bernanke should not have to testify in AIG case absent extraordinary circumstances.
Illegal Aliens Protest for Tuition Benefits (+video)
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Heather WaligaDozens of illegal aliens at Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina are pushing for changes to a policy that requires them to pay out-of-state tuition.
Hero Soldier Who Charged at Fort Hood Gunman was Shot 12 Times Before Dying
/18 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsAn Army soldier and father, active in his Baptist Church, was shot 12 times as he charged Maj. Nidal Hasan, it was revealed Thursday during Hasan’s court-martial.
NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year, Audit Finds
/2 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.
Oregon Supreme Court finds Portland Law Prohibiting Loaded Guns in Public Places Constitutional
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Helen JungA city of Portland ordinance that prohibits carrying loaded guns in public places does not violate a person’s right to bear arms, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled in a ridiculous decision.
Calif. Man’s Charge Upped to Murder after Boasting about Speeding on Twitter
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressAn 18-year-old accused of killing a bicyclist with his car has had a vehicular manslaughter charge upgraded to murder in part because he boasted about speeding on Twitter, prosecutors said Thursday.
Snowden Downloaded NSA Secrets While Working for Dell, Sources Say
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Mark HosenballFormer intelligence contractor Edward Snowden began to download NSA secrets describing the U.S. government’s electronic spying programs while he was working for Dell Inc in April 2012, almost a year earlier than previously reported, according to U.S. officials and other sources familiar with the matter.
Hagel Announces New Measures to Try to Stamp out Sex Assaults in the Military
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by Karen McVeighThe Pentagon has unveiled a range of initiatives to curb sexual assault in the ranks and tackle what military leaders have described as a “crisis” of confidence which prevents victims coming forward.
FreedomWorks Makes Big Anti-Obamacare Push
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by BURGESS EVERETTConservatives are plotting an aggressive push during the last two weeks of August to boost the controversial effort in Congress to oppose spending bills this fall that contain funding for Obamacare.
Feds Ran another Massive Deficit but Obama’s Debt Clock Stays Frozen at $16.7 Trillion
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyThe Treasury Department’s Financial Management Service (FMS), which publishes both the federal government’s official Daily Treasury Statement and its official Monthly Treasury Statement, is reporting that in July the federal government ran a deficit of $98 billion while the fed’s debt clock stayed frozen at the same number.
NY Times Takes Down the Bill Clinton Foundation, Devastates Hillary’s Chances at POTUS
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tim StanleyIs the New York Times being guest edited by Rush Limbaugh? Today it runs with a fascinating takedown of the Clinton Foundation.
Fast and Furious Toll Grows as More ATF Guns Found in Mexican Crime Scenes
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by SHARYL ATTKISSONThree more weapons from Fast and Furious have turned up at crime scenes in Mexico, CBS News has learned, as the toll from the controversial federal operation grows.
The Leftward Lurch of Fox News Revealed in the Promotion of Pro-Gay Kelly, Dismissal of Hannity
/44 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jim GallowayThe truth about Sean Hannity’s loss of his nightly slot on Fox News has finally come out. And it may shock you.
Google Says Users of Gmail Should Expect that Others Will Have Access to Their Email
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Paul SzoldraIf you happen to send an email to one of the 400 million people who use Google’s Gmail service, you shouldn’t have any expectation of privacy, say the attorneys for Google.