House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-California, urged Congress to avoid what he characterized as "catastrophic cuts to our military." "Support our troops (and) support our national security," he declared on the House floor. Democrats accused their Republican …
Shucks. Maybe we’ll have to keep paying the electric bill after all. Archaeologists, excavating the ninth-century Maya complex of Xultun in Guatemala, say they have found what may have been a workspace for the town’s scribe. Paintings on the walls, they report, appea …
Legislation that would give workers broad protection from the prying eyes of employers was introduced in both houses of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday. Both bills would make it illegal for employers to force workers or candidates to divulge social media passwords, similar to legi …
Minnesota congresswoman and former US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is now a citizen of Switzerland. Mrs Bachmann, 55, is eligible for dual citizenship through her husband, who is of Swiss descent, a spokeswoman said. A three-term Republican, Mrs Bachmann went through …
After signing a 10-year lease and spending more than $80 million on a site envisioned as the United States’ diplomatic hub in northern Afghanistan, American officials say they have abandoned their plans, deeming the location for the proposed compound too dangerous. E …
The release of the monthly jobs report seems as good a time as any to step back and take stock of the state of the presidential race, as the economy is surely the most important variable at play. I’ve been saying for a while that President Obama is ahead, and that remains …
There’s a growing chorus arguing that Obama has an electoral college advantage. The underlying assumption is that the race is close nationally and yet Obama seems poised to secure well over 300 electoral votes. In my view, that argument is misguided for a simple reason: the …
All Americans would benefit if political leaders in both parties set aside bravado, and insisted on a thoughtful, understated foreign policy conversation. That said, the recent criticism of President Obama seems impervious to a political climate that he did not create, and to the …
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Many people — atheist and theist, religious and irreligious — support the idea of teaching comparative religion classes in public schools. Such classes are already taught in most colleges and universities, so it's not as though there is a lack of materials and experie …
The U.S. Secret Service put 11 employees on administrative leave Saturday as a congressman briefed on the situation gave details of the presidential security group's night with "presumed prostitutes" ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to a Colomb …
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations of misconduct by agents who had been sent to Cartagena, Colombia, to provide security for President Obama’s trip to a summit that began there Friday. Edwin Donovan, an agency spokesman, said that an unspecified num …
The advice out of Illinois to Good Samaritans this week is clear enough: however well-intentioned you are, don’t offer a ride to 13-year-olds. Never — or almost never. An Illinois man made that mistake on March 2, when he saw two 13-year-old girls walking home in c …
I just had to seed this after reading the article. MURRIETA, Calif., March 29, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Yesterday, a trial court in Riverside County, California, heard arguments why the prosecution's case should be dismissed in the case of People v. Brett Coronado. Advo …
Sixty-nine percent think the U.S. should not be involved in the war in Afghanistan, up from 53 percent as measured by CBS in November. A Washingtona Post poll conducted before the killings, but after burned Qurans were found at Bagram Air Base and after American soldiers were cau …
[I]rrationality on policy issues transcends party lines and cuts across groups that feel differently about the president. Taken all together, the issue polling compiled so far in the 2012 cycle presents a sharp corrective to the candidates' description of the race as a great deba …
When the propaganda arm of the Republican party admits that there is a war on women voters, it’s time to accept that the recent attacks on women’s rights are not coincidental, that they are, in fact, an orchestrated political strategy. Sally Kohn of Fox News writes
The Wisconsin House was supposed to talk jobs and the economy but they ended up arguing about social issues. The first bill to pass was an anti-abortion bill that bans private insurance companies from covering abortion as part of the health insurance exchange as set up by the Aff …
Question: What’s the cost to a company of one disgruntled former employee? Answer: About $2 billion if it’s Goldman Sachs. That’s how much of the bank’s market value was wiped out after one of its directors, Greg Smith, resigned from the company and penn …
If you endorse or support a campaign of hate and discrimination through a vote, a sign, speech, or other, then you are immoral. Persecution of and inequality for the poor, women, LGBTs, ethnic minorities, non-Christians, or anyone for that matter is immoral. If you endors …
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A proposed law in Arizona could give employers the right to fire women who use birth control. The bill, which sailed right through the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee, grants employers the right to ask for proof that contraceptives are being taken for non-contraceptive r …
By now, most people have heard of the Wisconsin GOP’s efforts to label single parenthood as a form of child abuse. There’s no basis in the claim, of course, and is simply another way to shame women (who comprise the majority of single parents) for not existing within …
NJ Governor and professional YouTube screamer, Chris Christie, is renowned for his shout fests and reaching a bluto-like level of rage at town halls.
The Kansas House of Representatives is considering an anti-abortion bill introduced by Republican Rep. Lance Kinzer, that would make it drastically more difficult for women to have the procedure.
Rush Limbaugh has been a poison on America for a couple decades now.
BREAKING NEWS FROM WISCONSIN: The Democratic National Committee isn't investing in the massive get out the vote effort in Wisconsin to recall Scott Walker. Wisconsin is ground zero for Democrats this summer—and there are only three weeks before Election Day—which is why this …
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-California, urged Congress to avoid what he characterized as "catastrophic cuts to our military." "Support our troops (and) support our national security," he declared on the House floor. Democrats accused their Republican …
Mainstream Republicans afraid Ron Paul’s steady accumulation of delegates will cause chaos at their national convention in Tampa just received a terrifying preview of what a worst-case scenario might look like. In Oklahoma on Saturday, Paul supporters and Romney supporte …
For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University.A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate wit …
Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.
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