Utah Nurse Waives Lawsuit, Settles for $500,000 in Patient Privacy Case
Members of the media covering the settlement of a nurse who was roughly treated by police after she refused to allow them to draw blood from an unconscious patient...
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Users of Chicago “Crime Guns” Not Original Purchasers
According to the 2017 Gun Trace Report 95 percent of guns used in the commission of gun violence in Chicago were originally purchased by someone other than the perpetrators...
U.S. Economy Continues to Surprise to the Upside
One measure of how the U.S. economy continues to exceed expectations is the Economic Surprise Index published by Citigroup, which is used to measure how the economy compares to...
49ers Football Team Donates $500,000 to Anti-gun Push
Not content with losing its first eight games of the season (a franchise record low) or winning just seven out of its last 40 games, the San Francisco 49ers...
Pence Announces Plans to Withdraw Funding From Some UN Agencies
Vice President Mike Pence, addressing the In Defense of Christians’ Solidarity Dinner in Washington on Wednesday night, announced the Trump administration’s plan to bypass the UN when funding relief...
U.S. Economy Powers Through Hurricanes, Beats Forecasts With Three-percent Growth in Third Quarter
A strong economy is overriding economic turbulence, including the damage and unemployment from hurricanes, historical concerns about the 2018 midterms, and lower local and state government spending. ...
Combined Social Security Spending for 2017 Tops $1 Trillion for First time
In the near future, payments made by Social Security to recipients will likely drop precipitously, to the great astonishment of those who still think Social Security is keeping their...
Aramco CEO Not Worried About American Frackers
Saudi Aramco CEO Armin Nasser said he isn’t at all worried about American frackers, since they are only going after easily accessible oil, but Big Oil has figured out...
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake Calls it Quits, Blames Trump
Arizona’s junior Republican Senator Jeff Flake announced to the Senate on Tuesday that his service in the Senate will conclude at the end of his term in January 2019....
Trial Begins for Illegal Immigrant Who Killed Kate Steinle
The trial of Mexican immigrant JosĂ© Inez GarcĂa Zárate for shooting Kate Steinle in July 2015 began Monday morning in San Francisco. At issue will be only whether Zárate...
Democrat Party Donations Falling Behind
Rich liberal Democrat donors aren’t donating. At the end of September, the Democrats had just $7 million in their checking account, while the Republicans are sitting on $44 million....
Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson Owes the American People an Apology
The Democratic Representative from Florida's 24th District, Congressman Frederica Wilson, owes the American people an enormous apology. ...
Venezuela Falling Behind on Its Payments, Putting Maduro’s Regime in Jeopardy
As many have predicted, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's inability to make principal and interest payments on his government's debt is threatening his regime. ...
Treasury Department: $666 Billion Deficit; Sixth-highest in History
The federal government ran a deficit of $666 billion in 2017, reported the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday, thanks mainly to increases in budget items that supposedly can’t be...
Sen. Paul Votes No on GOP Budget Resolution, Supports Tax Cuts “for All”
Paul’s vote against the GOP-backed budget resolution, which maintains the big-spending status quo, indicates that the senator is willing to go against his party's leadership, even if it means he...
Maduro Blocks Opposition, Is Kept in Power by Banks and Marxist Allies
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro banned elected opposition mayors from taking office, replacing them with allies. His regime is supported by big banks and other countries such as Russia and...
Many Surprises in Latest Jobless Claims Report
There are several surprises in the Department of Labor's new jobless claims statistics, pointing to an improvement in the economy. ...
Trump Waffles on Ending ObamaCare Subsidies to Insurance Companies
For a moment there, it looked like the president was going to follow through on his promise to cut off the illegal and unconstitutional ObamaCare subsidies to health insurance...
Missing Las Vegas Security Guard Shows Up on DeGeneres Show
Jesus Campos, the security guard who was Stephen Paddock’s first shooting victim on Sunday night, October 1 in Las Vegas, was interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres for her show to...
Dow Crosses 23,000 for the First Time in History
The Dow hits another new high, raising expectations, and concerns, about its future. ...