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Texas Doctor Charged With $375-Million Healthcare Fraud
A Texas doctor was arrested Tuesday for allegedly "selling his signature" to process nearly $375 million in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims in a scheme that was carried on...
Huffington Post Urged to Apologize For Anti-Catholic Hate Screed
Saying "Mexican" rather than "Hispanic," asserting that the majority of welfare recipients are black, or suggesting that most terrorists are of Muslim descent are remarks often characterized as racist...
Federal Programs Waste Tens of Billions of Dollars Every Year
As duplicative and wasteful federal programs go unreformed, a report published Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) affirms that the government is wasting "tens of billions of dollars"...
Regulators Plan to Mandate Rearview Cameras in Cars by 2014
Federal regulators are proposing more intervention in the U.S. automobile industry, as new safety regulations would require automakers to furnish all new vehicles with rearview cameras by 2014. The...
Deportations Plummet Under Obama’s New Immigration Policy
President Obama’s efforts to tighten the leash on U.S. immigration enforcement have caused a sharp drop in the number of deportations, according to a report by the Syracuse University...
Religious Broadcasters Urge IRS Probe of Media Matters
Media Matters has come under fire after the Daily Caller exposed the liberal watchdog group for accepting a $50,000 grant to monitor and probe religious outlets. The Christian Post...
Report: Obama Used Earmarks to Promote Controversial Legislation
According to a new report by The Heritage Foundation, the White House handed out "administrative earmarks" to Democratic legislators to sway them to vote for major legislative efforts such...
Obama’s Tax Proposal Targets Growing Portion of His Base
President Obama’s 2013 budget and proposed tax increases have been construed as a direct assault on the wealthy Republican class. But according to past election analyses, and despite the...
Third-Year Anniversary of $787B Stimulus Scores a Grave Milestone
Last Friday marked the third-year anniversary of President Obama’s $787-billion economic "stimulus" law — and it scored a rather grim milestone: The unemployment rate held steady above eight percent...
Obama Calls for Corporate Welfare During Boeing Plant Visit
In concluding his three-state, three-day tour on Friday, President Obama made a flashy appearance at Boeing’s aircraft assembly plant in Washington State, where he touted the manufacturing accomplishments of...
Sens. Burr and Coburn Unveil Medicare Reform Bill
In a move that is fated to incite political mutiny, Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla., left) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) unveiled a bold Medicare reform proposal on Thursday that would...
Another Fed-Backed Solar Company Goes Bankrupt
Adding to the growing list of failed "green" energy companies, another solar firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday in hopes of selling off its solar power subsidiaries...
Nearly 2 Million Deceased U.S. Citizens Still Registered to Vote
As the 2012 election nears, a report published by the non-partisan Pew Center on the States asserted that nearly two million deceased Americans are still registered to vote, while...
FBI Pursues Social Media Surveillance to Gather Intelligence
In a formal "request for information," the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asked software companies for a digital tool that would systematically scan the entire social media realm to...
World Bank Report Shows Big Government Reduces Economic Growth
A new report published by the World Bank has come to a spellbinding conclusion: High government spending and large public sectors substantially diminish economic growth. In fact, a slew...