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Rep. Issa Probes DOE’s $730 Million Loan to Russian Steelmaker
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is probing a $730 million conditional loan commitment to Severstal, a Russian company operating mainly in the...
PETA Sues SeaWorld for Enslaving Killer Whales
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is asking the U.S. District Court in San Diego to grant constitutional rights to killer whales who perform at marine parks....
Sens. Coburn, Webb Question U.S. Aid to China
China has the world's second-largest economy and grew at more than 10 percent last year, yet Congress continues to dole out foreign aid to a country that holds more...
Former Lobbyist Joins Obama’s 2012 Reelection Campaign
The Obama campaign announced Monday that former lobbyist and veteran Democratic attorney Broderick Johnson will serve as senior adviser to the President's 2012 reelection team. Before founding a communications...
RomneyCare Subsidizes Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants
Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is now under fire for a provision in his 2006 healthcare law commonly known as RomneyCare that allows illegal immigrants...
Stimulus Project in Oregon Hired Only Foreign Workers
An investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has confirmed that more than seven million dollars in federal stimulus money went to an Oregon forestry project...
California First State to Enact Cap-and-trade Program
California has enacted the nation’s first cap-and-trade program, designed to provide financial incentives to companies to help curb greenhouse-gas emissions. After an exhausting eight-hour meeting last Thursday with union...
Michigan Considers Food Stamp Recipients’ Assets in Anti-fraud Test
In moving to combat in-state welfare fraud, Michigan is requiring food stamp recipients to provide information on their assets to determine whether they should continue to qualify for benefits....
Rand Paul: Time to Repeal No Child Left Behind
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, is moving to combat the ninth reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), currently...
Washington, D.C. Surpasses San Jose as Wealthiest Metro Area
While high unemployment persists and the U.S. economy remains stubbornly flat, Washington, D.C. now hails as the nation’s wealthiest metropolitan area, according to new data from the Census Bureau....
Solyndra’s Bankruptcy and the Failure of 19th-century Steam Subsidies
The social and economic upheavals caused by environmental subsidies, as seen in the demise of Solyndra and other energy companies, are devastating but not unpredictable after-effects. Over decades, and...
Obama Bus Tour Intersects Two Key Electoral States
President Obama is venturing to charm American voters this week during an East Coast bus tour that will intersect parts of North Carolina and Virginia. Beginning Monday, the three-day...
UCLA Ponders Co-ed Dorm Rooms for “Transgenders”
In an effort to "better accommodate transgender students," the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is flirting with a new campus experiment to accept co-ed dorm room assignments...
National Health Service Corps Nearly Triples in Size in 2011
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC), a federal program that administers scholarships and loan repayment programs to government-approved medical professionals, has nearly tripled in size, the U.S. Health and...
Chicago Union Leaders Double Dip on Pensions
Tom Cross (left) the House Republican leader in the Illinois legislature, filed a bill Wednesday to probe a "charitable interpretation" of state law that granted at least eight Chicago...