GAO Finds Rampant Waste in $18B Federal Job-training Program
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) study, commissioned by Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.), is questioning the federal government’s $18-billion job training program. ...
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Ave Maria Univ. Mulls Dropping Student Health Plans Over ObamaCare
Only days after Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, announced that it was terminating its student health insurance program, officials at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida, are voicing...
Sen. John McCain Huddles With Dems Over Campaign Finance Reform
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is huddling with Senate Democrats to launch a joint effort to enact campaign finance reform. McCain told The Hill that he had "been having discussions...
Franciscan University Drops Student Health Plans Over ObamaCare
Franciscan University, a Catholic school in Steubensville, Ohio, announced Tuesday it will be terminating its student health insurance program, thanks to ObamaCare’s contraception mandate and new costs stemming from...
Obama Blames Media For “Sensationalizing” Negative Press
President Obama honed in on the media Monday during his commencement address at Barnard College, railing against the "steady stream of sensationalism and scandal" that typically drive up ratings....
Gov. Jerry Brown Asks California Voters to Support Tax Hike
California Governor Jerry Brown is calling for higher taxes as lethargic economic growth has left his state in fiscal turmoil. Brown also mentioned that California would have to implement...
Obama Administration Announces $5M Alternative Fuel Program
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced earlier this week a $5-million initiative "to help expand the use of alternative fuel vehicles,” including electric cars. ...
House Republicans: HHS Has Become “Too Big to Control”
The HHS has adopted a “too-big-to-control” model that is wasting billions of taxpayer dollars, House Republicans said Wednesday. By Brian Koenig ...
New Border Patrol Plan Lacks Adequate Performance Measures
Performance measures for a new U.S. Border Patrol strategy have not effectively been established, a federal auditor said Tuesday. ...
George Soros, Democratic Donors Contribute Millions to Super PACs
Prominent liberal donors, including financial guru George Soros, are ramping up efforts to support Democratic congressional nominees and President Obama’s reelection effort, doling out up to $100 million to...
Eric Holder Invokes George Zimmerman Case in Speech to Detroit NAACP
Eric Holder invoked the George Zimmerman case during a speech before the NAACP’s Detroit chapter on Sunday. ...
Japan Without Nuclear Power For the First Time Since 1970
Japan’s nuclear power woes could spur an electricity crisis that will likely cause severe power shortages this summer. ...
HHS Provides Misleading Presentation to Tout ObamaCare Benefits
A newly leaked HHS PowerPoint presentation provides public speakers with a simplified tool to educate Americans on how ObamaCare works. ...
CBP Director: U.S.-Mexican Border Areas Are Among the Safest in U.S.
Areas on the U.S. side of the southwest U.S.-Mexican border are “some of the safest communities in America,” says CBP Director Gene Garza. ...
AG Secretary Tom Vilsack Uses Farm Bill to Support Obama’s Reelection
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says spending cuts proposed by House Republicans are creating an obstacle for passage of a new farm bill. ...
Study Finds Wind Farms Contribute to “Local” Warming
Despite being hailed as a leader in "green" innovation, wind farms might cause a warming effect on local climates, concluded a new study released Sunday. ...
Labor Department Withdraws New Rules on Farm Labor
Last Thursday the Department of Labor withdrew a regulation proposed last September that would have imposed stringent rules on farm labor. ...
ObamaCare Backers Tout $1.3B in Consumer Rebates; Mum on Premium Costs
Millions of employers and health insurance policyholders will collectively receive $1.3 billion in rebates this year, as part of President Obama’s healthcare reform law, a research group reported Thursday....
U.S. Oil Company Offers Guaranteed, American-Made Gasoline
As turmoil in the Middle East endures, and as gas prices linger just below the $4-a-gallon mark, one U.S. oil company is offering a rather ambitious guarantee: "There is...
Obama Courts Young Voters With Student Loan Debt Plan
As President Obama and his GOP presidential rivals continue to pound the campaign trail, the grave issue of student loan debt has come under the spotlight. In what critics...