Kaine’s Call for Vote on Bombing Worries Senate Colleagues
Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has called for a congressional vote on U.S. military strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ...
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Legal Theory Emerges for Obama Rewrite of Immigration Law
As President Obama ponders his options for executive action on immigration reform, a rationale has emerged for the defense of such action. ...
Ex-Im Bank Now Hot Issue in Congressional Campaigns
You might not be able to tell the Right from the Left, or the Tea Party favorites from "mainstream" Republicans, without a scorecard in the late-blooming controversy over the...
Rand Paul Calls “Gung Ho” Hillary a War Hawk
Rand Paul has not yet announced he's running for president, but he is all but daring the Democrats to nominate "war hawk" Hillary Clinton for a race he predicts...
Obama’s About-face on Ex-Im Bank Recalled
President Barack Obama, who once called the U.S. Export-Import bank "little more than a fund for corporate welfare," urged business owners Saturday to press members of Congress to renew...
Sen. Paul Questions $8M to Fight “Terrorism” in Fargo, N.D.
In the nearly 13 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, there has not been a single reported incident of terrorism in Fargo, North Dakota. ...
Bergdahl Swap Broke Law, and Obama Isn’t Stopping There
The Obama administration violated a "clear and unambiguous law" in exchanging Guantanamo prisoners for Army Sgt. Bergdahl, says a General Accounting Office report, and he isn't stopping there. ...
More Than 1/3 of Americans in Households Receiving Federal Welfare
More than a third of Americans were living in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded 'means-tested" programs — commonly known as welfare — in the...
Marietta, Ga., School Board Takes Issue With Federal Snack Laws
With guidelines setting limits on student food choices and calorie consumption, the federal government is overstepping the limits of its authority, says Marietta, Georgia's Board of Education. ...
The VMT Tax: Big Brother Will Be Watching You Drive
For years, even decades the federal government has been urging motorists to drive fuel-efficient vehicles, but now it is recognizing the lost gas taxes. ...
Should Movie Theaters Hire SWAT Teams?
Coming soon to a theater near you — airport-like security measures at movie theaters, shopping malls and just about any other public gathering place. ...
SWAT Lobby Defends Military Weapons Transfer Program
The National Tactical Officers Association, the lobbying group for 1,600 SWAT teams across the country, e-mailed all legislative staffers in the U.S. House and Senate this week, the Daily...
Supreme Court Postpones Same-sex Marriage in Virginia
Thursday's wedding date for same-sex couples in Virginia was postponed indefinitely Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on a lower court ruling overturning Virginia's ban on...
Judge Orders DOJ to Provide “Fast and Furious” Log
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Justice Department to provide Congress with a list of documents related to the 2006-2011 "gun-walking" operation, dubbed "Fast and Furious." ...
Washington Post to Obama: Don’t Act on Own in Amnesty to Illegals
In an August 5 editorial, the Post insisted that the president's "understandable" frustration at being "stymied by congressional paralysis" does not give him license to exceed his constitutional authority...