Senate Confirms Obama Judicial Pick Hamilton
Led by the Democratic majority, the U.S. Senate on November 19 confirmed President Barack Obama’s long-stalled first judicial nominee. By a vote of 59-39, the Senate approved Obama’s choice...
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H1N1 Swine Flu Poll Reveals Problems
An ABC News/Washington Post poll showed that nearly half of parents don’t plan on having their children vaccinated for the H1N1 swine flu. More than half of those who...
Corruption Rampant in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is seen as the second most corrupt country in the world according to Transparency International, trailing behind only Somalia. Iraq did not fare much better in the rankings,...
Report Says Federal Govt Wasted $98 Billion
The federal government wasted almost $100 billion dollars of taxpayer money in 2009 according to the Office of Management and Budget. The figures were released on November 17 and...
Public Opinion Turns Against Afghan War
The tide of U.S. public opinion is turning against the war in Afghanistan according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted November 12-15. According to the random sample of...
Millions of Taxpayers Will Repay Tax Break
Thanks to how the Internal Revenue Service implemented President Barack Obama’s tax break last spring, more than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government either $250 or $400 more...
GM’s Bailout Money May Go Overseas
General Motors has received $50 billion in taxpayer assistance, yet even as the company cuts thousands of jobs at U.S. locations, it is considering investing billions of those taxpayer...
There’s Gold in Them Thar Vaults!
The U.S. federal government possesses the largest stockpile of gold in the world, but even with record high prices, it isn’t likely to be selling any. In fact, other...
Polls Show Displeasure With Democrat Policies
Recent public opinion polls are exhibiting a trend that Democrats ought to find disturbing. For the first time since 2008, more voters would pick a Republican candidate in the...
Record Federal Deficit of $176 Billion in October
The federal deficit for October reached a record-setting level for that month: $176 billion. The Treasury Department made the announcement on November 13, saying the shortfall occurred as income...
Lou Dobbs Quits CNN, John King Will Step In
CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs announced on the air on November 11 that he was resigning from the network to pursue other unspecified opportunities. John King, currently anchoring the Sunday...
FTC Enacts Stifling Rules for Bloggers
Bloggers who review products online are about to be hit with onerous new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations supposedly designed to foster transparency. If bloggers fail to reveal that...
Cord Blood Stem-cells Healed Little Girl
Back in 2006, little Chloe Levine was born as the apparently healthy baby girl her parents had been waiting for. Sadly, before her first birthday, Chloe began to show...
Small Banks Turn Down TARP Funds
Many small banks are turning down federal money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) because they recognize that it comes with too many strings attached. Additionally, the small...
China Executes Nine for Riot-related Crimes
Communist China has executed nine men for crimes committed during violent, ethnically motivated riots that took place in China’s Xinjiang region in July. Eight of the men were from...
13 Dead in Shooting at Texas Army Base
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, on November 5 went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas. The ensuing gunfire left 13 dead and 30 injured....
Obama Says Native Americans Not Forgotten
President Barack Obama on November 5 met with Native American tribal leaders at what was dubbed the White House Tribal Nations Conference. The administration invited representatives from the 564...
Unemployment Rate Shoots Past 10 Percent
The unemployment rate shot from 9.8 percent in September to 10.2 percent in October, the highest it has been since 1983, the Labor Department reported on November 6. In...
AARP & AMA Support House Healthcare Bill
AARP, the 40-million-member senior-citizen lobbying group, and the American Medical Association, representing 250,000 physicians, on November 5 threw their support behind the healthcare reform bill being proposed by House...
Obama Bribes States With Education Grants
President Barack Obama on November 4 waved $5 billion of federal grant money under the noses of state education officials to entice them to implement his ideas for reforming...