Government Statistics: 65 Percent of Children Receive Federal Aid
A Census Bureau report released in the past week indicated that 65 percent of American children lived in households receiving aid from one or more federal programs, as of...
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Federal Judge Declares Obama Immigration Actions “Unconstitutional”
In an opinion filed on December 16, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, federal Judge Arthur Schwab said President Obama’s immigration actions are invalid,...
Obama Says Nation Has Marked a Milestone in Afghanistan
Speaking to both military and civilian personnel at Joint Base McGuire Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey on December 15, President Obama thanked the troops for their extraordinary service and noted...
Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Counter Obama Executive Amnesty
Senator Rand Paul today introduced the Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act on December 12. The bill (which has not yet been assigned a bill number, but has been...
Immigration Action Applications to Start In February-May 2015
Leon Rodriguez, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), told Spanish-speaking reporters during a conference call that “undocumented” (illegal) immigrants should be able to start applying for...
Controversy Continues Regarding Senate Committee Report on CIA Torture
The fallout from the Senate Intelligence Committee’s December 9 release of the summary of its report on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program continues, as the report’s critics and...
In Telemundo Interview, Obama Tells Illegals: “You Won’t Be Deported”
In a December 9 interview in Nashville with Telemundo’s news co-anchor, José Díaz-Balart, President Obama assured illegal immigrant viewers that if they meet certain qualifications, they "won't be deported." ...
Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Report on CIA Torture
The Senate Intelligence Committee on December 9 released its report on the torture — including “waterboarding” — of prisoners held by the Central Intelligence Agency during the George W....
NATO and U.S. End Formal Afghanistan Military Deployment, but U.S. Troops Remain
NATO’s International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) Joint Command lowered its flag today and formally ended its military deployment in Afghanistan on December 8. While 48 nations had contributed troops...
House Passes “Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 2014”
On a 219-197 vote that was mostly along party lines, the House of Representatives passed the Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 2014 (H.R. 5759) on December 4. The largely...
Obama Amnesty Order Called Unprecedented and Unconstitutional
As Republicans try to figure out the best response to President Obama’s November 20 announcement that he would use executive action to grant protection from deportation to millions of...
Obama Would Veto Spending Bill Without Funding for Amnesty Order
When asked on December 1 by ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl if President Obama would veto a funding bill that did not provide funds for him to carry out...
Obama Amnesty Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Trillions
A researcher from the influential Heritage Foundation estimates that the cost to U.S. taxpayers of President Obama’s pending grant of amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants will be “around...
How Will Congress React to Obama Immigration Executive Action?
Since President Obama delivered his plan on TV on November 20 to use executive actions to grant protection from deportation to millions of illegal immigrants, Republicans in Congress have...
Under ObamaCare, Businesses Can Save $3,000 By Hiring Illegals
The combination of ObamaCare rules and President Obama’s recently announced decision to use executive actions to grant amnesty from deportation many illegal immigrants means that employers can avoid a...