United States
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...
Citigroup Settles With SEC Over Fraud Allegations
Citigroup has agreed to pay $285 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of complex mortgage investments just as the...
Read moreNapolitano Says Illegals OK to Work Legally
The Department of Homeland Security is authorizing illegal aliens to work in the United States, a Senate commitee learned October 19. According to...
Read moreAnother U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade Expected
Back in August, when Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time in history, from AAA to AA+, the...
Read moreICE Permits Illegal Alien Witness to Disappear
Though the drunk-driving illegal alien who allegedly mowed down a recent college graduate in Framingham, Mass., was indicted for murder on Friday, Immigration...
Read moreStates Rationing Healthcare Under Medicaid
When it comes to healthcare, said Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick, “the decision is not whether or...
Read moreAfter Judge’s Ruling, Gay Activists Target Pro-family Petition Signers
A federal judge has ruled that individuals who signed a petition seeking the repeal of a 2009 Washington State law expanding homosexual partnerships...
Read moreTim Tebow’s Wonderful Life
At the Oct. 22 Drudge Report, which is heavy on political coverage, there was this headline: “Tebow gets a miracle!” Tebow (number 15,...
Read moreObama Continues Bush Policy — Refuses Taiwan New F-16s
The White House announced that once again, the United States would be reevaluating its defense partnership with the Republic of China on Taiwan....
Read moreFDIC Closes Four More Banks, Making 84 This Year
On Friday the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) closed and sold off four more banks, bringing the total shuttered this year to 84....
Read moreIowa Faith and Freedom Coalition: Is Gingrich a Player?
Newt Gingrich emerged as the winner of the October 22 Iowa Faith and Freedom Forum, if measured by the level of audience applause. The...
Read moreBachmann Caught Unaware as N.H. Staff Quits
At least four members of the five-person paid staff of the Michele Bachmann presidential campaign in New Hampshire have resigned, the New Hampshire...
Read moreObama Proclaims End of Iraq War as Contractor War Continues
President Obama announced with much fanfare in an October 21 address to the nation that "as a candidate for President, I pledged to bring...
Read moreHas Climate Change Skepticism Been Debunked?
Researchers at the University of California claim they have conclusively proven the reality of global warming. The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) study...
Read moreMichigan 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...
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