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SEC Under Scrutiny for Potential Ethics Violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission is once again under fire for ethics charges. Just two years ago, the agency was implicated for its...
Eric Cantor Clarifies GOP Stance on Balancing the Budget
While more and more lawmakers seem to be coming to terms with the dire straits of the American economy and the impossibilities of...
Read moreEnvironmentalists Against Windpower?
Environmentalists demand that America’s oil companies do not drill for oil, even in those areas that have proven for many years to be...
Read moreNPR Exec: Tea Party Is “Seriously Racist”
James O'Keefe, the young conservative journalist who brought down ACORN in a series a secretly recorded videos, has done it again. This time,...
Read morePlanned Parenthood Launches Truth Tour — But Not Really
In an effort to rally opposition to congressional efforts to end funding for Planned Parenthood, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has implemented...
Read moreCatholic Student Group Wins Legal Battle With University of Wisconsin
Chalk up a small victory for religious liberty on campus. On March 7 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of...
Read moreGeorgia Supreme Court Upholds State Photo ID Act
On March 7, by a 6-1 vote, the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld that state’s law requiring voters to provide government-issued photo identification...
Read moreMaine Legislator Introduces Nullification Resolution
As has been well chronicled in The New American and elsewhere, over a dozen states (16 at least) have recently proposed bills seeking...
Read moreIllinois Legislature Debates Gun Ownership Privacy
Approximately 1.3 million residents of Illinois hold state-issued Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cards, and if the current plan of Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Read moreAWOL Wisconsin Senators Could Return Soon
After spending more than three weeks in Illinois seeking to block a Republican reform bill aimed at reining in a multi-billion dollar deficit...
Read moreNullify Now! Tour Reaches Cincinnati
This year, the Nullify Now! tour continues to boast large crowds and an impressive array of speakers. On Saturday, March 5, the tour...
Read moreObama: Prison for Life Without Trial Is Okay
President Obama announced that he will continue to keep approximately 50 Guantanamo detainees imprisoned indefinitely without trial in an executive order released March 7,...
Read moreABC Asks If Jobs Can Be Created by Buying American
On Sunday, March 6, Christiane Amanpour, moderator of ABC’s This Week, continued the network’s series “Made in America.” ...
Read moreNYC Council Passes Gag Rule Against Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
As a follow-up to a story previously reported by The New American, the New York City Council, as expected, passed legislation that curbs...
Read more“Pro-Choice” Columnist: Abort Planned Parenthood’s Federal Funding
Give Kirsten Powers credit. She may be a liberal, abortion-rights supporter, but she is also willing to modify her opinion on the basis...
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