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Jun 07 2012
News
Can Either Party Turn the Poor Economy Around?
The health of the U.S. economy will be front and center Thursday as the Federal Reserve chairman testifies before Congress.
Today's hearing comes two months after the the Fed predicted the economy would grow and the unemployment rate would drop. But just the opposite has happened.
Last week's job numbers were anemic, adding only 69,000 to the workforce and edging the unemployment
CBN
Jun 05 2012
News
Forest Service hit for Border Patrol call
A federal department ruled last week that the Forest Service violated a Spanish-speaking womans civil rights by calling the Border Patrol to help translate during a routine stop, saying it was “humiliating to Hispanics and an illicit backdoor way to capture more illegal immigrants.
The ruling by the Agriculture Departments assistant secretary for civil rights could change policies
Washington Times
Nov 15 2020
News
Trump Urges Judge to Preserve Suit Over Pennsylvania Ballots
The Trump campaign urged a judge to preserve its bid to block Pennsylvania from certifying President-elect Joe Biden as the winner, claiming there’s evidence that voters in Democratic-leaning counties were improperly allowed to fix errors with their ballots.
In a filing Sunday in federal court, the campaign said a half-dozen Pennsylvania counties named in the suit illegally allowed
Newsmax (News)
Jun 04 2012
News
Pot policies in California can't rely on D.C. program
A decision by Congress in 2009 to stop blocking the Districts medical marijuana program should not be construed as federal permission to grow and use the drug, according to a recent legal opinion from California. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals waded into the Districts fragile relationship with Capitol Hill when it ruled that disabled users of medical marijuana could not rely on the Americans
Washington Times
Oct 05 2014
News
Judge orders release of Guantanamo videotapes
A federal judge on Friday ordered the public release of 28 videotapes of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner strike being forcibly removed from his cell and force-fed.
Lawyers for the prisoner, Abu Wa'el Dhiab, have challenged his treatment as abusive.
Numerous news media outlets, including The Associated Press, had asked the court on June 20 to unseal the videotapes, which
Fox News Digital
Dec 29 2019
Perspectives Blog
More Impeachment Articles Possible Against Trump
Lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee indicated Monday that more articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump could be possible, as House Democrats work to uncover potential new evidence of impeachable conduct by hearing testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn.
The Justice Department says that moving forward with the two existing impeachment articles reduces
Henry A. Brechter
Nov 21 2015
News
Rand Paul’s Hard Line On Refugees Rankles Libertarians
Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) tough proposals aimed at limiting the admission of refugees in the wake of the Paris terror attacks are disappointing libertarian opinion leaders, days after a presidential debate performance in which he appeared to return to his independent roots.
Paul said on Saturday that the United States and Europe "have to be very careful about bringing refugees to our
HuffPost
Jun 29 2013
News
Office of Personnel Management: Benefits now available to same-sex spouses
The same-sex spouses of federal employees can begin applying for benefits including health insurance and retirement accounts immediately, the Obama administration said Friday, two days after the Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act. The Office of Personnel Management offered the guidance in a letter to the heads of executive departments and agencies,
Politico
Dec 12 2013
News
White House's $100M mental health pledge: Token gesture or real effort at reform?
What does $100 million buy in mental health care across the country? Turns out, not much.
Timed with the one-year anniversary of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, the White House this week announced $100 million for mental health programs.
The announcement came on the same day Vice President Biden met with the families of victims from the Sandy Hook shooting. And while many
Fox News Digital
Jan 17 2015
News
Janet Yellen has a huge opportunity to boost the economy
Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices in the United States rose just 0.8 percent in 2014 — the lowest level since the crisis year of 2009. This will raise concern among economic wonks that inflation is running at a dangerously low level and undermining the "credibility" of the central bank's 2 percent inflation target. Meanwhile, normal people — jumping
Vox