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May 07 2016
Headline Roundup
Trump on National Debt
Newsmax (News) HuffPost Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 20 2012
Opinion
Deficits, Debt, and Debasement
In recent years policymakers have pushed the economy ever closer to the brink of fiscal catastrophe. Federal spending rose substantially under President George W. Bush, with the deficit reaching $460 billion in his last full year. In President Barack Obama's first two years in office, it soared to $1.4 trillion in 2009 and $1.29 trillion in 2010. Deficits are on track to remain at
Cato InstituteSep 22 2014
News
U.S. Ramping Up Major Renewal in Nuclear Arms
A sprawling new plant here in a former soybean field makes the mechanical guts of America’s atomic warheads. Bigger than the Pentagon, full of futuristic gear and thousands of workers, the plant, dedicated last month, modernizes the aging weapons that the United States can fire from missiles, bombers and submarines.
It is part of a nationwide wave of atomic revitalization that includes
New York Times (News)Jan 25 2014
News
Arizona Sheriffs Say Border Not Secure as Immigration Reform Looms
As Congress prepares to take up immigration reform, two high-profile Arizona sheriffs tell Newsmax the federal government's effort to secure the border has been a dismal failure.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said bluntly: "The border is not secure."
"I'm telling you that as somebody on the ground, as someone who experiences it every day. This is a lie that is being peddled by
Newsmax (News)Sep 03 2013
News
Major Union Ditches AFL-CIO Over Obamacare & Immigration Reform
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which boasts roughly 40,000 members, has formally announced its decision to cut ties with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), one of the largest private sector unions in the U.S.
“It is with regret but resolve that we have come to the point where the International Longshore and Warehouse
The BlazeJan 13 2014
News
Accenture to Take Over Fixing HealthCare.gov Website
Fixing the HealthCare.gov site will fall to Accenture ACN -1.91% LLP, a widely known consulting giant tapped to replace an embattled contractor that was largely responsible for creating the health portal, launched in October.
Accenture faces a tough task as the new lead contractor: repairing the online insurance marketplace quickly enough to enroll millions more consumers under the
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 08 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: State Elections Prompt 2020 Speculation
Tracking impeachment: President Trump called for the whistleblower to testify publicly, as televised hearings on the impeachment inquiry are scheduled to begin next week with three high-profile testimonies.
Tuesday's gubernatorial and legislative elections in key states including Kentucky, Virginia and Mississippi gave the public their first look at how voters might side in 2020.
Henry A. BrechterMar 25 2015
News
‘New Yorker' Describes Hispanic Ted Cruz as 'Uppity'
Apparently it is again okay to use the pejorative “uppity” against Americans who are members of a racial minority group. Ted Cruz is a historic Senator and presidential candidate, the first Cuban-American to join either club, and for that reason (and his unapologetic conservatism) the media is out for blood. The New Yorker went so far as to describe Cruz with the racial pejorative “uppity.”
Breitbart NewsJan 06 2014
News
Reid tries quick strike on welfare plan
If Harry Reid wants to put the hammer to House Republicans over resuming federal aid to those whose state unemployment insurance has expired, he will first have to mend some fences on the Senate side. The Senate majority leader, who shattered the remaining shards of goodwill in the upper chamber with his procedural gambit to fast-track the president’s nominees, didn’t sound ready to deal on
Fox News (Online News)Jan 02 2014
News
Health Law's Contraception Mandate Halted Temporarily
The Obama administration was given until Friday to respond to a Supreme Court order that temporarily halts enforcement of the federal health-care law's contraception requirements for religious-affiliated nonprofits.
The order was issued late Tuesday by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a case filed by nonprofit Roman Catholic homes for the aged. It brings the high court into another dispute
Wall Street Journal (News)