Fox News: Ernesto Enriquez Corralejo lives in a dilapidated home in Fort Hancock, Texas, with no water, gas or electricity. But that’s better conditions, he says, than in his hometown of El Porvenir, Mexico, where drug cartels continue to terrorize residents. “It’s bad, real bad, sir,†Correlejo, 46, told FoxNews.com. “It’s not safe to be [...]
Repealing the entire healthcare bill “probably” will not happen with President Barack Obama in the White House, the Senate’s top Republican said Friday. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said at a speaking engagement that a full repeal may be unlikely, but that the GOP could be able to repeal parts of it in the fall, [...]
CBS News: Last week, President Obama signed historic health care reform legislation into law — but his legislative success doesn’t seem to have helped his image with the American public. The latest CBS News Poll, conducted between March 29 and April 1, found Americans unhappier than ever with Mr. Obama’s handling of health care – [...]
“The worst of the storm is over” Politico: Charlotte, N.C. — Declaring the “worst of the storm is over,†President Obama used a positive March jobs report as a springboard to defend his much-maligned stimulus —and deflect blame for the job-starved recovery onto George W. Bush. “When I first took the oath of office we [...]
Two Republicans running for the Senate are backing away from calls to repeal the healthcare law. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who is running for President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat, was forced to reassert his desire for repeal after refusing to say whether he supported it. Separately, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who is up for [...]
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Police said an impatient customer slapped a drive-thru worker at a New Jersey McDonald’s because he was tired of waiting for his Filet-O-Fish sandwich. The man paid for the sandwich at the first window at the restaurant on Route 1 in South Brunswick early Sunday. Surveillance video obtained by WNBC-TV [...]
The Hill: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday that President Barack Obama will not make any more recess appointments while Congress is out of town for Easter break. Obama angered Republicans last month when he announced 15 recess appointments, including that of labor attorney Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), [...]
Orlando Sentinel: MOUNT DORA — A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the country posted a sign on his office door telling patients who voted for President Barack Obama to seek care “elsewhere.” “I’m not turning anybody away — that would be unethical,” Dr. Jack Cassell, 56, a Mount [...]
Fox News: Airline pilots will be able to take antidepressants under new federal rules being announced Friday, though the Federal Aviation Administration says it will try to make sure the side-effects don’t “manifest themselves” at 35,000 feet. Under the prior rules, pilots were not allowed to take antidepressant, and any pilot who admitted to having [...]
The Hill: Some politically vulnerable Democrats are getting an earful from constituents about their yes votes on healthcare reform. The criticism from constituents is not as fervent as the feedback members of Congress received at last summer’s town halls. But some voters have let legislators know they were not pleased with the passage of healthcare [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)- California Attorney General Jerry Brown determined Thursday that ACORN broke no criminal laws, after reviewing videotapes that sparked a recent political firestorm. Brown’s office said it would not pursue charges against the now-defunct community organizing group. But it said ACORN engaged in inappropriate behavior that may prompt other state agencies to take [...]
Washington Times: President Obama and congressional Democrats face an uphill climb to reclaim the support of independent voters who vaulted them to the White House and huge majorities in Congress in 2008. At the end of the bitter, intensely partisan battle to pass Mr. Obama’s health care overhaul plan, independent voters, once captivated by hopeful [...]
Catholic News Agency: Rome, Italy, Mar 31, 2010 / 11:47 am (CNA).- Noted Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, commented this week that the recent defamatory reporting on Pope Benedict XVI, especially by the New York Times, was “prompted by the devil.†Speaking to News Mediaset in Italy, the 85-year-old exorcist noted that the devil is [...]
The Obama administration set tougher gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks Thursday, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and electric cars. The heads of the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency signed final rules setting fuel efficiency standards for model years 2012-2016, with a goal of achieving by [...]
