Fox News: Congress sent legislation to President Obama Thursday that imposes sweeping new regulations on Wall Street and creates new protections for millions of consumers. The Senate’s 60-39 vote came nearly two years after a financial crisis knocked the economy to its knees. At a whopping 2,300 pages, the legislation is designed to rein in [...]
Politico: NAACP President Ben Jealous said Thursday that the resolution passed by the group on Wednesday does not call the tea party “racist.”
“What Kind of Nigger Are You?” So said An SEIU thug to Kenneth Gladney during the Infamous SEIU/Teaparty Beating Of 2009 Riverfront Times: Months and months worth of allegations and bickering could perhaps end this fall when the infamous case of Kenneth Gladney heads to trial October 26. Gladney, as you’ll recall, is the black [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – A wealthy Manhattan investment banker who was once a top fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other big-name Democrats has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for bank fraud. Hassan Nemazee (hah-SAHN’ nah-MAH’-zee) was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. He had reached a plea deal in March. He [...]
DETROIT (AP) — States have the authority to enforce immigration laws and protect their borders, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday in a legal brief on behalf of nine states supporting Arizona’s immigration law. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Cox, one of five Republicans running for Michigan governor, said Michigan is the lead [...]
The Hill: While trying to mend ties between her caucus and the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi turned her ire toward her Senate colleagues on Thursday, blaming Senate delays in passing the Democratic agenda for the disappointing jobs picture heading into the midterm elections. “If we had healthcare sooner, if we had energy sooner, [...]
The Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Beirut —Iran says the man at the center of a murky intelligence caper — stretching from the deserts of Saudi Arabia to the strip malls of Tucson to the diplomatic outposts of Washington and back to Tehran — is a nobody, a simple researcher with no special knowledge of [...]
Washington Times: A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the District of Columbia law allowing same-sex marriages, rejecting an effort by opponents to put the issue before city voters. In a 5-4 decision, the full court agreed with a D.C. Superior Court ruling and an earlier ruling by the city’s Board of Elections and Ethics [...]
Politico Blames Bad Salesmanship, Says He’s Actually A Smashing Success Politico: The imminent passage of financial reform, just a couple months after the passage of comprehensive health care, should decisively end the narrative that President Obama represents a Jimmy Carter-style case of naïve hope crushed by the inability to master Washington. Yet the mystery remains: [...]
Fox Business News: Ann Kearns and Francoise Vianin’s startup quest seems sensible, straightforward, even noble. They want to bring their designer knitwear business home from China, establishing a factory in Manhattan that would employ 80. They have the experience: 50 years in the garment industry between them. They have commitments from established customers eager to [...]
Arizona Republican: Arizona’s new immigration law will get its first day in court today. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton will hear a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Phoenix police Officer David Salgado as well as a motion to prevent Senate Bill 1070 from going into effect July 29. Salgado’s lawsuit is one [...]
Wall Street Journal: GILTNER, Neb.—Farmer Jim Kreutz uses derivatives to soften the blow should the price of feed corn drop before harvest. His brother-in-law, feedlot owner Jon Reeson, turns to them to hedge the price of his steer. The local farmers’ co-op uses derivatives to finance fixed-price diesel for truckers who carry cattle to slaughter. [...]
