KHOU: A new state law says men no longer have to make child support payments if they discover the child is not theirs, but a Houston man says he still has to pay. Ray Thomas contacted KHOU 11 News saying he is frustrated because he owes more than $50,000, even though he is not the [...]
Politico: Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday night that law enforcement should not focus its energy on the “minimal problem” of marijuana. Palin made the comment during an appearance on the Fox Business Network with Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). The libertarian Paul said enforcing marijuana restrictions specifically and the war on drugs more [...]
NY Post: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pulled off something of a miracle this week — pushing through a package of pension and benefits cuts for government employees that will save the state $130 billion over the next 30 years. And he did it as the Republican governor of a blue state where Democrats run [...]
SF Gate: President Barack Obama is stepping into the negotiations on the deficit in an effort to revive talks stalled over differences on taxes and entitlements. Obama summoned Senate leaders Democrat Harry Reid and Republican Mitch McConnell to the White House for separate meetings on June 27 aimed at breaking the impasse that scuttled a [...]
USA Today: President Obama called for the federal government to increase support for manufacturing and robotics technology on Friday in a speech in Pittsburgh. “If we want a robust growing economy, we need a robust manufacturing sector,” Obama said, announcing the “Advanced Manufacturing Partnership.” The partnership between universities, firms and the federal government, would open [...]
CBS: NEW YORK, N.Y. — Celebrating late into the night, thousands of gay marriage supporters poured into the streets after New York became the sixth and largest state in the U.S. to legalize gay marriage. After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican state senators, the bill was passed, breathing life into [...]
Salt Lake Tribune: Mitt Romney returned to Utah on Friday for the first time since announcing his candidacy for the presidency, basking in his status as the front-runner in the Republican field, but this time having to vie with former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. for Beehive State backers. Romney brushed aside questions of having to [...]
Reuters: New Jersey’s senate majority leader proposed on Friday that the state spend $1 billion more on education next year and increase taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year. The proposal comes less than a week ahead of the state’s June 30 budget deadline. If approved by the Democrat-controlled state legislature, it [...]
CBS: Crossroads GPS, one of the large outside political organizations that changed the political landscape with millions of dollars of advertisements aimed at Democrats running for office in 2010, is back with a new ad taking aim at President Obama. The ad, starting Monday, will run over the next two months and includes a $5 [...]
Hollywood Reporter: Hollywood tends to “depict conservatives and traditionalists and people of faith as halfwits,” says founder of Colony Bay, which will debut its first project, a drama set in Colonial America, at a premiere on Sunday. Those who belong to the conservative movement known as the Tea Party are acutely aware of the power [...]
Daily Caller: Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the congressional oversight committee, introduced legislation on Thursday to significantly reform the United States Postal Service in order to prevent the need for a “taxpayer bailout.” The legislation follows USPS’ announcement on Wednesday that it will no longer pay money into its Federal Employee Retirement System in order [...]
NY Post: President Obama hit the Big Apple last night hoping to score a fund-raising hat trick for his re-election campaign — but he faced lackluster donors tired of being taken for granted and some pointed no-shows by prominent Wall Streeters. “The Democratic business-donor community is demoralized,” a Democratic fund-raiser told The Post before the [...]
NY Times: The House dealt a symbolic blow to President Obama on Friday by resoundingly rejecting a bill that would authorize the contentious operations in Libya. But it muddled the message somewhat by also turning back a measure that would have limited funding for the Libyan effort. The latest on President Obama, the new Congress [...]
Pro8News: A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law. It happens as Customs and Border Protection inspectors try to figure out what to do. A CBP spokesperson says they got on the phone with Mexican authorities after being alerted that the military [...]
