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Related: Coburn Abandons Own Plan, Throws Support Behind Obama’s “Big Deal”, Probably Ensuring Obama’s Re-Election WASHINGTON (AP) – Running out of time, President Barack Obama softened his stand and signaled Wednesday he would back a short-term deal to prevent a disastrous financial default on Aug. 2, but only if a larger and still elusive deficit-cutting [...]

NBC: D.C. hopes to dodge a legal bullet by allowing its only licensed gun dealer to operate out of police headquarters. View more videos at: http://nbcwashington.com. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the city’s handgun ban in 2008, residents have been allowed to buy guns in other jurisdictions to keep in their D.C. homes, but [...]

Department of Homeland Security warns violent extremists have obtained insider positions at chemical, oil refineries, plan Sept. 11 attack. US officials fear al-Qaida will attempt a massive September 11 anniversary attack by sabotaging a major utility facility with the use of insiders that the terrorist organization has successfully planted in such facilities, a US intelligence [...]

Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph Thursday, bringing an end to NASA’s 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and tears. A record crowd of 2,000 gathered near [...]

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers stopped 100 AK-47 magazines and 4,050 rounds of ammunition from going into Mexico on Tuesday when the contraband was discovered in a car driven by a U.S. citizen, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. A 34-year-old woman traveling with her two minor children was selected for a [...]

The Hill: Presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) released a doctor’s note Wednesday that says her migraine headaches are infrequent and can be avoided. The note follows intense attention on Bachmann’s history of migraine headaches. “Your migraines occur infrequently and have known trigger factors of which you are aware and know how to avoid,” Dr. [...]

Hindustan Times: An al Qaeda affiliate says it plans to roll out what some have called a Disney-like animated cartoon aimed at recruiting children to the terror network. Scenes from the proposed short film show young boys dressed in battle fatigues and participating in raids, killings and terror plots. It is the latest attempt by [...]

A special meeting of the United Nations security council is due to consider whether to expand its military mission to enforce the agenda of the Leftist/Globalist Green movement. Germany’s ambassador to the UN, Peter Wittig, wrote in the Huffington Post, “A good first step would be to acknowledge the realities of climate change and its [...]

LA Times: With its case against Rep. Maxine Waters in turmoil, the House Ethics Committee on Wednesday hired a prominent outside lawyer to examine whether its own staff acted improperly while investigating the veteran Los Angeles congresswoman. After Washington lawyer Billy Martin completes his review of the committee staff’s conduct, the ethics panel will decide [...]