Fox News: Gun industry representatives said they would file lawsuits Wednesday challenging new gun-control measures by the Obama administration, an effort the nation’s top lawyer vowed to “vigorously oppose.” The Justice Department, facing growing questions over Operation Fast and Furious, a controversial sting targeting Mexican drug cartels and American gunrunners, announced last month that it [...]
CNS News: President Barack Obama on Monday issued a statement marking the start of Ramadan, the month devoted to prayer and fasting in the Muslim religion. “As Ramadan begins, Michelle and I would like to send our best wishes to Muslim communities in the United States and around the world,” the statement reads. “Ramadan is [...]
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Excerpted from Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government: by AWR Hawkins It appears the Boehner/Reid debt fix, which was really no fix at all, did what most legislation does nowadays: it extended the power of the government while doing very little to solve the problems for which it was designed. Thus, while Obama was doing “victory laps” [...]
The Guardian: A senior Iranian revolutionary guards commander targeted by international sanctions has taken over the presidency of Opec after he became Iran’s oil minister on Wednesday. Rostam Ghasemi, head of the Khatam al-Anbia military and industrial base, was one of four ministersnominated by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to join his cabinet last week and approved [...]
ABC News: The suspicious device that appeared to threaten a trapped 18-year-old woman in Australia for more than 10 terrifying hours was not a bomb, police said. New South Wales state Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch told Australia’s 2GB radio station that, “In the end it turned out to be no explosive.” The object was [...]
Fox News: While the nation was captivated by the debt crisis – and whether tax increases would be part of any deal to reduce federal deficits – a group of Democratic senators and congressmen have rolled out legislation that would raise new revenues by targeting online sales from retailers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy. These [...]
Reuters: (Reuters) – Security experts have discovered an unprecedented series of cyber attacks on the networks of 72 organizations globally, including the United Nations, governments and corporations, over a five-year period. Security company McAfee, which uncovered the intrusions, said it believed there was one “state actor” behind the attacks but declined to name it, though [...]
Washington Times: President Obama took his debt team out for burgers at Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, giving new meaning to the “Popeye” character Wimpy’s catchphrase “I’d gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today.” The White House said the outing, at which the president consumed a meal of about 1,700 calories, [...]
Fox News: David Brock, chairman and chief executive of Media Matters for America, told a news website earlier this year that his nonprofit is now moving to “sabotage” FOX News because it says the network is now the “de facto head of the GOP,” among other things. Anchors and guests appearing on FOX News have [...]
National Journal: Scandal-plagued Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., will be leaving the House eligible to draw a lucrative congressional pension totaling almost $900,000. First elected to Congress in 1998, Wu’s benefits could add up over the rest of his life to an estimated $851,000 based solely on his congressional service—or $891,000 if another year of possible [...]
The Daily: Negotiations between the Rev. Al Sharpton and MSNBC over a full-time job as on-air host have bogged down under a deluge of criticism. Two weeks ago, Deadline.com reported the contract talks were “in the homestretch.” But sources tell Flash that no offer has been made to Sharpton, although he’s been filling in as [...]
