WASHINGTON (AP) — The stock market is on its longest losing streak since the financial meltdown of 2008, confronted almost every day by fresh evidence that the economy is in serious trouble again. The Dow Jones industrials declined more than 265 points Wednesday, their worst day in more than two months, and closed below 12,000 [...]
LA Times: For the second time since Sunday an intruder made it onto the White House grounds Tuesday night before being captured by Secret Service agents with guns drawn. It was not Joe Biden. The incident occurred during a live CNN show, “John King USA.” The capture was captured on video. Scroll down to watch. [...]
“Regardless of what they think about me, I love them. Without their effort we wouldn’t be in a position to begin to change the direction in Washington.“
Fox News: The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s new controversial immigration law, essentially fighting Alabama on grounds similar to its legal battle with Arizona over that state’s controversial law. In both cases, the Justice Department argues that the states are overstepping their authority by wading into something that is a strictly federal [...]
Bloomberg: Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings affirmed their AAA credit ratings for the U.S. while warning that downgrades were possible if lawmakers fail to enact debt reduction measures and the economy weakens. The outlook for the U.S. grade is now negative, Moody’s said in a statement yesterday after President Barack Obama signed into law [...]
PrisonPlanet: Even as it finds itself embroiled in a scandal that saw weapons being deliberately sent to criminal gangs in Mexico, the ATF has issued a letter ordering firearms dealers in border states to report sales of two or more semi-automatic rifles, and is following it up by harassing gun owners with intimidating home visits [...]
NY Post: Pennsylvanians on public assistance now have a new ‘civil right‘ — free cell phones. Meanwhile, the rest of us get to pay higher cell bills as a result. Recently, a federal government program called the Universal Service Fund came to the Keystone State and some residents are thrilled because it means they can [...]
Herald Sun: Mr Obama signed the bill overnight shortly after it passed the Senate by 74-26 votes, a day after it cleared the House of Representatives by an overwhelming 269-161 margin. It came after US lawmakers yesterday passed a measure that ties an agreement to raise the government’s capacity to borrow to steep cuts in [...]
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Boston.com: “When I went up, she said, ‘Joe,” Biden recalled of his meeting with Giffords. “I said, ‘Now we’re both members of the Cracked Head Club.’ You know, I had two craniotomies. For real. They literally took the top of my head off. Twice. Now, the wags in Delaware, when the second operation occurred, wrote [...]
