Committee on Oversight & Government Reform: WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the issuance of a subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. for Justice Department documents related to the “Operation Fast and Furious” gun walking scandal. “Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know [...]
AP: A Syrian-born, naturalized U.S. citizen has been indicted on charges of spying on U.S. activists opposed to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and providing audio and video recordings to that country’s intelligence agents. According to an indictment unsealed Wednesday, Mohamad Soueid of Leesburg, Va., was arrested Tuesday and charged with conspiring to [...]
If you had any doubt what we’re up against with #OccupyWallStreet, this image, sent to me on Twitter (@snarky_basterd), should not only give you pause, it should send you to your local gun dealer to stock up. “You plan 2 fight against the 99 we lop heads off a few white kids you will fall [...]
Fox News: Businessman Herman Cain, rising fast in the polls, absorbed several blows from his fellow Republican presidential contenders on Tuesday, as they went on the attack over his 9-9-9 plan, which has sucked up much of the conversation about ways to restore the economy. Most aggressive in their criticisms of the plan for a [...]
Related: ACT OF WAR: Official Iranian Government Plot For Military Strike Against Washington, D.C. Thwarted – With Video – UPDATED Press TV: Iran has categorically rejected the US accusations that the Islamic Republic was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, calling it a ‘prefabricated scenario.’ Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ramin [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have voted to kill the White House jobs bill despite weeks of campaign-style barnstorming by President Barack Obama across the country. Forty-six Republicans joined with two Democrats to filibuster the $447 billion plan. That vote was not final. The roll call was kept open Tuesday night to allow Sen. Jeanne [...]
ABC News: As Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill heads toward its first big hurdle in the Senate, the president today vowed not to wait for Congress to act to jumpstart the economy and create jobs. At a meeting with his jobs council today, the president backed their recommendations to boost the economy and tasked [...]
Politico: A bipartisan bill targeting China’s alleged currency manipulation easily cleared the Senate Tuesday night, despite warnings from Beijing and free-trade backers that the legislation could spark a trade war and harm the global economic recovery. The 63-35 vote is likely the high water mark for the bill, which has little chance of being taken [...]
