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An illegal immigrant charged with the fatal shootings of two California law officers had been deported to Mexico twice but returned twice to the U.S. Authorities charged Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte, 34, with murder, attempted murder and carjacking in a shooting rampage Friday that left two Northern California sheriff’s deputies dead, another injured and a civilian seriously wounded. The Los…

Talk about a political football. With midterm elections right around the corner and football season well under way, how better to commemorate fall than by marrying the two obsessions? Bloomberg Politics joined forces with Resonate Insights, a Virginia-based analytics firm, to determine the political leanings of the various fan bases for teams within the National Football League….

Imagine a law enforcement agency with four arrests since 2003. That’s one arrest every 3 1/2 years. Not a lot of bang for the bucks. But that’s the present state of affairs at the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s Charitable Gaming Division, which regulates the multi-million-dollar bingo industry. With four bingo arrests in 11 years for the…

As Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley considers a 2016 White House run, he’s cozying up with groups key to positioning him as the anti-Hillary candidate. The governor and billionaire Tom Steyer joined forces Wednesday night at the Mercedez-Benz Superdome in New Orleans to speak to thousands of architects, designers and central planners attending Greenbuild 2014, a…

The deadly shooting on Parliament Hill in Canada and hatchet attack on police officers in New York City–coupled with the Boston Marathon bombings and beheading in Moore, Okla.–represent the growing threat of lone-wolf terror attacks, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee warned today. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., discussed the continuing presence of these attacks…

RICHMOND, Va. — Dominion Power is firing back at opponents by shooting down what it calls “myths” over the utility’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. A hot-button issue is the potential use of eminent domain to seize private property along the natural gas pipeline’s projected 550-mile route across the state. Rural groups in Augusta and neighboring…

AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., used money taken from workers to pay its officers and employees an average of $89,328 during fiscal year 2014. Including every individual for whom AFL-CIO who reported a gross salary to the U.S. Department of Labor — from president Richard Trumka on down — the union coalition spent more than…

After three patients in the United States tested positive for Ebola–with a fourth diagnosed yesterday–federal health officials stepped up efforts to assist hospitals nationwide. Now, Americans heading to emergency rooms and medical rooms can expect to be prescreened before they even walk through the door. During a visit Wednesday to a medical center  in Fairfax,…

In one Texas town, a business owner is in trouble for displaying too much patriotism. Andre “Frenchy” Rheault, who owns a landscaping company based in Denton, Texas, has been asked by the city to take down all but three of the many American flags decorating his business, according to the local CBS affiliate. “Our country…

The Ebola virus has been headline news in America as of late. While it is a dangerous disease that Washington needs to take seriously, America could face even an even greater medical threat in the future: the threat of bioterrorism. According to a recent article by Matt Mayer, chief operating officer of the Liberty Foundation…

HILLSDALE, Mich.—Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn introduced him as “the best statesman I’ve ever known.” But on Tuesday night, Sen. Mike Lee seemed less politician and more political philosophy professor as he diagramed the underpinnings of his conservative reform agenda. While Lee predicted that Republicans will “win at least seven or eight” new seats to…