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Twitter was abuzz today following news that Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate in 2008 and 2012, is considering a third run for the White House. While some speculated it was merely Romney’s attempt to remain relevant, others suggested he would be a formidable candidate in a crowded Republican field. We pulled together some of the…
House Republicans will vote on far-reaching legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security through September and undo President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. After considering several proposals, the agreement favored by House leaders would prevent Obama from implementing his recent executive actions to defer deportation for up to 5 million immigrants living in the…
Twelve people were murdered Wednesday in a terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper headquarters in France. Today, French police raided two locations to save multiple hostages and eventually kill the two brothers suspected of the newspaper attack. We have raw footage of the events here: 1) Here’s a video of the scene at…
French police on Friday killed the two brothers suspected of murdering 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper. Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi had been holding a person hostage inside a commercial printing house near Charles de Gaulle Airport. The hostage was unharmed. Police also resolved a second hostage situation that erupted Friday morning at…
Fifty-seven million isn’t an easy number to wrap your head around. But according to the pro-life organization Oregon Right to Life, a state affiliate of National Right to Life Committee, that’s how many abortions have been performed in the United States since the procedure was legalized in 1973. In a video that was published one…
Conservatives maintained their stronghold on America’s political leanings this past year, outnumbering those who identify as liberals and moderates in 2014. Conservatives have been the largest ideological group in the United States since 2009, but the 38 percent who identify as such remained the same as last year’s Gallup poll findings. Liberals grew by one…
The U.S. economy looks bullish as the price of oil plummets and employment numbers bounce back. But President Obama is advising consumers to be cautious, warning that the price of gas will soon be rising once again. Speaking to the Detroit News this week, the president offered some financial planning advice. “I would strongly advise…
The Nebraska Supreme Court handed supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline a major victory today, approving the state’s proposed route for the project. The court upheld a 2012 state law granting former Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, a Republican, the power to approve the proposed route for Keystone XL through the state. The decision was…
Is Congress a “small” business? That’s the debate playing out in a Washington courthouse between the federal government’s personnel office, the District of Columbia’s health exchange and a local taxpayer who brought the case. For years, Republicans have made the case that members of Congress and their staffs are getting special treatment under Obamacare. Their…
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is sitting out the legal fight over President Obama’s controversial amnesty order, even though illegal immigration costs Virginians more than $1.8 billion a year. Indeed, while 25 other state attorneys general are suing the administration to block the path to citizenship for some 5 million illegals in this country, Virginia Attorney…
Andrew Cuomo has banned hydraulic fracturing in New York, but that doesn’t mean the battle is over. On Monday night, a big crowd in Binghamton braved sub-freezing temperatures to attend a pro-natural gas rally at a local Holiday Inn blasting the governor. “He made a purely political decision,” said Dan Fitzsimmons, executive director of the…
Charlie Hebdo is pressing on following the terrorist massacre that killed 12 people this week, vowing to continue its weekly publication with a mass printing of 1 million copies next Wednesday. “The paper will continue because they didn’t win,” Patrick Pelloux, casualty doctor and contributor to the paper, said through tears to France’s iTele TV station yesterday….
House Republicans, bolstered by a bigger majority, are moving quickly to block President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Acting on the party’s promise to confront Obama on his unilateral actions to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportations, GOP leaders plan to move on legislation as early as next week. “The House will soon take…
The 2015 March for Life will focus on a population at specific risk for abortion: those who receive a prenatal disability diagnosis. The March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced that the “Every Life is a Gift” theme “seeks to draw attention to the pre-born populations that are at the greatest risk for abortion.” For the…
Twelve people were killed Tuesday morning at the Paris headquarters of the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo. Reports say the violence came as backlash to the paper's provocative content. Yesterday, we published some of the newspaper's covers. After numerous requests from our readers, we're publishing them again today—with translations. 1) This September 2012 issue was titled…
Florida Republicans Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio – both potential presidential candidates – offered their reaction to their state’s recent decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, after a federal district judge ruled that it was unconstitutional for county clerks to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Earlier this week, Bush issued a statement…
With majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans have renewed their push to ban late-term abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. On Wednesday, Reps. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.” In a joint press release, Franks said that his bill would protect “innocent and defenseless children”…
“Just say no” is a thing of the past for Colorado’s marijuana users. The state is shifting its weed tactics, pouring $5.7 million into a marijuana education program aimed at encouraging responsible use. Larry Wolk, the state’s chief medical officer, told USA Today the new “Good to Know” campaign is not intended to prevent marijuana…
House Speaker John Boehner couldn’t disagree more with conservatives who label him an “establishment” Republican and a “squish.” In fact, while speaking at his first press conference since surviving the most divisive speaker election in more than a century, the Ohio Republican argued he is the “most anti-establishment speaker we’ve ever had.” “I tell you…
The Heritage Foundation’s Nile Gardiner warned last night that the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks are likely to extend beyond Paris if the West does not “take the war to the enemy.” “There is no doubt about it: We are at war against militant Islamists who seek our destruction and the destruction of everything that we…