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Jonathan Gruber, one of the architects of Obamacare, has been caught over and over again mocking the American people. Gruber apparently has not objected to the fact that those same taxpayers were on the hook for $6 million in federal and state contracts awarded to him over the past six years. Gruber — whom Obama…

Jay Radcliffe breaks into medical devices for a living, testing for vulnerabilities as a security researcher. He’s also a diabetic who gives himself insulin injections instead of relying on an automated insulin pump, which he says could be hacked. “I’d rather stab myself six times a day with a needle and syringe,” Radcliffe recently told…

In the National Hockey League, an unrestricted free agent likely considers many factors when choosing a team: salary, coach, teammates, quality of the franchise, and position depth. A new study suggests that another factor is the personal income tax rate based on the team’s location. The joint study between the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and Americans…

Secondhand marijuana smoke may be just as dangerous as secondhand tobacco smoke, according to a new study. “Smoke is smoke,” Matthew Springer, author of the study and an associate professor of medicine at University of California San Francisco, told CBS. “Both tobacco and marijuana smoke impair blood vessel function similarly. People should avoid both, and governments…

Members of the House of Representatives' traditional conservative caucus voted this morning to make Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, their next leader, sparking recriminations about inappropriate influence from "establishment" leadership and open questions about whether the group had abandoned its conservative roots. Flores, 60, beat the supposed front-runner, South Carolinian Mick Mulvaney, 47, and fellow Texan Louie Gohmert, 61, for…

The parents of Peter Kassig, an American aid worker in Syria beheaded by the ISIS  terrorist group, told reporters today that although “the world is broken,” it will “be healed in the end.” “Our hearts are battered, but they will mend,” Kassig’s mother, Paula, said at a news conference at Epworth United Methodist Church in…