A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Justice Department’s claim of executive privilege used to withhold certain documents tied to the Fast and Furious “gun-walking” scandal from release to a congressional committee. House Republicans sued in federal court in 2012 to obtain thousands of emails related to the botched effort… Read More
Scores of migrants drown in two shipwrecks off Greek coast
At least 41 people, including 17 children, died as two separate smuggling boats sank overnight off of different Greek islands. Dozens of migrants survived the shipwrecks and a search-and-rescue operation was underway Friday looking more survivors. In the first tragedy, a wooden boat carrying 48 people sank in off the… Read More
VA chief: Please stop making me fire people
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on Thursday disputed claims by members of Congress that his scandal-plagued agency hasn’t dismissed enough employees, saying, “You can’t fire your way to excellence.” McDonald told the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee that he and other top leaders are turning the VA around, “providing more and… Read More
Tuberculosis outbreak reported in the South
Tuberculosis, a global scourge, has mostly been eradicated in the United States, but minorities and poor people who lack regular health care remain vulnerable. Marion, the town where Coretta Scott King was raised, is just that kind of community: the seat of Alabama’s poorest county, where 47 percent live in… Read More
Who kidnapped Americans in Iraq? Officials say they know
Two powerful Shiite militias are top suspects in the abduction of three Americans last weekend in a southern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital, an Iraqi police commander and a Western security official in Baghdad said Thursday. The Americans were abducted in Dora, a mixed neighborhood that is home to both… Read More
Outrage! North Korea takes American hostage
North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un’s insane regime is at it again. The reclusive communist nation announced Friday the arrest of a U.S. university student for what it called a “hostile act” designed to undermine the authoritarian nation. North Korea’s announcement comes amid a diplomatic push by Washington, Seoul and their… Read More
Alabama to execute first prisoner in two years
A man convicted of the 1992 rape and beating death of a woman is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday in what would be Alabama’s first execution in more than two years. Christopher Eugene Brooks, 43, is set to die at 6 p.m. CST at Holman Correctional Facility in… Read More
Mr. Obama’s economy – Rising number of people seeking unemployment benefits
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since July, though applications remained at historically low levels. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment aid rose 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 293,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, increased to 285,000, the highest since… Read More
Check out this hilarious “fix” to Bernie Sanders’ campaign ad
Someone made a small, but hilarious, fix to socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest campaign ad. Enjoy, comrades: Bernie For Glorious Leader from Aleister on Vimeo.
Democrats trying to bail out Hillary in Iowa
The Hillary Clinton campaign has been slowly imploding for months — and now it looks like the Democratic Party is making one more push to save it. The Iowa Democratic Party recently announced that it would be holding a last-minute town hall for Democratic candidates on January 25, just days… Read More