Billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who repeatedly questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in America, seems to be raising fresh questions about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president. And with that, conservatives’ dream of a Trump-Cruz ticket seems to have gone up in smoke. Deploying a… Read More
Is Hillary a socialist? Watch her struggle to explain
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she’s not a socialist. But when pressed in a recent interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews to explain the difference between a Democrat and a socialist, Clinton was left flummoxed. Watch Clinton fumble, even as Matthews tries to throw her a lifeline. What do you… Read More
Supreme Court to deal death blow to unions?
In just five days the United States Supreme Court will hear a case that could financially ruin public unions nationwide and spell an end to Big Labor’s influence in politics. But critics are arguing that the case is a stunt meant to attack unions, which typically support Democratic candidates, ahead… Read More
The crying game? Obama tears up over gun plan
A good, public cry may have cost Edmund Muskie his 1972 bid for the presidency and led to questions about his composure. But welcome to 2016 — and the new, softer side of American politics. Tears streaking his cheeks, President Barack Obama launched a final-year push Tuesday to tighten sales… Read More
Democrats move to impeach Republican governor
Maine’s Republican Governor Paul LePage received a stay from impeachment charges that were expected to be introduced against him in Augusta today. But the delay is not expected to last long. Reps. Jeff Evangelos and Ben Chipman, who are co-sponsoring the longshot effort to impeach LePage, told the Bangor Daily… Read More
North Korea detonates “hydrogen bomb of justice”
Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility earlier today, North Korea made a stunning announcement that caught world leaders off guard. The isolated, totalitarian regime claims to have successfully tested its first-ever hydrogen bomb — a weapon the country is calling the “H-bomb of justice.” If North… Read More
“Darth Nino” storms its way into the record books
Meteorologists say the current El Nino weather pattern has tied 1997-1998 as the strongest ever recorded. Mike Halpert, deputy director of the federal Climate Prediction Center, said initial figures for October-November-December match the same time period in 1997 for the strongest El Nino. Meteorologists measure El Nino based on how warm… Read More
Colorado star gazer makes a discovery for the ages
An astrophysicist from Colorado has discovered something even rarer than a double-black hole galaxy: a skinny black hole. The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Julie Comerford reported her findings Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting in Kissimmee, Florida. To date, only 12 galaxies are known to exist with… Read More
Ohio court being invaded… by zombies!
An Ohio man pledged Tuesday to not let his “zombie Nativity” display die without a fight, while an apparent supporter dressed as a zombie was jailed for contempt of court. Jasen Dixon pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of violating zoning rules in the Cincinnati suburb of Sycamore Township. He… Read More
Democratic official refuses to be sworn into office
A Democrat who won a seat on a Pennsylvania township’s board of supervisors declined to be sworn in to replace the Republican incumbent she defeated. Colleen Unroe said she doesn’t have time for the job in Ferguson Township, and she now concedes she wasn’t eligible to take office anyway because… Read More