Late nights dealing with scores of amendments on the House floor. An invitation extended to the famously staid Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, to appear at an open mic session. A conversation so inclusive that “people were shocked,” according to one GOP lawmaker, Mike Conaway of Texas. Welcome… Read More
US-backed rebels hold firm against Russian-led offensive, airstrikes
Despite a month of heavy battering by Russian airstrikes, Syria’s US-backed rebels have been holding fast and so far have fended off offensives by government forces trying to retake territory from the rebel’s heartland. The fierce fighting shows how even greater backing from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s international allies is… Read More
October job report by the numbers
The job market boomed in October. Employers added 271,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 5 percent, the lowest level in seven years. The flurry of hiring is likely to give the Federal Reserve confidence to go ahead with a long-anticipated increase in short-term interest rates in December. Here’s… Read More
It’s official: Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline
The Obama administration rejected a Canadian energy giant’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, three individuals familiar with the decision said, capping a seven-year saga that became an environmental flashpoint in Barack Obama’s presidency. Obama was to announce the decision at the White House after meeting with… Read More
Cops release serial stabber’s insane manifesto
The 18-year-old California university freshman who went on rampage with a hunting knife this week had a disturbing master plan. He was going to capture hostages, ambush and brutually murder cops, and then use their weapons to start shooting — all because he was barred from a study group, authorities said. Merced… Read More
Liar-in-Chief: Obamacare costs to EXPLODE
Conservatives warned time and again that government interference in healthcare would be bad for the market and drive up prices. Despite these protests from the right, Obamacare was pushed into law. Now, President Obama is desperate to cover-up the truth, and recently claimed in a press release that health care… Read More
War on religion! Schools cancel Christmas plays
Anti-religion activists never seem to rest, and their newest target is an annual tradition celebrated across the country at thousands of schools. But if the notorious Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has its way, Christmas plays will be banned for good. In response, thousands of angry parents are gathering up… Read More
Revealed: Suicide cop tried to hire hitman
Was Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz the most corrupt cop in America? Months before this Illinois police officer staged his suicide to make it seem like he died in the line of duty, subjecting his community to an expensive and fruitless manhunt, he apparently sought a hit man to kill a village… Read More
Groundbreaking fossil find in New Mexico
Paleontologists with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science on Thursday unveiled the first baby Pentaceratops skull ever discovered as hundreds of people lined up to get a look. Scientists had cut open the giant plaster jacket that protected the skull as it was airlifted out of the… Read More
A priest, the pope, a good Samaritan… and an assault
Durango, Colorado police are investigating an assault that involved a priest, a pope and a good Samaritan. Sgt. Deck Shaline tells The Durango Herald the suspect, who was dressed as a priest for Halloween, punched the victim and knocked him unconscious, then kicked him in the head several times early Sunday… Read More