Despite protests from conservatives on the right, Congress on Friday easily gathered the votes and officially sent President Barack Obama a huge, deficit draining year-end budget package that bloats federal agency spending and awards tax cuts to a sweeping array of business interests. A 65-33 Senate vote on the measure… Read More
Watergate 2: Sanders campaign caught stealing data?
A break in… allegations of spying… the Bernie Sanders campaign suddenly has a Watergate-style scandal on its hands. According to The Washington Post, one of Sanders’ staffers exploited a technical glitch to break into a server that had private voter information belonging to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign…. Read More
Cruz vs. Rubio heats up
More than any other issue, immigration is driving the rivalry between Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, presidential rivals focusing on the divisive topic in their closing messages to Republican voters before the sprint to the Iowa caucuses. Cruz, a Texas senator and tea party firebrand, sees Rubio’s support for a… Read More
Cruz surging, picks up major evangelical endorsements
Less than two months before voters in Iowa and New Hampshire start winnowing the field of Republican presidential hopefuls, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is ready to make a splash. Multiple sources have reported that Cruz is set to receive what the National Review referred to as an “avalanche of endorsements”… Read More
Obama, Bloomberg plotting to restrict guns
President Barack Obama this week met with former New York mayor and anti-gun advocate Michael Bloomberg, and reports have indicated the two discussed Obama’s pending executive order that’s targeted at gun ownership and could prohibit certain American citizens from buying guns all together. Analysts have indicated that Obama’s sweeping anti-gun executive order… Read More
Trump: They’re all scared of me
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday shrugged off the barbs he received at the final GOP debate of the year, saying he’d been prepared for more criticism as the front-runner. It was a rebuke to Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, who jabbed Trump the most during the two-hour… Read More
THIS photo proves Jeb Bush is finished
They say the Maytag repair man is the loneliest man in the world. But try telling that to this Jeb Bush supporter. During this week’s GOP presidential debate, a photo leaked of a watch party among Bush supporters in Miami. And let’s just say they didn’t exactly pack the place. … Read More
Trump cruises at CNN GOP debate
Nine Republican presidential candidates took the main stage Tuesday night for a debate that focused almost exclusively on foreign policy. And with just weeks until the Iowa caucuses, billionaire Donald Trump was able to avoid any major missteps that would harm his campaign. The gathering of White House hopefuls in… Read More
Tea Party fumes as Ryan OKs trillion-dollar deal
Negotiations for a bloated trillion-dollar spending bill are nearly complete, and the new spending hike is set to pass Congress and make it’s way to President Barack Obama’s desk with the blessing of House Speaker Paul Ryan. And the compromise-riddled bill has Tea Party Republicans furious at Ryan, who some say… Read More
Mayor, city councilman both in hospital after bareknuckle brawl
The mayor of Alabama’s largest city got into a fight with a city councilman during a meeting Tuesday, sending both men to the hospital. Media covering the council meeting reported hearing a man shout “No, No!” during the fracas in a small room outside the chamber. After the dust settled,… Read More