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  • Two State Department officials shot at strip club in ‘gun free zone’

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 06:10 PM

    Two State Department officials were injured this morning during a shooting at a strip club in Venezuela this morning, but the State Department told reporters that neither injury is “life-threatening.” “We can confirm that two members of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas were injured during an...

  • Liberal poll bodes well for top Senate Republican

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 05:30 PM

    Public Policy Polling has raised liberal hopes of defeating Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., by showing him tied with a potential Democratic rival, but they might want to contain their glee: The survey paradoxically reveals a dramatic increase in his approval rating compared to the...

  • White House: Obama will talk to China about hacking our weapon systems

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 02:50 PM

    Chinese hackers gained access to some of the top weapons systems in the United States military, especially those that project American power in the Pacific, according to a Pentagon report prepared by a Defense Department advisory council, a topic that President Obama’s spokesman said would be...

  • Obama celebrates falling deficits, attacks spending cuts

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/24/13 03:05 PM

    President Obama called for Congress to end the “foolish” budget cuts required under sequestration, arguing that lawmakers should feel empowered because “deficits are falling at the fastest rate in decades.” “I’ll keep fighting to end those foolish across-the-board budget cuts known...

  • IRS official’s underlings have history of investigating prayers

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/23/13 05:20 PM

    IRS employees working under Lois Lerner allegedly asked a pro-life group about the “content of the members of your organization’s prayers” while considering their application for tax-exempt status — a charge that is less surprising in light of Lerner’s work as the chief enforcement...

  • Rand Paul proposes ban on drone surveillance of Americans

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/23/13 04:55 PM

    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., unveiled two bills designed to limit government surveillance of Americans, including one that would effectively ban the use of drone technology in the United States. “The use of drone surveillance may work on the battlefields overseas, but it isn’t well-suited for...

  • Ted Cruz to John McCain: 'There may be more wacko birds in the Senate' than you think

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/23/13 02:40 PM

    Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, suggested to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that he no longer represents the majority of Senate Republicans on the issue of increasing the debt ceiling — and he offered a bet to prove it. “There may be more ‘wacko birds’ in the Senate than is...

  • Obama: We’re facing pre-Sept. 11 style terror threats

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/23/13 02:25 PM

    President Obama explained today that the terrorist threats currently faced by the United States bear a closer resemblance to the attacks sustained at the end of the twentieth century than the September 11, 2001, attacks. The president cited the Boston bombing and the Fort Hood shooting among...

  • Treasury secretary: ‘We are overachieving on deficit reduction’

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/23/13 01:15 PM

    Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Congress that President Obama’s administration is “overachieving on deficit reduction,” as he defended the president for submitting a budget that never balances. “If anything, we are overachieving on deficit reduction right now, given where we are in...

  • DOD ignores judge, cuts physical therapy for soldiers’ disabled children

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/22/13 06:35 PM

    Defense Department (DOD) officials decided to stop covering a certain form of physical therapy for the disable children of military members, despite an administrative judge’s ruling that the treatment is covered under the law. “For my daughter, this therapy means life, death or some...


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