(CNSNews.com) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.) defended his decision to block fellow Republican Ted Cruz’ (R-Tex.) threatened filibuster of a bill to raise the nation’s debt ceiling that contained no spending reduction concessions from the White House. “My job is to protect the country when I can and to step up and lead […]
(Update: The Ukraine Health Ministry reports 25 killed, 241 hospitalized after night of clashes in Kiev.) KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons attacked a large opposition camp in Ukraine’s capital on Tuesday that has been the center of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least […]
Emeric Fohlen/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/Newscom The people of Ukraine need to know that the free world stands with them as they protest the actions of President Viktor Yanukovych designed to destroy their constitutional rights and drive their country into the sphere of influence of Vladimir Putin’s resurgent Russia. For more than two months, protestors have refused to […]
The Heritage Foundation sought to bring a small measure of encouragement to Ukrainians this week as they continue their months-long protests for democratic and market reforms in the streets of Kyiv and throughout Ukraine. At a presentation sponsored by the U.S.–Ukraine Business Council and the Bleyzer Foundation on February 13, Heritage analysts reviewed Ukraine’s economic […]
(CNSNews.com) – Having failed in an earlier attempt to scupper the appointment of a prominent anti-Islamist Muslim to a statutory international religious freedom watchdog, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is actively trying to have him removed from the post. CAIR, a controversial lobby group that describes itself as “America’s largest Muslim civil liberties and […]
The Al-Qaeda inspired Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis terror group on Sunday night claimed responsibility for the terror attack on a bus carrying Korean tourists in Taba. Army Radio quoted a Twitter statement by the group which said, “We will continue to hurt the leaders in Egypt, the economy, the tourism and the gas.” The Sinai-based Ansar […]
In an age of self-aggrandizing athletes who obsess over their own greatness, it’s worth celebrating a player who points out who the real heroes are. On Saturday, the United States Olympic hockey team scored a dramatic 3-2 victory over Russia in a sudden death shootout. St. Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie scored four times in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – It would have been the 103rd birthday of Ronald Reagan, an American president known for his frankness, and for possessing the courage to confront those countries who would threaten the freedom and security of the United States and her allies. Thursday (Feb. 6) was an auspicious occasion, then, for EMPact America‘s latest symposium, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Financial markets were watching, the retirement accounts of millions of Americans on the line. Nervous senators were watching too, well aware that political fortunes could be on the line. So on perhaps the most important vote of the year, the Senate did something extraordinary this week: It tried to keep the vote […]
President Obama said something truly great in his State of the Union Address this year. He told Congress: [S]ince the most important investment many families make is their home, send me legislation that protects taxpayers from footing the bill for a housing crisis ever again, and keeps the dream of homeownership alive for future generations. […]
