(CNSNews.com) – Placing free birth control above religious freedom, Democrats in both the Senate and the House on Wednesday announced legislation to “right” the alleged “wrong” done to women by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby ruling. “Women across the country and men are outraged by a decision by five Supreme Court justices that […]
(CNSNews.com) – While the House and the Senate this week issued measures intended to temporarily replenish the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of money next month, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) ended the week by proposing to hike – then abolish – the federal fuel tax and replace it with a per-mile “fee.” “The […]
[youtube -2Bq6VUeqfs nolink] On Sunday, the press pushed back. In an interview with the new White House press secretary Josh Earnest, CNN’s Brian Stelter questioned how an administration that prosecutes whistleblowers and curtails press access could still claim the self-awarded title of “most transparent in history.” Philip Wegmann is a member of the Young Leaders […]
President Obama’s request for emergency funding to respond to the crisis along the southwest border drew more heat today from two prominent Texans — Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. “It is a very large amount of money and as you analyze it, very little of it is […]
The IRS has less than 30 days to detail under oath and in writing the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of former official Lois Lerner’s emails and to summarize options to recover the messages, a federal judge ruled. Judicial Watch, a non-partisan watchdog group, has sought the documents from the Internal Revenue Service since last year […]
Following the revelation that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to garnish wages without a court order to collect non-tax debts (i.e. misused grant funds, unrepaid loans or “fines, penalties or fees assessed by federal agencies”), the EPA has sought to defend its proposed rules. The agency cites The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) […]
MIAMI — Florida once again is getting a hefty bonus from federal officials for “saving” taxpayers money. This year, the state’s Department of Children and Families misspent $47.8 million in food stamp benefits. However. that’s out of almost $6 billion the federal government gave to Florida. So, Florida’s error rate of .81 percent is the […]
After a relatively successful first round of presidential elections in Afghanistan in April, the second round—held June 14—has led to a full-blown political crisis that jeopardizes both the future stability of the state and the hard-won development and security gains by U.S. and NATO forces over the last 12½ years. If Afghans can’t achieve a […]
(CNSNews.com) – A major drugstore chain has agreed to pay $180,000 to a longtime employee who was fired six years ago for eating a $1.39 bag of potato chips without paying for it first. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission successfully argued that the woman was fired because of her disability — Type II diabetes — […]
To show support for the recent Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, Holly Fisher – aka “Holly Hobby Lobby” – posted a photo of herself wearing a “pro-life” T-shirt and holding a Chick-fil-A cup in front of one of the arts-and-crafts chain’s locations in West Virginia. The Army wife and mother of three became an instant Internet sensation, […]
