(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s re-election erased the last major threat to his signaturehealthcare reform law, but left questions about implementation as the national focus shifts to tackling the mounting U.S. deficit. The 2010 Patient...
(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Treasury quietly warned at the end ofa statement issued last Wednesday that it expects the federal government to hit its legal debt limit before the end of this year–which means...
Voters on Tuesday opted to change California’s “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law, which mandates a life sentence for anyone convicted of three serious crimes, NBC projects. Proposition 36 was leading 68 percent to...
(Reuters) – Both sides called it a generation-defining race for the White House: a choice between Democrat Barack Obama’s brand of government activism and Republican Mitt Romney’s commitment to reducing Washington’s role in Americans’...
They’re back, no thanks to Attorney General Eric Holder. Members of the New Black Panther Party are again stalking the polls in Philadelphia. In 2009, the Department of Justice sought a permanent nationwide injunction...
The national debt has doubled since 2005 to more than $16 trillion. That’s seven years. The last time it doubled, from $4 trillion to $8 trillion, it took 14 years.
Superstorm Sandy exposed the true nature of the people in its path, bringing out tales of hope and heroism — as well as stories of callous cruelty. Looting, price gouging and misguided rage all...
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) – Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu and Sara Eisen report on how New York City’s rat population fared during superstorm Sandy.
(Reuters) – A Catholic-owned family business in Michigan does not have to comply with the provision of the new U.S. healthcare law that requires private employers to provide employees with health insurance that covers birth control, a federal judge...
(Reuters) – New Yorkers awoke to the rumble of subway trains for the first time in four days on Thursday and the death toll continued to rise from the former hurricane Sandy, one of...
