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The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy
When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down for an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network in a hotel in Jerusalem earlier this month, he made a remark that was perhaps the most revelatory of any in his nearly one year in office
Wiretaps: Turkey Aided Passage of Militant ISIS Terrorists Into Syria
A cache of wiretaps originating in Turkey appear to show the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aiding the passage of militant fighters tied to the ISIS terror group into and out of Syria, according to new reports that are raising questions about Turkey's commitment to its military alliance with Washington, D.C.
Restricting Gun Sales Cost Dick's $150 Million Last Year
Last February, when Dick’s Sporting Goods boss Ed Stack announced he was restricting gun sales at the country’s largest sports retailer, he knew it’d be costly.
GOVERNMENT WASTE: Audit Reveals Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Social Security Payments Went To Dead People
The Office of the Inspector General (IG) at the Social Security Administration (SSA) has released a March 2019 internal audit that sought to determine whether the SSA has been doling out benefits to dead people in Maryland and Michigan. The answer, as it turns out,
Study Estimates the Green New Deal to Cost $93 Trillion — That's a Conservative Estimate
Both fans and foes of the so-called Green New Deal (GND) agree that it is a wildly ambitious set of proposals, which—by design—will involve the federal government spending boatloads of money. In fact, the GND is so expensive that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has cited the inflationary doctrine of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) to deflect the issue; we don’t need to worry about the cost of the Green New Deal, so the argument goes, because the Federal Reserve can create an unlimited number of dollars.
FAA Boss to Congress: $1.8 billion plus 10,000 more employees
During a Senate hearing Wednesday prompted by the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX planes, Daniel Elwell, the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, fiercely defended the integrity of his agency’s practice of delegating large parts of the process of certification of aircraft and their components to the companies that make them, but he gave senators an estimate of what the FAA would need to do the job completely itself.
SPLC, lefties' favorite silencing tool, falls to race, sex scandals
The Southern Poverty Law Center has made big bucks over the years by labeling conservative organizations tools of hate and extremism. Now the finger-pointing has turned inward.
Watch: DC spending at its worst
Republican Sens. Joni Ernst and James Lankford break down some of the most bizarre examples of wasteful government spending.
What Does "Cutting Social Security" Actually Entail?
Cutting program expenditures probably doesn't mean what you think it does
Chief Justice John Roberts bargained with liberals over fate of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, new book claims
Chief Justice John Roberts traded with liberal justices over the fate of a key plank in President Barack Obama’s signature health-care legislation while the matter was before the Supreme Court in 2012, according to an adaptation published on Thursday of a forthcoming Roberts biography
Devin Nunes faces an uphill battle in his lawsuit against Twitter
Analysis: Defamation and negligence cases can be won, but they're particularly challenging when a social media platform is involved
Second Amendment Groups Speak Out Against Suing Gun-Makers
The Connecticut Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling allowing victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre to sue gun manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms left Second Amendment groups bewildered
North Korea Seeks to Split Alliance Between South Korea and U.S.
North Korea on Saturday escalated its attempt to create a rift between South Korea and the United States, as Washington sent mixed signals over whether it would tighten or relax sanctions on the North
Duke to pay $112.5M to settle claims over falsified research: DOJ
Duke University has agreed to settle allegations of scientific research misconduct for $112.5 million, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday.
Hagia Sophia can be reverted to a mosque: Erdoğan
It is within the bounds of possibility to change the legal status of the iconic Hagia Sophia Museum, a landmark of Istanbul and a UNESCO World Heritage site, to a mosque as it was before 1935, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 24.
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