By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department and FBI are looking into a dispute over Senate investigators’ access to what the Central Intelligence Agency regarded as highly privileged and sensitive documents about its use of “enhanced” interrogation techniques, sources familiar with the inquiry said on Thursday. The CIA’s inspector general asked the Justice Department to become involved after […]

One of the most vulnerable Democrats in the Senate my have just gotten more vulnerable. In an interview aired Wednesday morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., said his GOP opponent, Rep. Tom Cotton, feels entitled to the seat because of his service as an Army infantry officer in Afghanistan and Iraq. “There’s a lot of people in […]

Anti-Gun Doctor Poised for Confirmation as Surgeon General ————————————————————————————— Not a GOA member yet? Click here to join Gun Owners of America! ————————————————————————————— On Thursday, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pension(acronym: HELP!) Committee approved the nomination of anti-gun doctor Vivek Murthy to be Surgeon General of the United States. Like most of Obama’s nominees, Murthy’s primary “credential” is his […]

Thumb-size device offers an affordable way to make your TV smart Roku, the maker of video-streaming set-top boxes, is packing its electronics into a thumb-size stick that disappears behind your TV. At $49, the company’s new Streaming Stick offers an affordable way to make your TV smart­and poses a threat to Google‘s GOOG +0.41% popular smartphone-controlled Chromecast. If you shelled […]

1. Crimean lawmakers propose leaving Ukraine to join Russia Lawmakers in the Ukraine’s semi-autonomous Crimea region have voted to hold a March 16 referendum on whether to break away and become part of Russia. “This is our response to the disorder and lawlessness in Kiev,” lawmaker Sergei Shuvainikov said Thursday. “We will decide our future ourselves.” The move came a […]

Sinking their boat… The White House took the rare step of naming more than a dozen Democrats it worked “in close consultation” with ahead of a Wednesday announcement about changes to the Affordable Care Act. All of the Democrats the administration cited are up for reelection in 2014, and most are either vulnerable or find themselves early targets by the […]

by Dustin Siggins / LifeSiteNews.com AUSTIN, TX, March 5, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion rights activist and State Sen. Wendy Davis is officially the Democratic nominee for governor in the state of Texas. Davis, who entered the national spotlight after a filibuster against a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation in May 2013, won nearly 80 percent of the vote […]

Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.: SCOTUS considers shareholder class actions : Andrew Grossman reports on yesterday’s oral argument in Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund, which “may be the biggest business case of the term. …Basic (Basic v. Levinson, 1988, in which the Court dispensed with the reliance requirement in favor of the “fraud on the market” […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Under pressure from gun control advocates, Facebook agreed Wednesday to delete posts from users seeking to buy or sell weapons illegally or without a background check. A similar policy will be applied to Instagram, the company’s photo-sharing network, Facebook said. The measures will be put into effect over the next few weeks at the world’s largest […]

The news leapt out at me from my Twitter stream: “Bitcoin CEO Found Dead of Possible Suicide in Singapore.” The headline is all too easy to believe, and to assimilate into the story of bitcoin as an experiment gone tragically awry. Last week, the implosion of leading bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox left investors in the crypto-currency feeling robbed, disillusioned, and […]

By  Javier E. David / NBC News Autumn Radtke, the CEO of an upstart online currency exchange, died last week under mysterious circumstances at her home in Singapore. Radtke, the U.S.-born head of First Meta, was found dead by local police Feb. 28, with the cause of death yet to be determined. In a statement on its website, First Meta […]

Editor’s Notes: I can not count the times that I have to listen to someone say… it is not perfect but we have to have something….. my first question is why? In the politico article by LAUREN FRENCH from Politico, I hear the same moaning from the IRS, the President and Congress………… Will a record-breaking amount of criticism force the Obama administration’s hand to […]

By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON / The Weekly Standard  Mike Lee, perhaps the United States Senate’s leading voice for a conservative reform agenda, has now endorsed Ben Sasse in Nebraska’s Senate race.  Lee declared, “Nebraskans need Ben Sasse to represent their values, reformers in the Senate need his conservative vote, our country needs his voice.”  Lee added that Sasse is “a strong […]

1. Envoys seek a peace deal for Ukraine Diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, the U.S., Britain, and France are meeting in Paris on Wednesday for emergency talks on resolving the crisis in Ukraine. “Today the Ukrainian future will be decided,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia said. Russia sent troops into Ukraine’s Crimea region on Saturday after president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted. […]

Editor’s Note: Some of this may make you ill…. for the rest of us… sad. By David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner The tax reform plan from Michigan Rep. Dave Camp was unimaginable as a Republican document just a few years ago, the result of a shifting political landscape that has seen the triumph of President Obama‘s tax message and the […]

Supreme Court says exempt funds protected in bankruptcy, even in cases of debtor misconduct WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a bankruptcy court may not go after property or funds that are legally exempt from creditors. The justices in a unanimous opinion ruled Tuesday in favor of a California man who declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The man claimed $75,000 […]

By Cameron Joseph / The Hill Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) has won his primary, beating back a Tea Party-backed challenger. Sessions led local Tea Party leader Katrina Pierson by 69 percent to 31 percent with early votes counted when the Associated Press called the race. The House Rules Committee chairman and former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman came prepared for the […]

Editor’s Note: Word of warning to Republicans and conservatives, if they take it seriously, so should you….. By Roberta Rampton MCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) – Democrats need to wake up and understand the stakes involved in holding on to control of the U.S. Senate in the November congressional elections, President Barack Obama told Democratic Party donors at a fundraiser on Tuesday. […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Attorney General Greg Abbott says he’ll work to stop people he says are “demanding more government” in Texas. Abbott won the Republican nomination Tuesday night for governor. He’ll face State Sen. Wendy Davis in the closely-watched race to replace longtime Republican Gov. Rick Perry. Speaking at his victory party in San Antonio, Abbott accused his opponents […]

By Andrea Shalal and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force decided on Tuesday to start work on a new rescue helicopter by United Technologies Corp’s Sikorsky Aircraft in fiscal 2015, a surprising turnaround hours after the Pentagon told Congress the program had been postponed. Air Force Secretary Deborah James made the abrupt decision on the Combat Rescue […]