Obama Sends 275 U.S. Troops to Protect Embassy
Up to 275 U.S. military troops were being deployed to Iraq to Iraq to provide support and security to U.S. personnel and the embassy in Baghdad, President Barack Obama informed Congress on Monday.
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Whooping Cough Has Reach Epidemic Levels in California (Video)
Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has made a resurgence in California over the past year, and the number of cases has reached epidemic proportions, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said.
Twisters Destroy Town in Nebraska (Video)
Massive tornadoes swept through northeast Nebraska, killing at least one, and destroyed more than half the town of Pilger, the Associated Press reported.
Liquid Meth Pours into U.S. (Video)
Drug traffickers are now disguising methamphetamine, commonly known as meth, as a liquid to smuggle it into the United States. Once in the States, drug smugglers often convert the liquid into crystals — the most sought-after form in the black market.
Federal Student Loan Debt Up 517% in 5 Years
Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, the outstanding balance on federal direct student loans has gone from $119 billion in 2009 to a staggering $739 billion, or an increase of 517.4 percent.
Feds Take in Record $1.9T in Revenue, Gov’t Still Runs $436B deficit
Despite record federal tax revenues of $1.9 trillion, the federal government still managed to run a deficit of $436 billion through the first eight months of the fiscal year, according to the U.S. Treasury.
Obama to Sign Executive Order Banning LGBT Discrimination
President Obama is ready to sign an executive order that bans discrimination by federal contractors on the basis sexual orientation, top democrats said.
Supreme Court Tightens Restrictions of Gun Purchases
On Monday, the Supreme court in a split 5-4 decision, tightened restrictions on gun purchases, to prevent sham buyers from obtaining guns for the sole purpose of giving them to another person.
Incurable Virus Spread by Mosquito Found in the States
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are on high alert as a mosquito-borne virus that has no cure or treatment has been found in at least six states. The virus called chikungunya was brought into the country by infected travelers, who had recently been to the Caribbean.
Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory to Pro-Life Group (Video)
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, gave an major victory to a pro-life group that sought to challenge an Ohio law that bans campaign statements deemed to be false. The court ruled that the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) can proceed with a lawsuit challenging that Ohio Election officials violated SBA List’s First Amendment Rights.
As U.S. Factories Close, Income Gap Widens
The downfall of manufacturing in the U.S. has done more than displace workers and leave communities searching for ways to rebuild devastated economies. In Reading and other American factory towns, manufacturing’s decline is a key factor in the widening income gap between the rich and everyone else, as people have been forced into far lower-paying work.
Supreme Court Decisions This Month Could Impact Your Freedom
The Supreme Court will be issuing opinions in 17 cases over the next two weeks including the religious rights of corporations, abortion clinic buffer zones, the right to criticize elected officials and privacy rights of people under arrest.
U.S. Opens Borders to Mexican Gang Members
Border Patrol officials struggling to keep up with the increasing number of minors illegally crossing the Mexican border are not turning away persons with known gang affiliations. Chris Cabrera, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council Local 3307 in the Rio Grande Valley, explained that a Border Patrol agent he represents helped reunite a teenage gang member with his family in the United States. Cabrera notes the young member of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), a transnational criminal gang, had no criminal record in the U.S., but asks, “If he’s a confirmed gang member in his own country, why are we letting him in here?”
IRS Lost Key Emails to Computer Crash, Agency Says
The Internal Revenue Service claims to have lost two-years worth of emails between former IRS official Lois Lerner, who resigned under pressure for her role in the IRS targeting scandal, and outside agencies and groups.
Wisconsin judge puts same-sex marriages on hold
A federal judge on Friday put same-sex marriages in Wisconsin on hold, a week after she struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, a move that allowed more than 500 couples to wed over the last eight days.
Declassified report: Two nuclear bombs nearly detonated in North Carolina
On a January night in 1961, a U.S. Air Force bomber broke in half while flying over eastern North Carolina. From the belly of the B-52 fell two bombs — two nuclear bombs that hit the ground near the city of Goldsboro.
Congress’ Iraq Vets ask themselves, “What was the point of all that?”
Americans are tired of war. For the 17 members of Congress who served in Iraq, that means watching helplessly as the cities they fought for fall once more to extremists.
Benghazi Attackers Used State Dept. Cell Phones According to CIA
The terrorists who attacked the U.S. consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 used cell phones, seized from State Department personnel during the attacks, and U.S. spy agencies overheard them contacting more senior terrorist leaders to report on the success of the operation, multiple sources confirmed to Fox News.
Protesters Decry Obama’s Silence on Imprisoned Mother (Video)
Protesters from some 40 groups marched and rallied outside the White House Thursday, accusing the president of not doing enough to push Sudan to free Meriam Ibrahim, a 27-year-old mother of two who’s been sentenced to die for her Christian faith.
Pentagon Taking Steps to Prepare for Mass Civil Breakdown
A US Department of Defense (DoD) research program is funding universities to model the dynamics, risks and tipping points for large-scale civil unrest across the world, under the supervision of various US military agencies. The multi-million dollar program is designed to develop immediate and long-term “war fighter-relevant insights” for senior officials and decision makers in “the defense policy community,” and to inform policy implemented by “combatant commands.”