Alabama makes three states that defunded Planned Parenthood this week
Alabama became the third state in a week to pull state funding for Planned Parenthood on Thursday, CNN reported.
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Cybersecurity bill could ‘sweep away’ internet users’ privacy, agency warns
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday said a controversial new surveillance bill could sweep away “important privacy protections”, a move that bodes ill for the measure’s return to the floor of the Senate this week.
Pentagon unable to account for nearly $1 billion spent
The Marine Corps did not properly account for nearly $1 billion in transactions, even though the secretary of Defense and his aides gave speeches and awards celebrating the Marine Corps for successfully accounting for all the money it received and spent in 2012, according to a report made public by the Government Accountability Office on Monday.
Planned Parenthood official: Abortion procedures, prices altered to meet demand
A Planned Parenthood executive admits in an undercover video that her doctors alter abortion procedures and she manipulates prices to accommodate specific fetal tissue harvesting requests — including delivering fully intact fetuses — though doing so may violate federal law.
Senate Democrats block effort to defund Planned Parenthood
Senate Democrats on Monday blocked an effort to revoke federal funding for Planned Parenthood, following hours of debate and commentary from members of the Senate and 2016 candidates about women’s health care.
Senate to vote on defunding Planned Parenthood as judge weighs ban on video footage
The Senate is poised to vote Monday on a bill to defund Planned Parenthood brought by pro-life Republicans even as pro-choice groups take to federal court to stop the release of more graphic undercover videos on the fetal tissue business.
US to Issue More Green Cards than Populations of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina Combined
If Congress does not pass legislation to reduce the number of green cards issued each year, the U.S. will legally add 10 million or more new permanent immigrants over the next 10 years — a bloc of new permanent residents larger than populations of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina combined.
Networks Covered Cecil the Lion More in 1 Day Than Abortion Videos in 2 Weeks
America’s anchors have spoken: the shooting of one lion vastly outweighs the trafficking of baby parts by a taxpayer-funded abortion giant. In other words, the broadcast news shows spent more time in one day on Cecil the Lion than they did on the Planned Parenthood videos in two weeks.
Abortion Opponents Plan Nationwide Planned Parenthood Protest
Anti-abortion groups are planning a coordinated, nationwide protest in front of Planned Parenthood clinics later in August, in an effort to ramp up pressure on the group for its involvement in obtaining aborted fetal tissue.
Court bars anti-abortion group from releasing new videos of Calif. company officials
A temporary restraining order has been issued preventing an anti-abortion group from releasing any video of leaders of a California company that provides fetal tissue to researchers. The group is the same one that previously released three covertly shot videos of a Planned Parenthood leader discussing the sale of aborted fetuses for research.
John Kerry: Obama Might Not Follow Law if Congress Blocks Iran Deal
Testifying before Congress this morning, Secretary of State John Kerry refused to pledge to follow the law in the event that Congress rejects the deal he negotiated with Iran.
John Boehner coup: Rep. Mark Meadows files motion to oust House Speaker
Tea party champion Rep. Mark Meadows filed a motion Tuesday to oust House Speaker John A. Boehner from his leadership post, escalating the feud between a faction of conservative lawmakers and the Republican leadership.
Obama To Force Charities To Promote Abortion Or Lose Funding
Religious groups that refuse abortion counseling no longer can get grants to help trafficking victims unless they ensure the counseling is provided by a third party, under new guidelines by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Obama Pledges to Use Last 18 Months in Office Pushing Gun Control
President Obama on Thursday pledged to use his last 18 months in office to work on gun control, calling it “the one area where I feel that I’ve been most frustrated and most stymied.”
Liberals Push Congress for LGBT Bill That Critics Say Would Limit Religious Freedom
LGBT groups and their allies in Congress are pushing for a sweeping piece of legislation that if enacted would, according to critics, limit religious freedom in the United States.
Judge Blasts ICE, says Immigrant Children, Parents in Detention Centers Should Be Released
A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in holding facilities should be released, finding their detention ‘deplorable’ and in grave violation of an earlier court settlement.
Rand Paul: It’s time to discuss taxpayer funding for ‘gruesome’ Planned Parenthood
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will keep up his efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and plans to “try to force a vote” to do so, he said Sunday.
Obama Shielding 80 Percent of Nation’s Illegals From Deportation
President Obama’s executive actions on immigration shield more than 80 percent of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country from any danger of being deported, a top immigration think tank reported Thursday.
FBI Director: Islamic State now a bigger threat than al Qaeda
According to FBI Director James Comey, U.S. military strikes have diminished the threat posed by the al Qaeda offshoot Khorasan Group, but the Islamic State still poses a significant threat.
House OKs bill to crack down on ‘sanctuary cities,’ White House threatens veto
The House approved legislation Thursday to punish so-called “sanctuary cities” for failing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, in the first congressional response to a brazen murder earlier this month in San Francisco allegedly committed by an illegal immigrant.