TSA Is a “Complete Joke,” Says Former Airport Screener
A former TSA screener says the agency's screening process is nearly worthless and its employees are people "who could never keep a job in the private sector." ...
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TSA Allowed People with Criminal Records to Get Airport Security Badges
In the aftermath of a bungled project, the Transportation Security Administration allowed airports to give security clearance to people without first doing background checks on them — and it has no idea...
Senate Republicans Consider Handing Purse Strings to President
Some Senate Republicans, backed by their leadership, are proposing a plan to avoid mandated sequestration cuts by letting President Obama decide what to cut. ...
Employers Dropping Spousal Coverage to Avoid ObamaCare Fees
In a bid to save money, including new ObamaCare health-insurance fees, employers are increasingly dropping health coverage for employees' spouses. ...
Armed Cops Descend on U.K. Man Over Facebook Picture of Toy Weapon
A U.K. man was visited by armed police officers after posting a picture of an action figure with a mortar launcher on Facebook. ...
British Hospital Patients Dying in Droves From Lack of Care
Hundreds — possibly thousands — of patients have died from lack of care in British hospitals, according to government investigations. ...
Obama-linked Think Tank Wants Universal Preschool, More Child-care Subsidies
The Center for American Progress, a close ally of the Obama administration, has proposed federal funding for universal preschool and child care — a plan that might end up in Obama's...
Families to Pay at Least $20,000 a Year for Insurance Under ObamaCare, Says IRS
A new IRS regulation states that the least expensive health insurance plan available under ObamaCare will cost the average family $20,000 per year in 2016. ...
A Century of Income Taxation: Vastly More Revenue, Even Vaster Debt
On February 3, 1913 — just a few days shy of 100 years ago — the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, enabling Congress to impose a graduated income...
California Christian School Fights for Right to Hire Believers Only
A Christian school in California is suing to preserve its right to hire only Christians after two teachers who were dismissed for refusing to provide written evidence of their faith threatened...
Under ObamaCare, It’s Quit Smoking or Pay the Price — Literally
ObamaCare allows insurers to charge smokers up to 50 percent more for coverage than nonsmokers, potentially pricing older smokers out of the insurance market altogether. ...
Biden 2016? It’s a Real Possibility
According to a lengthy Politico story, Vice President Joe Biden is already gearing up to run for president in 2016, and only Hillary Clinton may be able to stop him. ...
Globesity: How Globalists Are Feeding Off the Obesity Crisis
As fewer and fewer people deem man-made global warming to be a crisis worthy of an international response, globalists are using the “obesity epidemic” to achieve their goals. ...
Pa. Kindergartner Suspended for “Terroristic Threat” With Bubble Gun
“Can’t kids be kids anymore?” asked Maryland attorney Robin Ficker.In today’s hysterical anti-gun atmosphere, the answer, at least for public-school students, is apparently no. The day after a first-grade boy in...
Six-Year-Old Suspended From Maryland School for Using Fingers as Gun
A six-year-old boy was suspended from school in Trappe, Maryland, for the grave offense of using his fingers as an imaginary gun in a game of cops and robbers — the...