Will Bulger’s Arrest Uncover More FBI Corruption?
"How sweet it is! Finally, after all these years! Caught?... You want to threaten me?... You want to threaten to pick me off from the cemetery across the street...
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Obama Troop Withdrawal Will Leave 70,000 Soldiers in Afghanistan
President Obama addressed the nation June 22 to announce a gradual drawdown of the approximately 100,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan by withdrawing some 10,000 by the end of this year,...
UK Financial Times: U.S. Economy Bound for Japanese-style Lost Decade
Britain's leading financial newspaper, the London Financial Times, now believes that the U.S. economy may be headed toward a Japanese-style "Lost Decade." ...
CIA Agent: Bush Admin. Used CIA “To Get” Michigan Professor
Former CIA supervisor Glenn L. Carle has accused senior Bush administration officials of trolling secret CIA files for negative information about one of its public critics, University of Michigan...
The “Secret” Patriot Act: Far More Dangerous Than the Public One
Does purchasing nail polish remover or hydrogen peroxide at the local pharmacy put you on a federal terrorist watch list? Apparently, the answer to that question is "yes" under...
Debate: Republicans Take It Easy on Romney, Bash Obama
Seven Republican candidates for U.S. President agreed on vaguely defined economic issues in a debate at Manchester, New Hampshire's St. Anselm College June 13, and the GOP rivals failed to...
Mitt Romney: GOP Front Runner “On Every Side of Every Issue”
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney made his presidential candidacy official June 3 and is the leader in the polls. But despite a lucrative fundraising operation, Romney has a long...
Jobs Numbers Stagnate: Has Obama’s Spending Killed the Recovery?
The U.S. economy experienced disappointing jobs numbers in May, according to figures released June 3 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), leaving the unemployment rate at 9.1...
Did Rand Paul Really Say People Attending Radical Speeches Should Be Locked Up?
Freshman Kentucky Senator Rand Paul stepped into a First Amendment controversy on the Sean Hannity radio show May 27 with remarks that some have interpreted as meaning Paul favors imprisoning people who...
The Last Nail by Ron Paul With Documented Hyperlinks
Congressman Ron Paul delivered a five-minute speech on the floor of the House of Representatives May 25, a short speech that may sound to the uninformed like one wild statement after...
NRA Sells Out Second Amendment on Patriot Act
The NRA sold out the Second Amendment during the Patriot Act fight, criticizing Senator Rand Paul's amendment to exempt gun purchases from search provisions of the Patriot Act in...
Rep. Justin Amash Seeks Limits on Presidential War-making
The U.S. House of Representatives failed to remove a provision from the annual Defense Authorization bill that would give the President virtually unlimited war-making power, rejecting an amendment by freshman...
Four-year Patriot Act Extension Passes Despite Rand Paul’s Efforts
Congress passed a four-year extension of three provisions of the Patriot Act May 26, despite a spirited Senate effort to derail the bill by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who...
Harry Reid: Rand Paul Can Offer Amendments to Patriot Act, But Only Ones I Approve
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has essentially told his fellow senators he won't allow amendments to the Patriot Act he disagrees with on the Senate floor. The May...
Rand Paul Efforts May Lead to Temporary Patriot Act Lapse
Senator Rand Paul may have temporarily set back efforts by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass the Patriot Act renewal long enough to allow the law to expire for...