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Published October 07, 2013
Republican lawmakers plan to investigate mounting reports that federal officials are kicking families out of their homes and shuttering private businesses because they sit on federal parkland -- describing the spectacle as an over-the-top response to the partial government shutdown.
Published October 04, 2013
Do Republicans want the country to default? President Obama makes it sound that way, as the stand-off over the budget rapidly turns into a stand-off over the debt ceiling.
Published September 05, 2013
While President Obama was in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, trying to sway skittish allies to back a military strike on Syria, thousands of miles away in St. Petersburg, Fla., residents were leaving little doubt that Obama has a lot of work to do if he's to gain their support for military action.
Published August 30, 2013
President Obama never overtly threatened Assad with missiles when he spoke of the "red line" last August. He merely said that crossing it "would change my equation."
Published August 23, 2013
Delta Air Lines has issued an urgent warning about the impact of ObamaCare, claiming the law's implementation will contribute to a roughly $100 million increase in health care costs next year alone.
Published August 14, 2013
The Justice Department and FBI have quietly acknowledged they grossly overstated the scope of a mortgage fraud crackdown, which the administration heralded with much fanfare a few weeks before last year's presidential election.
Published August 12, 2013
The escalation of drone strikes in Yemen, presumably in response to the ongoing Al Qaeda threat, and other technology-based military options could fuel calls to re-write laws that govern such actions to give Congress greater oversight over the administration's remote-controlled warfare.
Published August 05, 2013
The U.S. Army is refusing to suspend contracts with dozens of companies and individuals tied to Al Qaeda and other extremist groups out of concern for their "due process rights," despite repeated pleas from the chief watchdog for Afghanistan reconstruction.
Published July 25, 2013
A House panel is investigating the 2011 helicopter crash in Afghanistan in which 30 Americans were killed, after victims' family members voiced concern that the government may have been partly to blame for the tragedy.
Published July 17, 2013
A proposed high-speed train connecting suburban California to Las Vegas may have just been stopped in its tracks, after the Transportation Department halted the review of what would have been its largest taxpayer loan in history.