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Another day, another damning federal report regarding the ease with which potential criminals can purchase guns in America. Just days after issuing findings

I get accused of breaking some journalism school rules, said Andrew Breitbart. I’m willing to be accused of being a monster.

Near the end of August, the number of deaths by border crossers in Pima County, Ariz., was beginning to climb to near-record numbers. Today, NPR reports that

Four thousand Americans died to empower this torturer. From a brilliant Washington Post piece: What Zobaie wants is for the U.S. military to hand over full

Brooke Obie documents a paranoia that had escaped my attention up to now -- the worry that the Obama administration was altering the Missile Defense Agency’s

Pic by micahb37, via Flickr A court ordered a temporary halt to Florida’s controversial new law requiring welfare recipients to submit to a drug test before receiving benefits yesterday. In its decision, the court also dismissed a report by a newly formed conservative think tank, which the state had cited as part of its defense of the law

Florida Security Council Director Tom Trento (Pic via Facebook) The United West, an anti-islamic organization, will host an event in Tallahassee on the first day of Florida’s 2012 legisltative session to honor members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq

Conspiracy-theorist Website WorldNetDaily posts the inevitable connection between Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and President Obama, and it

So reports Roll Call, which cites several anonymous sources claiming that the Obama administration is drafting an alternative to the congressional bills in the

In January of 1964, in his first State of the Union Address, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented Congress with a formidable challenge. This

Dozens of groups and individuals are asking the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend licensing and other activities at 21 nuclear plants until the

The Washington Independent hereby calls for Spanish Intelligence officers to investigate our contribution to any financial crisis Spain might have in the future, too.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement data received through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that Secure Communities , a federal immigration enforcement program, detains and deports people who are not criminals. # In a press release issued last week, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network indicates that: # “Nationally, 1 in 4 people deported under S-Comm haven’t been convicted of any crime

Today, following a meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), President Obama is to announce a new jobs program aimed at training

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser is the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in the eastern sector of Afghanistan, known as RC-East.

Gov. Rick Perry has added voter photo ID and amending the U.S. Constitution to mandate a balanced federal budget to the list of emergency items for the 2011

Perhaps I was too quick to dismiss the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board yesterday. The White House just released a new executive order that gives the

U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) gave an impromptu press conference before a speaking engagement Tuesday morning, mostly on the Tucson shootings, rejecting calls

Congressman Jared Polis today called for the inclusion of comprehensive immigration reform in any negotiated package presented to Congress to raise the debt limit and cut the deficit. In a letter to President Obama and Speaker Boehner, Polis outlined how he thinks immigration reform could increase federal revenues by billions of dollars, helping to close the budget deficit