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GSA junket a case of government hypocristy

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
Matt Welch says the surprise isn't that a federal agency was "busted" for its $822,000 Las Vegas junket, it's that taxpayers haven't figured out that the government has been on a spending binge for years
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Hatch: Obama might attack Romney on Mormon faith

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign....

Shelby Steele: The Exploitation of Trayvon Martin

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
The absurdity of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton is that they want to make a movement out of an anomaly. Black teenagers today are afraid of other black teenagers, not whites.


Henninger: The Supreme Court Lands in Oz

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
Like the original wizard, Barack Obama doesn't want anyone to look behind the curtain.


Solar Flare-out

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
As companies go bust, Europe rethinks solar power subsidies.


Intercepting Kim's Rocket

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
A successful North Korean test could put Alaska at risk.


Martin Feldstein: Europe Needs the Bond Vigilantes

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
The EU's 'fiscal compact' is an empty gesture.


Rove: It's Almost Over for Santorum

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
Once a candidate starts winning, he tends to keep winning.


Romney accuses Obama of 'hide-and-seek' campaign

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney unleashed a strong attack on President Barack Obama's truthfulness Wednesday, accusing him of running a "hide-and-seek" re-election campaign designed to distract voters from his first-term record while denying them information about his plans for a second....

Class tuition reviewed after police pepper-spray clash

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Police at a California college pepper-sprayed as many as 30 demonstrators as students angry over a plan to offer high-priced courses tried to push their way into a trustees meeting, authorities said, as state officials said they were reconsidering the policy.

"Let us in, let ...

American Scene: 5 ex-cops sentenced in Katrina killings case

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NEW ORLEANS — Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon were convicted of ...

Appeals court hears case for gay marriage

A three-judge federal appellate court heard arguments Wednesday on whether a 1996 federal law that defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman - thus denies marital benefits to gay couples married under state law - is constitutional.

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) amounts to "across-the-board ...

Robert Hahn: Google's Turn to Quake?

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
IBM and Microsoft fought antitrust authorities on multiple continents, even as they lost their fleeting dominance.


Republicans try to shut down talk of becoming VP

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tag. I'm not it....

Killing Coal

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
So much for an 'all of the above' energy strategy.


Republicans try to shut down talk of becoming VP

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tag. I'm not it....

Obama gets grief for saying private sector 'fine'

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama made Mitt Romney's day by declaring "the private sector is doing fine" and opening himself to the accusation that he - not the rich Republican - is the one who is out of touch with reality. Obama quickly clarified his remark Friday but Republicans already had their teeth in it and weren't letting go....

FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on Americans, even though Obama's law is closely modeled on the plan Romney achieved in Massachusetts....

FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on Americans, even though Obama's law is closely modeled on the plan Romney achieved in Massachusetts....

FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 00:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on Americans, even though Obama's law is closely modeled on the plan Romney achieved in Massachusetts....
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