Mitt Romney was accused of being out of touch with working-class America on Sunday, after the Republican presidential candidate tried to make an impromptu $10,000 bet during a TV debate. The slip, at the time of high unemployment and a growing poverty divide, could damage Romney three weeks before the first of the Republican contests [...]
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December 12, 2011
December 11, 2011
White House asks Supreme Court to block suit of man arrested for criticizing Cheney
December 11, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis White House asks Supreme Court to block suit of man arrested for criticizing Cheney By John Burton 10 Dec 2011 Last Monday, at the Obama administration’s request, the Supreme Court accepted review of a lower court decision which allowed an opponent of the Iraq war, Steven Howards, to sue [...]
December 3, 2011
November 19, 2011
Picture emerges of White House shooting suspect
(CNN) — Weeks before his arrest on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama, an Idaho man taped a video pitch for Oprah Winfrey — expressing his contempt for government, offering secrets to solving global problems and proclaiming himself to be “the modern-day Jesus Christ.” The video, released Friday to CNN by Idaho [...]
November 17, 2011
November 16, 2011
Found: bullet that smashed White House window
The US secret service has found a bullet from a semi-automatic rifle that smashed a window at the White House, according to officials. The service has been investigating a shooting that occurred near the White House on Friday. On Tuesday morning, it discovered two bullets, one of which had smashed a window before being stopped [...]
November 15, 2011
Suspect in weekend shooting near White House is still at large
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Police are still looking for a suspect in Friday night’s shooting near the White House and Washington Monument and say they haven’t found any bullets in buildings, cars or trees to indicate what the shooter might have been aiming at. No one was injured. The U.S. Park Police have an arrest warrant [...]
November 13, 2011
October 6, 2011
Sarah Palin ponders political future as GOP candidates await endorsement
Sarah Palin is hoping to be a major powerbroker in the Republican party – in spite of opting against joining the 2012 presidential election race. Within hours of finally bringing to an end the year-long speculation over whether she would stand, she said candidates fighting for the Republican presidential nomination were contacting her office seeking [...]
September 29, 2011
September 21, 2011
8 Things Missing From Obama’s Debt-Cutting Plan
President Obama has finally rolled out his plan to slash the national debt. One thing it’s not is timely: At least half-a-dozen other groups have published their own debt-reduction plans since Obama took office in 2009. One of those efforts was a commission set up by Obama himself. The “National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and [...]