Oct 7, 2013 – In a letter sent to U.S. Government workers affected by the shutdown on October 1, President Obama told federal employees he will continue to work with Congress in order to get them back to work, thanked them for their service and blamed House Republicans for the government shutdown....

Oct 7, 2013 – Editors note: A previous version of this story stated the ACLU is suing ATF over censorship of Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson, that is inaccurate. The letter the ACLU sent is request, not a lawsuit. We regret the error....

Oct 7, 2013 – Yesterday the AMBER alert system website, which spreads information about missing and kidnapped children, was taken down. The federal government shutdown was cited as the reason. First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign and website, whose latest effort is to teach people how...

Oct 7, 2013 – One week ago at midnight, the federal government 'shutdown.' President Obama is still refusing to negotiate and the next battle is quickly approaching: the debt limit. But despite the White House making life as painful as possible in the name of partisanship by barricading WWII vets out of their memorial,...

Oct 7, 2013 – This column appears in the October edition of Townhall Magazine. ------------------- We’ve all heard it over and over again: “Al Qaeda is on the run,” “back on its heels” and “decimated.” ‘The tide of war is receding,” President Obama said in a speech to the nation in June 2011....

Oct 1, 2013 – Late Monday night, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied a Department of Justice request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the House Oversight Committee last summer over Operation Fast and Furious documents. “In the Court's view endorsing the proposition that the executive may...

Oct 17, 2013 – In an interview with GQ magazine former Congressman and NYC Mayoral Candidate Anthony Weiner is blaming his pathetic loss last month, where he raked in less than 5 percent of the vote, on the internet. The “if” is far bigger than Anthony Weiner’s dangerous appetite for sexting, but...

Oct 17, 2013 – More than a week ago, the ACLU sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms requesting the agency reverse their decision to block Operation Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson from publishing a book about the scandal because it would "have a negative impact on morale." After...

Oct 16, 2013 – Since the implementation of Obamacare and the new development of healthcare "navigators," both Democrats and Republicans have been sounding the alarm about potential fraud and identity theft that could come as a result. Obamacare "navigators" have been hired throughout the country to help people get enrolled in exchanges and...

Oct 15, 2013 – According to a new study conducted by Texas Tech University Professor Dr. Michael Giberson for the Institute for Energy Research, the government and wind lobby aren't telling taxpayers the whole truth about how much wind energy really costs. The study comes as the wind lobby is set to receive another...

Oct 15, 2013 – The sacred ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania where 9/11 Flight 93 crashed twelve years ago after being hijacked by Islamic terrorists has been closed by the National Park Service due to the 'government shutdown.' The Flight 93 memorial was closed. pic.twitter.com/27G6l39Hiq — Dave Stroup...

Oct 15, 2013 – When Obamacare was shoved down the throats of the American people in 2010, doctors, people in the medical industry and conservatives warned the legislation would be a major job killer and guess what? It is. Last month we saw the Cleveland Clinic, a place Obama touted as...

Oct 15, 2013 – As the violence in Chicago's gang plagued neighborhoods rages on, the underlying cause of the Windy City's murder rampages can be found thousands of miles away along a porous border. According to a report from Breitbart's Jeremy Segal, Mexican drug cartels are "allowed" to run Chicago's streets and young African-American...

Oct 15, 2013 – Back in 2011, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded for the first time in history under President Barack Obama and now, it looks like it could happen again. Fitch Ratings put the US government's "AAA" credit rating on 'rating watch negative' Tuesday, saying...

Oct 14, 2013 – Yesterday veterans took to the National Mall to tear down 'barrycades' erected around memorials and returned them to the White House. But now, government employees deemed essential in a government shutdown have been instructed to put the barrycades back up. Unbelievable RT @charliespiering: Live: New barricades set...

Oct 14, 2013 – He's been missing in action for months, but could Vice President Joe Biden be the solution lawmakers need on Capitol Hill to come to some sort of agreement on the debt ceiling and the government shutdown? Conn and Guy have already laid out the details about what Democrats have done...

Oct 14, 2013 – Incredible image from #1MVetMarch pic.twitter.com/EinbGuRVyU — Judge Lucas (@JudgeLucas) October 13, 2013 Wow. Just... wow. pic.twitter.com/jb1gxrgCX3 — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 13, 2013 “@JakeHarris4: Barricading the White House. "A present from your vets." #MillionVetMarch pic.twitter.com/MzKHj1uv4v”...

Oct 14, 2013 – Sunday, hundreds of veterans descended upon Washington D.C. to protest the barricading of open air memorials on the National Mall. Memorials were barricaded by the Obama administration, citing the government shutdown. Yesterday, the barricades were stormed, taken down and then carried by veterans to the White House, where they were...

Oct 14, 2013 – Today officially marks the end to the second week of the partial government shutdown in Washington D.C.and the beginning of a third as lawmakers continue to fight over how to get things reopened. Republicans in the House and moderate Republicans in the Senate have repeatedly offered a number of compromises...

Oct 12, 2013 – California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation into law late Friday banning the use of traditional ammunition containing lead in the Golden State, making it the first state in the country to do so. “We are greatly disappointed that Gov. Brown decided to sign AB...

Oct 11, 2013 – Guy already delivered the pathetic news of only 51,000 people signing up for Obamacare so far, but to make things worse, young people are still dodging the exchanges like the plague. Cathy Reisenwitz explains why in Forbes: Experts say that young, healthy people...

Oct 11, 2013 – Earlier this week, the ACLU sent a letter to ATF Deputy Director Thomas Brandon after an outside working application submitted by ATF Special Agent and Operation Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson was denied. Dodson's outside work application was for a book manuscript, The Unarmed Truth: My Fight to...

Oct 10, 2013 – Well, who didn't see this coming. The Taliban is mocking the United States for the government shutdown. Taliban militants fighting US troops in Afghanistan taunted Washington over the government shutdown on Wednesday, accusing US politicians of "sucking the blood of their own people". The Islamist militants issued a statement describing how...

Oct 10, 2013 – Late Thursday morning, House Republicans offered President Obama a debt ceiling increase in return for a conference on the budget. President Obama has been saying for a week that the United States could default on its debt and that Republicans in the House want it to happen (they don't). It...

Oct 10, 2013 – House Republicans announced late Thursday morning before a meeting with President Obama at the White House that they are offering a temporary, six week debt ceiling increase in exchange for the ability to go to conference over the budget. "Over the course of the past 10 days we've...