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Breaking News: Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner resigns following arrest
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By: The Associated Press 5:20 p.m. CDT , May 21, 2013 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas' state treasurer has resigned after federal prosecutors accused her of taking cash payments from a broker who handled a large amount of the state's in...
Is the Obama administration showing a lack of concern for freedom of the press?
In a recent editorial, the New York Times became one of the more influential voices to say what many others have been saying: that the administration's methods are an attack on press freedom. Journalists are outraged by both the Justice Department's...
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Three separate controversies in the nation’s Capital dominated the headlines this week. Which of the following do you find most serious?307 opinions1 day ago
The focus turned to finding survivors Tuesday morning, after deadly tornadoes tore through towns just south of Oklahoma City on Monday. Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise. Earlier reports on the death tol...1 opinion1 day ago
Washington: First Amendment lawyer James C. Goodale, who represented the New York Times in the Penaton Papers case, wrote in the newspaper on Tuesday that President Barack Obama is poised to surpass former President Richar...31 votes1 day ago
Stop the presses -- or so that seems to be the ultimate goal of Justice Department efforts to seize the records of professional journalists. First, we discovered that the Justice Department had obtained two months’ ...3 votes3 days ago
http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=k4bHlxYjozlibiWM... On this weekend’s broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt ripped the Obama’s administration’s Justice Departm...28 opinions3 days ago
Eight hundred sixty-three years ago (give or take), King Henry II was in a foul humor. He ranted and raved and screamed at the top of his lungs to his courtiers: Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest? Four knights ...56 votes3 days ago
MY heart goes out to the folks in Moore.. this is the second time the city has been devastated that I know of from when I lived just south of there up until 1980.. Unlike Sandy where millions were told to get out of dodge...4 opinions3 days ago
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates more than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or sickness related to sexual abuse, the Associated Press reported on Monday. The VA also said in figures re...3 opinions3 days ago
The Justice Department spied extensively on Fox News reporter James Rosen in 2010, collecting his telephone records, tracking his movements in and out of the State Department and seizing two days of Rosen’s personal emails...12 opinions3 days ago
Obama's Department of Justice has its hands full defending itself from scandals of corruption. The latest scandal involves a criminal probe targeting a journalist at FoxNews -- the news organization President Obama loves t...33 votes3 days ago
The Washington Post reports that the Obama Justice Department targeted FOX News reporter James Rosen for investigation after Rosen attempted to obtain leaks from the Obama administration. Rosen’s case is different from tha...66 opinions3 days ago
The President and CEO of the Associated Press told CBS News that the Justice Department’s seizure of phone records was “unconstitutional” and has hurt the agency’s ability to report on the news. It’s not that the governmen...71 opinions4 days ago
"Barack Obama's "American" values, The Associated Press reports that the Obama Administration seized phone records... & "war time sex slaves were necessary" says Japanese mayor! NO OUTRAGE?!" Original release: 5/1...6 votes5 days ago
Ah yeah, sure… Via Washington Times: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/john-edwards-... Mark Sanford is now a member of Congress two years after he stepped down as governor of South Carolina following a hi...3 opinions5 days ago
This AP story suggests that both sides threw birdshot and Molotov cocktails and that the Christians began the conflict, but this is wildly unlikely. Muslim mobs brutalize Christians in Egypt on an increasingly freque...5 opinions5 days ago-
They were in the witness protection program -- which is news in itself -- but the Justice Department didn't give their names to those who actually keep dangerous people from flying. Funny how all of Obama's mistakes ...0 opinions5 days ago
Ooooooops Last Updated: 11:54 PM, May 16, 2013 Posted: May 17, 2013 Can government get anything right? In the latest in the stream of scandals flowing out of Washington, a new report says the Justice Departmen...6 votes6 days ago
Idaho man heads to court after terrorism arrest By TODD DVORAK | Associated Press – 7 hrs ago Email ShareTweet Print RELATED CONTENT View Photo U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow, … View Photo U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow, …...5 opinions6 days ago