Over 100 conservative economists said they would call on the members of Congress to approve the immigration reform bill, highlighting the many possible economic benefits. On Thursday, the American Action Forum, will release a letter, which is the latest attempt from conservative economists, who have seen a division in their ranks on the overhaul immigration that is currently in the Senate. The AAF economist ...

A witness protection program of the U.S. government lost the whereabouts of two informants with links to terrorist groups. Now both are believed to have left the U.S., revealed a report on Thursday. The Office of the Inspector General released a summary of its findings that found many deficiencies and vulnerability in national security arising from how the witness protection program was managed. The program ...

On Wednesday, President Obama announced that the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service was asked and agreed to resign following the news that the government agency had targeted political groups that were conservative and were attempting to gain tax-exempt status. Steven Miller, who at the time the wrongdoing took place was not the commissioner of the IRS, agreed to step aside due to the misconduct on ...

On Tuesday, the Department of Justice started a criminal investigation into the overzealous scrutiny of applications to the IRS for tax-exempt status by conservative groups. The scrutiny has been considered improper targeting that has been blamed in a report by the inspector general on staff that was confused and oversight that was lax. The auditors announced that the activities deemed improper had not been ...

For just the first time the word impeachment has been mentioned over President Obama’s involvement in the alleged cover-up regarding the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Conservative Senator Jim Inhofe a Republican from Oklahoma and Michael Tomasky a columnist with Newsweek magazine both mentioned the “I” word. Inhofe was on the Rusty Humphries radio show on Thursday and he called the Benghazi incident the great ...

In the days following President Barack Obama’s re-election, in last November’s election, headlines across the country declared there had been a record Hispanic voter turnout. The same headlines said because of that record turnout Obama had been re-elected. An era of voter apathy amongst Hispanics was said to have ended along with the presidential hopes of Mitt Romney and the hopes of Republican Party candid ...

Pat Brady, the Illinois chairman of the Republican Party has announced he resigned on Tuesday amidst the controversy over the support he gave legislation for gay marriage. It had been thought Brady would drop from the lead role of the GOP following a controversial period that pitted social moderates in the Republican Party against fellow social conservative in the party. The Illinois legislature has legisla ...

Darrell Issa, the chairman of an investigative committee in the House of Representatives said that witnesses scheduled to appear at a hearing on May 8 have critical information regarding the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya that killed the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other U.S. citizens. Issa also said that there are others, if they can overcome the fear of retaliation by superiors, who could also ...

On Thursday, President Obama will complete his economic team by nominating Penny Pritzker to be his Secretary of Commerce. The fundraiser and business executive from Chicago has been a longtime supporter of Obama. At the same time, Obama will announce his U.S. trade representative would be a top advisor and aide Mike Froman, both of the nominees must be first confirmed by the Senate. Obama will make the ann ...

In 2012, blacks voted more than any other group of minorities and by most measures, for the first time, surpassed the turnout of white voters. This reflects the deeply polarized 2012 presidential election where Barack Obama was strongly supported by the black voter and many white voters remained at home. If people had voted in November of last year in rates similar to the election in 2004, when the turnout ...