Steve Birr on October 1, 2015 Volkswagen may dodge criminal charges for violating environmental laws, but the financial penalties they face could bankrupt the company, reports The Wall Street Journal. The largest automaker in the world is facing billions in potential fines in the wake of the emissions scandal, which revealed that VW had been…
Ivan Plis on September 30, 2015 Britain’s top diplomat has said Russia’s military support of Syria’s government could lead to shared responsibility for the Syrian regime’s war crimes. “We are clear that if Russia wants to join with the coalition in air strikes against [ISIS] then we would welcome that,” Philip Hammond, the U.K. foreign secretary, told…
Juliegrace Brufke on October 1, 2015 Russia-based hackers attempted to hack into Hillary Clinton’s private email server on at least five occasions while she was serving as secretary of state, according State Department emails released Wednesday. The former first lady received multiple phishing emails disguised as speeding tickets in August 2011, it hasn’t been confirmed whether she…
Michael Bastasch on October 1, 2015 The EPA’s sweeping plan to tackle global warming is set to be published in the Federal Register by the end of the month, but critics are arguing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is justified using “Volkswagen accounting.” In a recent Senate hearing, Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso asked a…
Leaked audio from a private Hillary Clinton fundraiser has the presidential hopeful calling for a national infrastructure bank which she would model after the scandalous Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Clinton, who has long voiced support for a government-run bank to invest in national infrastructure, told a private group of donors in New York last Thursday…
Rachel Stoltzfoos Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed a question from a female reporter at a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday by telling her not to address a man while “on her knees.” As Kerry was dismissing an inaudible question from the journalist, Lavrov interrupted. “It is politically incorrect for a lady…
Casey Harper on September 30, 2015 The man whose lawsuit sparked the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the U.S. wrote an open letter Wednesday condemning Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses. Jim Obergefell sued when the state of Ohio refused to recognize his and his late…
Blake Neff A woman in North Carolina is attracting media attention for telling her story about pouring drain cleaner in her eyes because she identifies as a blind person. Jewel Shuping was born with perfectly healthy eyes, but she told Barcroft TV in a recent interview that growing up there was always something missing. “By the time…
Some on the left may fancy the Tea Party and conservatives in general–you know, those fly over country folks–as paranoid of government power, but fear in the face of continued evidence is hardly paranoia; it’s common sense. And common sense dictates that the executive branch should not be seeking to embarrass members of Congress, especially…
Kathryn Watson on September 30, 2015 Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday slammed federal officials’ practice of rushing to spend leftover budget dollars in September so they don’t risk losing the money. The Kentucky Republican said Wednesday that “perverse” incentives for “use it or lose it” spending by federal agencies at the end of the federal…