Russ Read The final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will cut the size of the National Security Council (NSC) from over 400 employees to just 150 for fiscal year 2017. The provision intends to curb the exponential growth the NSC staff has seen over the past 25 years. Since the start of…
Michael Bastasch The world’s largest solar energy plant known for incinerating birds just got a taste of its own medicine. A fire at the plant Thursday morning, which may have been caused by “misaligned” mirrors used to reflect sunlight at boiler towers, broke out in the facilities interior — literally scorching parts of the plant. NRG…
By Lina Bryce Presidential Libertarian candidate, Austin Petersen appeared on Glenn Beck‘s show today, scoring major points with the host and his viewers. The show will be aired in its entirety later today on The Blaze, but according to a status update on Austin Petersen’s Facebook page, Glenn Beck has already given Petersen a glowing endorsement….
By Michael Bastasch Former Vice President Al Gore told The Hollywood Reporter his 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth” actually underestimated how serious global warming would be — despite all the patently false predictions he made in the film. “I wish the film had over-estimated the seriousness of the crisis, but unfortunately it actually underestimated how…
By Casey Harper After a new poll revealed that 9 out of 10 Native Americans are not offended by the Washington Redskins team name, a Washington Post editor is trying to come to grips with crusading for a group that didn’t want his help after all. Columnist Robert McCartney writes “It’s humbling to admit it, but Dan Snyder…
By Luke Rosiak Adult men are almost as common a sight in housing projects as women, even though data show that virtually every subsidized apartment is occupied by low-income women whose “poverty” status is based on being single mothers with no man. They can be seen exiting apartments in the morning, parking their cars there overnight,…
Juliegrace Brufke The Trans-Pacific Partnership would marginally boost job growth, income levels and exports in the U.S., according to a study published Wednesday by the International Trade Commission. The commission estimates the landmark trade deal negotiated between 12 Pacific Rim countries – signed by President Barack Obama earlier this month, but not yet approved by Congress – would increase real…
By Casey Harper A new civil asset forfeiture reform bill arrived Thursday in the House, and it could change the game on police seizures. A bipartisan group of Congressmen are calling for the passage of the “Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures (DUE PROCESS) Act”. Civil asset forfeiture…
By Guy Bentley Twitter suspended a spoof account of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products Wednesday after the account mocked the FDA’s e-cigarette policy. Jeff Stier, senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) and one the nation’s leading critics of the FDA’s e-cigarette crackdown, set up the…
By Kathryn Watson A now-former senior Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent stationed in Monterrey, Mexico, accepted free trips on private planes from businessmen, then made sure the Department of State revoked the U.S. visas of their c0mpetitors by defaming them. Former DEA supervisory agent Leonardo Silva pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to making false…