By Michael Bastasch Despite dire predictions that the North Pole would be ice-free in the near future, Arctic Sea ice levels have been more stable than scientists predicted. So far this winter, Arctic Sea ice levels are above where they were at the same time last winter, and are well within the the standard deviation of…
By Casey Harper A Georgia police chief shot his wife only a few hours into the new year, but he says it was an accident. Peachtree City police chief William McCollom shot his wife in the bedroom of their Atlanta suburban home just after 4 a.m., CNN reports. After the shot injured his wife, McCollom called…
By Connor D. Wolf Twenty states will begin 2015 with an increase in the minimum wage. New York took the lead Wednesday. On Thursday, the first day of the New Year, several more state,s including Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos The IRS has abused its power and misused its resources, so it deserves the budget cuts it got in the 2015 spending bill, a leading anti-tax group argues. “If the IRS wants to see an increase in its budget, it probably should stop harassing conservatives,” Americans for Tax reform spokesman told The…
By Jonah Bennett By allowing the use of its electronic medical records, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is set to cooperate with a study funded by the National Institutes of Health to the tune of $189,186 dollars. The study examines transgender mortality rates. Emory University received the award from the National Institutes of Health to embark…
By Casey Harper An Albuquerque man was enjoying a lazy Sunday when he was unexpectedly shot by police. An officer, gun in hand, was climbing through a second story apartment window to investigate a burglary. That’s when the gun went off. The stray bullet went through the floor below and hit a man in the…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Published: December 12, 2014 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have yet to repay a $188 billion taxpayer bailout, but the Federal Housing and Finance Administration ordered the agencies Thursday to begin diverting some of their profits to low-income housing funds. Texas Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling, who chairs the Financial Services Committee, slammed the…
By Jonah Bennett Published: December 9, 2014 image: Santiago Caruso A company hired to provide food and water supplies to the U.S. military in Afghanistan has been charged with war profiteering to the tune of $389 million dollars, Stars and Stripes reports. Supreme Foodservice GmbH, based out of Europe, created a scheme to fool the military…
Post by C-SPAN. Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber appeared today before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the “stupid American voters” comment that is now haunting him and casting an even longer shadow on Obamacare. “It’s never appropriate to try to make oneself seem more important or smarter by demeaning others. I knew better….
By Jonah Bennett Published: December 8, 2014 The Department of Defense is set to launch its first ever major external financial audit in the agency’s history, awarding contracts for the job to three firms, Federal News Radio reports. While the DOD knows that it won’t receive a clean bill of financial health, the three auditors who…