By Robert Donachie President Barack Obama said he is willing to accept the Republican plan to “repeal and replace” Obamacare if their solution is better. “If it works, I’m for it,” Obama told Vox during a Facebook Live interview Friday. “I am saying to every Republican right now, if you in fact can put a…
By Michael Bastasch The U.S. is projected to become “energy independent” within the next decade, according to government analysts, meaning President-elect Donald Trump could deliver on a major campaign promise. The U.S. is “projected to become a net energy exporter by 2026,” according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) annual energy outlook, “but the transition…
By Kody Fairfield Rep. Thomas Massie has delivered the Safe Students Act to his colleagues in Congress. The bill would repeal the “gun free zone” laws on schools across the United States, effectively hardening what were once soft targets for gun crimes. “The bill, originally introduced by Ron Paul in 2007, repeals the Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) of…
By Juliegrace Brufke Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan slammed Democrats for insinuating that President-elect Donald Trump’s win is illegitimate Thursday. “Let me say a couple of things. First of all — and I think this is what the president-elect is legitimately upset about,” Ryan said during his weekly press conference. “There are attempts on the…
By Kathryn Watson TSA officials are “abusing” their authority by covering up information technology (IT) security gaps at airports, according to a blistering new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) report. DHS Inspector General John Roth blasted TSA officials in unusually harsh language for demanding the IG inconsistently redact information about the…
By Juliegrace Brufke The House Freedom Caucus’ repeated calls for more conservative members to be placed on powerful committees have finally being answered. Arizona Rep. David Schweikert is slated to become the first member of the conservative contingent selected to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means — arguably the most influential panel in…
By Katie Frates Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is “talking about” running for New York City mayor, Newsmax reports. It has only been 57 days since President-elect Donald Trump defeated Clinton. During the election slog, Clinton, 69, collapsed getting into a Secret Service van, had multiple coughing fits during speeches and seemed to have trouble…
By Eric Lieberman Watch the Chicago Police Department press conference live below: The four black perpetrators who live streamed their torturing of a mentally handicapped man in Chicago could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of more than just a hate crime. Hate crime charges were officially filed Thursday against Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany…
By Ryan Pickrell South Korea appointed a Twitter officer to monitor President-elect Donald Trump’s tweets. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ North American Affairs Bureau assigned an officer to keep an eye on Trump’s tweets, particularly those related to Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula, reports the Korea JoongAng Daily. “The Korean government is…
By Ryan Pickrell A confessed death squad hitman revealed he personally saw the president of the Philippines kill enemies. Edgar Matobato said Monday that he saw President Rodrigo Duterte commit at least eight murders, seven at the Ma-a quarry in Davao, during Duterte’s stint as mayor of Davao, reports the Inquirer. “There’s been a lot,” Matobato…