By JP Carroll President Barack Obama arrived Sunday in Vietnam to discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) as well as loosening a U.S. arms embargo, much to the frustration of China. Obama is the third U.S. president to visit the communist country since the end of the Vietnam War. The visit will last three days…
By JP Carroll Dead Socialist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez was praised throughout his life by many figures in academia, journalism and Hollywood despite his brutal regime. This praise included Salon writer David Sirota’s piece after the leader’s death, titled “Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle.” In British publication The New Statesman, a headline as Chavez was nearing death in…
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…
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 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 Jacob Bojesson The Egypt Air flight that disappeared and crashed Thursday was “almost certainly” caused by a terror attack. The flight from Paris to Cairo fell off the radar moments before it was due to land in the Egyptian capital. The cause of the disappearance has yet to be determined, but officials say it…
Video captured by two students from their dorm room at NYU captures the attack on the Twin Towers and the panicked that ensued. Warning this video may be disturbing to some viewers
Gary Johnson wins double digit support in a new Fox News poll released yesterday. In the hypothetical three-way match-up between Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Gary Johnson, Trump received 42%, Clinton received 39%, while Johnson came in at 10%. Gary Johnson did best with people under 35, getting 18%, compared to Trump’s 31% and Clinton’s 40%. He fared…
By Blake Neff Mitt Romney has ruled out a third-party presidential bid and has stopped recruiting others to attempt their own, close advisers said Wednesday. The news suggests Romney has thrown in the towel on the #NeverTrump movement and resigned himself to the Republican Party’s nomination of Donald Trump, as much as he detests it. That…
By Blake Neff LinkedIn has become the latest company to be rocked by a massive security breach, as a hacker has put an astonishing 117 million user emails and passwords up for sale. The hack in question, which was first reported by Motherboard, traces back to 2012, when 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were stolen and…