Students form “Happy 2014” to welcome the New Year at a middle school in Ma’anshan, Anhui province. The ball that will drop at midnight at Times Square in New York City. Fireworks pour out of Big Ben in London, England.
A combination of media outlets, from The New York Times to assorted Democratic attack institutions, are gearing up to dismantle the popular image of Chris Christie, who now finds himself with few allies on the right with whom to fight back
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) improperly spent $6.2 billion in taxpayer funds in 2013 including $2.6 billion erroneously spent on Food Stamp benefits, according to its latest agency financial report. USDA’s improper payments amount to the same amount
By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated PressELIZABETH, N.J.Hours after a boisterous Christmas dinner at her grandfather’s, 13-year-old Zainee Hailey came home and took out her family’s trash, a chore she rotated with her siblings. She bundled up the trash bag and stepped outside
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that legalizes drinking on pedal pubs. Pedal pubs accommodate up to 16 riders that sit across from each other, using peddles underneath their seats to slowly power the quadracycles across city streets. While
Organizing for Action, the community organizing group rebooted from President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign remnants that uses BarackObama.com as its website, has thanked House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and other Republicans supporting amnesty
Illinois passed a new state law that set back the efforts of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), making the use of drones to interfere with hunters and fishermen prohibited. The law was created in response to
As 2014 is just a day away, new laws have been crafted for Californians to adhere to. Here are just a few blessed laws and regulations that will come into effect in 2014: Transgender Rights: We will all sleep a
Colorado medical marijuana shops are expecting a “very festive” atmosphere at 8 AM tomorrow, when they will be able to open their doors to anyone willing to buy the drug. The state has predicted that 2014 will see a $571.1
While the gun control push by governors and legislatures in states like New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Colorado, and California received the bulk of media coverage in the last year, the reality is that two thirds of the laws passed by
On January 1, a new Oregon law provides that Oregon mothers will be able to bring home their placentas from the hospital after childbirth. Not everyone knows that in some cultures eating the placenta sac may be nutritional for the
Embattled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Fox News on Tuesday she does not anticipate any more Obamacare delays. Sebelius’s statement significantly constrains the Obama administration’s ability to engage in the rounds of endless delays it has
Boston Mayor-Elect Martin Walsh (D) opposes a Boston Police Department (BPD) plan to purchase AR-15 rifles for officers. According to the Boston Herald, Walsh “came out over the weekend” in opposition to the plan to purchase “33 AR-15 rifles… [that]
Seeking to minimize fallout from the Obama administration missing its year-end Obamacare enrollment targets by 1.3 million people, White House adviser Phil Schiliro said on Tuesday that the oft-cited seven million Obamacare enrollment target “was never our target number.” “There’s
Half of the people who have signed up for Obamacare in 17 states have not activated their health insurance plans by making their first premium payment, a trend that threatens to further embarrass and frustrate President Barack Obama and the highly
(AP) Colorado readies for ‘Green Wednesday’ pot salesBy KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressDENVERPolice were adding extra patrols around pot shops in eight Colorado towns that plan to allow recreational sales to anyone over 21 on Jan. 1. Officials at Denver International Airport
(AP) Boston approves ban on smoking in city-run parksBOSTONBoston has banned smoking in city-run parks, joining a growing list of American cities to do so.The Boston Parks and Recreation Commission on Monday approved a ban covering the 251 parks, squares,
(AP) Pa. police: Cop pepper-sprayed girlfriend’s sonUNIONTOWN, Pa.A Pennsylvania state trooper has been placed on unpaid leave and charged with pepper-spraying his girlfriend’s 13-year-old son because the boy stayed in bed instead of going to school.Trooper Ernest Boatright was charged
(Reuters) – One-third of Americans reject the idea of evolution and Republicans have grown more skeptical about it, according to a poll released on Monday. Sixty percent of Americans say that “humans and other living things have evolved over time,”
The year 2013 was an important one at the U.S. Supreme Court in the life of this nation, coming on the heels of another blockbuster year in 2012. Breitbart News offers a perspective on the Court’s year in review. Supreme
A new step has been taken on the path toward making education universal, electronic, and modern – and perhaps just a little bit dehumanized. A group of researchers at Stanford University has engineered a computer program which can process thousands of
Desert Hot Springs, California, north of Palm Springs, is desperately trying to avoid being the next California city to face bankruptcy, and the prime factor in the city’s dilemma is the huge shortfall in paying the pensions of its police
Some people are not happy that history will be made this New Years’ Day when the first same-sex couple will be married on a float at the Rose Bowl Parade. On the float sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, “Living
As Planned Parenthood prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, its recently released annual report indicates an organization that is very dependent on Obamacare’s “free birth control” and pop culture influence for survival. The abortion industry giant cites Obamacare, the re-election
Bill Richardson said his former boss, President Bill Clinton, still has not gotten over his endorsement of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in 2008. “He’s still mad at me because I endorsed President Obama,” Richardson told host David Gregory in an
BOSTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) —Boston’s Parks and Recreation Commission Monday voted unanimously to adopt a smoking ban in all city parks that goes into effect immediately. The amendment, proposed in November by Mayor Tom Menino, prohibits smoking tobacco, marijuana or
(AP) Dad of Boston bomb suspect’s friend writes ObamaBOSTONThe father of a Chechen man shot to death by authorities in Florida while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation has written to President Barack Obama asking for help finding
(AP) Officials urging evacuation near ND derailmentBy DAVE KOLPACKAssociated PressCASSELTON, N.D.Authorities urged residents to evacuate a small North Dakota town Monday night after a mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed outside of town, shaking residents with a series of explosions
Washington D.C.’s population is growing faster than any state in the nation with the exception of North Dakota. According to the 2012-2013 U.S. Census Bureau, D.C. grew by 2%, to 646,449 over. Leading the nation and bolstered by an ongoing oil
Writing in the Daily Beast, Ron Christie, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, said that it was “frightening” that there are no public records of a one-on-one meeting between Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and President
Looking ahead to 2014, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer said that the best way for conservatives to defeat the permanent political class and the Republican establishment is to not compromise with or be
For more than a decade, New Yorkers have indulged the running joke that Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid his way into City Hall. A report in Monday’s New York Times suggests he did just that: paid $650 million in 12 years for
Most of the 41 workers at Extreme Dodge in Jackson, Michigan say Obamacare is exploding their premiums and destroying health care as they once knew it. “I feel like I’ve been taken to the cleaners,” salesman Neal Campbell told NBC News
A survey of abortion clinics in the United States has concluded that a record number of 87 surgical abortion clinics closed in 2013. The survey, conducted by pro-life organization Operation Rescue, found that the total number of surgical abortion clinics
A December 30th report released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund shows that 2013 had the fewest police deaths by firearms since 1887. According to the report by the Associated Press, there were a total of “111 federal, state,
Among the thousands of documents Connecticut police released December 27 related to the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary, the contents and files of Adam Lanza’s computer include files on mass shootings, mass murders, pedophiles’ rights, and a man/boy love
The Obama official who oversaw the building of Healthcare.gov has retired. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) chief operating officer Michelle Snyder, who planned to retire in 2012, stayed on at the request of CMS head Marilyn Tavenner. During
(AP) 2013: fewest police deaths by firearms since 1887WASHINGTONThe number of law-enforcement officers killed by firearms in 2013 fell to levels not seen since the days of the Wild West, according to a report released Monday. The annual report from
(AP) Ariz. woman accused of trying to poison childrenCASA GRANDE, Ariz.An Arizona woman is accused of trying to poison her four children with prescription narcotics drugs, including a teenage daughter who died. Police say she also lured her former husband
The fight against the crippling regulations imposed by Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency on the coal industry is ratcheting to a higher level now that the regulations are soon to be imposed. Obama has said he wants to
