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  • Religious Freedom Concerns Continue After Birth Control Mandate Revision

    Religious Freedom Concerns Continue After Birth Control Mandate Revision

    The Department of Health and Human Services announced last Friday a proposed change to its birth control mandate. The change, which HHS considers an "accommodation" for nonexempt religious groups, does not, however, address the underlying religious freedom concerns of the over 40 plaintiffs who have sued HHS citing their First Amendment religious freedom rights, according to Kyle Duncan, general counsel for The Becket Fund, which represents some of the plaintiffs, in a Monday interview with The

  • Secret Obama Admin Memo Justifying Drone Strikes Against US Citizens Revealed

    The U.S. government can target and kill U.S. citizens believed to be terrorists without due process, even if there is no evidence that they will be involved in a specific attack, according to a secret Justice Department white paper provided to some members of Congress and obtained by NBC News. The document shows a much more expansive justification for when the administration can target U.S. citizens with drone strikes than administration officials have discussed publicly.

  • Senators Debate Inclusion of Gay Partners in Immigration Bill

    President Barack Obama proposed giving gay partners of U.S. citizens the privilege of family member status for the purposes of immigration reform. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) warned that including the divisive issue could split the fragile bipartisan coalition in favor of immigration reform. Sen. Harry Reid accused Republicans of just making excuses to not support the legislation. A spokesperson for Sen. Marco Rubio told The Christian Post that the inclusion of gay pa

  • Obama's Failure to Comply With Medicare Law an Issue for Treasury Nominee

    Obama's Failure to Comply With Medicare Law an Issue for Treasury Nominee

    Eight Republican senators are raising concerns about White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew's nomination to be the next Treasury secretary. When Lew was head of the Office of Management and Budget, he failed to comply with a law requiring the administration to propose reforms to Medicare when the program's trustees report a funding problem.

  • Obama's Jobs Council Closed Down After Only Four Meetings

    Obama's Jobs Council Closed Down After Only Four Meetings

    The charter for President Barack Obama's jobs council, officially called the "President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness," expired Thursday. The White House said it would not renew the charter. The council only met four times, the last time in Jan. 2012.

  • Poll: Majority Now Believe Gov't Threatens Freedom

    For the first time since 1995, when Pew Research Center began asking the question, a majority of Americans believe that the federal government threatens their personal freedoms and rights.

  • Earned Success Is Key to Happiness and Helping the Poor, Scholar Argues

    Earned Success Is Key to Happiness and Helping the Poor, Scholar Argues

    Government programs that take away poor people's incentive to earn their own success are immoral, because earned success is the key to happiness, Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, argued recently in an interview on "The Morality of the Market," at the National Review Institute's 2013 Summit, "The Future of Conservatism."

  • GOP to Blame for Bad Economy, Dems Say

    Republicans are to blame for the recent economic contraction, Democrats in the White House and Congress said Wednesday.

  • Religious Exemption Included in 'Obamacare' Individual Mandate

    There will be a religious exemption to the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (2010), better known as "Obamacare," according to a fact sheet released Wednesday by the Internal Revenue Service.

  • National School Choice Week Promotes More Options to Improve Education System

    National School Choice Week Promotes More Options to Improve Education System

    For the third annual National School Choice Week, Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, over 3,600 events across the country promote the idea that empowering parents to send their kids to the school of their choice is the best way to improve the nation's education system.

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