From Sesame Street to North Capitol Street, Cookie Monster is on the move. The beloved children’s character visited Capitol Hill Wednesday to announce the Sesame Street Outreach and United Service Organization’s upcoming tour of military bases throughout the world.
Cookie Monster visits the Hill to announce new Sesame Street and USO military base tour
By Meghan Keenan /// May 22, 2013
Obama to visit tornado-struck Oklahoma town as feds pledge aid
LOS ANGELES TIMES — With the president scheduled to visit Moore, Okla., over the weekend, officials of the Obama administration on Wednesday again pledged to help the city recover from the damage of Monday’s tornado no matter how long the process takes.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Pritzker’s offshore holdings cloud Commerce bid
THE WASHINGTON TIMES - During his campaign for re-election, President Obama and his team accused Mitt Romney of “betting against America” for investing in offshore accounts that shielded the Republican challenger from paying U.S. taxes.
Read more at The Washington Times.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Arrest Warrant Issued for “Dead” Rapper Tim Dog
WREG MEMPHIS — A Desoto County,MS judge has issued an arrest warrant for Rapper ‘Tim Dog’ who is supposed to be dead.
Read more at WREG Memphis.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Former Miss America might challenge McConnell
CBS NEWS - Heather French Henry, a former Miss America title holder from Louisville, said Tuesday night that public and private figures are urging her to mount a bid to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
Read more at CBS News.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
‘Girls Gone Wild’ founder Joe Francis calls jurors “mentally f—king retarded”
“Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis isn’t head-over-heels for the jurors that found him guilty of assault and false imprisonment earlier this month – in fact, he thinks they’re “mentally f-ing retarded.”
By Arianne Talma /// May 22, 2013
IRS’s Lerner had history of harassment, inappropriate religious inquiries at FEC
THE WEEKLY STANDARD — Perhaps no other IRS official is more intimately associated with the tax agency’s growing scandal than Lois Lerner, director of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations Division. Since admitting the IRS harassed hundreds of conservative and Tea Party groups for over two years, Lerner has been criticized for a number of untruths—including the revelation that she apparently lied about planting a question at an American Bar Association conference where she first publicly acknowledged IRS misconduct.
Read more at The Weekly Standard.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Senate Democrats propose student loan bailouts
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION — Following closely on the heels of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s recent proposal to subsidize student loans through the Federal Reserve, another senator is taking aim at student loan debt with a bill that would give a borrowers a huge break but leave taxpayers scrambling to make up the difference.
Read more at The Daily Caller.
By Daily Caller News Foundation /// May 22, 2013
Eric Garcetti wins Los Angeles mayor’s race
USA TODAY — Eric Garcetti has won the race to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles, becoming the first Jew elected mayor in the city’s history.
Read more at USA Today.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Joe Biden jokes about Obama’s reliance on teleprompters
Vice President Joe Biden threw his boss under the bus last night.
By Laura Byrne /// May 22, 2013
AEI panel discusses importance of ‘liberating libations’ from government control
Money, influence, prestige and name recognition aren’t the only qualities that are detrimentally influential to finding success in the political world. If you ask the scholars at the American Enterprise Institute, they’ll tell you that alcohol is just as important!
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn /// May 22, 2013
Justin Bieber requires quests to sign liability, non-disclosure waivers before entering home
What happens at Justin Bieber’s house allegedly stays at Justin Bieber’s house! The 19-year-old Canadian pop singer is threatening to sue house guests for a whopping $5 million if they post pictures or comments online about their visits to his California residence.
By Arianne Talma /// May 22, 2013
Former IRS Commissioner Shulman: I visited the White House for “the Easter Egg Roll”
Why did former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman visit the White House 118 times in 2010 and 2011? At least one time was for the Easter Egg Roll.
By Kelsey Osterman /// May 22, 2013
Rand Paul “honors” his father by helping out with his dad’s scholarship programs
Like father, like son. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is using his growing popularity among young conservatives and libertarians alike to encourage them to apply for the Campaign for Liberty Foundation’s annual “Ron Paul Scholarship.”
By Arianne Talma /// May 22, 2013
House Ways and Means Committee asks Americans to share their stories about IRS targeting
As the House Ways and Means Committee investigates the Internal Revenue Service for targeting of conservative organizations, the committee has asked for help from the American people — by sharing their personal stories of IRS discrimination.
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn /// May 22, 2013
Farrakhan talks of ‘Satanic Jews’ and ‘Synagogue of Satan’ at Detroit church speech
THE BLAZE — The Anti-Defamation League is criticizing Louis Farrakhan for delivering blatantly anti-Semitic statements, using terms such as “Satanic Jews” and the “Synagogue of Satan,” during a speech at a Detroit church last week. The Jewish group is also asking why public figures who attended the Nation of Islam leader’s event have remained silent.
Read more at The Blaze.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Man with ties to Boston bombing suspect shot during FBI questioning
NBC NEWS — A man with ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed after attacking an FBI agent during questioning in Florida, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Read more at NBC News.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner says he’s running for NYC mayor
CNN — After months of speculation, former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner announced in a YouTube video posted to his campaign website late Tuesday that he is running for mayor of New York City.
Read more at CNN.
By Editorial Staff /// May 22, 2013
Is college worth it? The answer might be ‘no’
Is college worth it? In his book, former Secretary of Education, Dr. William J. Bennett says probably not.
By Meghan Keenan /// May 22, 2013
[WATCH] John McCain complains to Apple CEO about updating his iPhone apps
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hates updating his iPhone apps just as much as the next guy.
By Laura Byrne /// May 22, 2013
