Report: U.S. paid $400 million to Iran

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The Obama administration is attempting to explain a $400 million payout to Iran that occurred during a hostage crisis earlier this year. Republicans including House Speaker Paul Ryan are demanding an explanation, some saying that the cash could go toward funding terrorist groups. The Washington Examiner reported: The Obama administration on Wednesday was defending the transaction as…

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The moment this grocery-store clerk realized government programs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be

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Government programs are rarely the answer to assisting those in need. One man in particular came to understand this firsthand when he was a cashier at his childhood grocery store where he witnessed people taking advantage of the food-stamp program: The very program meant to lift people out of poverty, he discovered, was actually enabling…

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Bureau of Labor Statistics: Unemployed more likely to shop for non-essentials than job search

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  The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data that shows unemployed Americans on an average day are more likely to shop for things than look for employment opportunities. The Washington Free Beacon has the details: Only 18 percent of unemployed Americans spent time searching or interviewing for a job on an average day, while 41.1…

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Constitution Resources

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The Original Constitution (Robert Natelson) Easy to read reference book explaining what the Framers meant by each provision in the Constitution Constitutional Law, 5th ed. (2015) (Erwin Chemerinsky) Authoritative treatise summarizing constitutional jurisprudence and Supreme Court case law Miracle at Philadelphia (Catherine Drinker Bowen) Classic popular history of the Constitutional Convention. Easy to read and very…Read More

AP: Leaked document suggests Iran could ramp up uranium enrichment before nuclear deal expires

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The much-heralded Iran nuclear deal pushed by the Obama administration – a deal that handed over billions of American taxpayer dollars to a nation with a long history of human-rights offenses – will not hold water with Tehran long before it’s set to expire. The Associated Press has the scoop: Key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear…

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Justice Department: Half a million federal immigration cases on backlog

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More than half a million federal immigration cases are pending, an official with the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Fox News has the story: The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review said Wednesday there are now 500,051 pending immigration cases in the agency’s courts. The backlog has been steadily rising in recent years as the…

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