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Many in the Tea Party movement are absolutely furious about the $38.5 billion budget deal that he agreed to with the Democrats and are calling for his resignation.
The budget deal is not going to cut an additional $38.5 billion. That headline number includes $12 billion in cuts that were included in three prior short-term funding resolutions. That leaves lawmakers looking for $26.5 billion to cut from agencies and programs.
A magnitude 6.6 aftershock has just rattled Japan This comes nearly a month after the magnitude 9 earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami.
The situation at the Fukushima nuclear complex in Japan just seems to get worse by the day.
Japan's government called for evacuations Monday from several towns beyond the danger zone already declared around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, warning that residents could receive high doses of radiation over the coming months.
Uranium-234 has been detected in Hawaii, California and Seattle.
New EPA milk samples in Hawaii show radiation in milk at 800% above limits for C-134, 633% above limits for C-137 and 600% above EPA maximum for I-131 for a total of 2033%, or 20.33 times, above the federal drinking water limits.
The crisis at Fukushima is likely to continue for years.
Forces stormed the president's residence in Ivory Coast on Monday and arrested self-declared president Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to accept the results of a presidential election last year plunged the West African nation into civil war.
Libyan rebels rejected an African Union peace plan on Monday because it did not address their main demand that Muammar Gaddafi quit and because it proposed reforming a ruling system they want removed.
NATO said on Monday it took note of reports of an African Union proposal for a cease-fire in Libya, but an official said the alliance would target Muammar Gaddafi’s forces as long as they threatened civilians.
Around 2,000 protesters defied an army demand to leave Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday, vowing to stay until Egypt’s ruling military council heeds their demand for civilian rule and a deeper purge of corrupt officials.
Syrian security forces sealed off the coastal city of Banias overnight following sectarian killings by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses said on Monday.
An Egyptian military court on Monday jailed a blogger for three years for criticizing the armed forces, the country’s rulers since president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in February, his lawyer told AFP.
An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour Monday, killing seven people and wounding 50 others, officials said.
Unlike Americans, the people of Iceland were allowed to vote on bailing out the banksters. They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal on Saturday despite the intimidation tactics of the globalist loan sharking operation, the International Monetary Fund.
The Congressional Research Service estimates that the U.S. government will need to borrow $738 billion between April 1 and Sept. 30.
Are we going to see $5 gas by Memorial Day?
Gold is at a new record, wheat is surging, corn is at highest since 2008, crude at a new 30 month high, silver is at $41.10 - a new fresh post Hunt high, beans surging, etc, etc, etc.
Just 59 percent of Americans now believe that the "free market economy is the best system on which to base the future of the world."
Is the Federal Reserve attempting to sink the U.S. dollar to goose corporate profits, reinflate asset prices and create "modest inflation"?
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen is promising that inflation will not "impede the economic recovery".
It turns out that PIMCO is now shorting U.S. government bonds.
PIMCO chief Bill Gross has been warning of a U.S. debt default, while wondering who would stick around to buy Treasuries following the end of QE2.
Many on Wall Street are absolutely convinced that PIMCO has made exactly the right move.
There are several counties in America, each with more than 10,000 homes, which have vacancy rates above 55%.
The outgoing chairman of the nation’s third-biggest health insurer exercised stock options worth more than $50.3 million and pulled in $18.4 million in pay, stock and other compensation, according to the company’s 2011 proxy filing.
In America today, the top 1% control 40 percent of the nation's wealth.
The United States has increased its military spending by 81 percent since 2001.
It didn't take Donald Trump long to respond to the comment by White House adviser David Plouffe that he has "zero chance" to be president and that his prospective campaign is a "sideshow."
Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney lead Barack Obama in Florida, according to a new poll out today on the 2012 presidential race.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 19% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president, which was a brand new low.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says taht U.S. troops could remain in Iraq for years to come.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that Iran has recently accelerated its nuclear program as it appeared to sense a reduction in international pressure
In Israel, the success of the Iron Dome missile defense system so far - nine interceptions including the system's first one on Thursday night - has surprised even the air defense troops who have been training to operate the device for several months.
In California, what started out as a program to hold unclaimed property, such as the contents of safety deposit boxes owned by people who have moved away without a forwarding address, has gone wildly out of control. The program is now using the flimsiest of excuses to drill safe deposit boxes and sell the contents, often for below-market value, the proceeds going to the state’s general revenue.
Are "mega earthquakes" on the rise?
The evidence in support of Andrea Rossi's "cold fusion" or "LENR" (low energy nuclear reaction) based Energy Catalyzer continues to grow.
Blueberries, which have already been lauded as a superfood for their ability to help prevent heart disease and Type-2 diabetes, contain high levels of polyphenols – groups of chemicals with potential health benefits.
Girls in the United States are now reaching puberty earlier than ever.
Environmental pollution, plastic chemicals, pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides, unhealthy diets, radiation-emitting technologies — these and many other factors are contributing to an epidemic decline in sperm counts among modern men.
In a 70-28 vote, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed HB 368, a bill that encourages science teachers to explore controversial topics without fear of reprisal.
A Mississippi state judge has issued an order to public school attendance officers in his judicial district to provide the names of all homeschoolers there.
The radiation level in the ocean near the Fukushima nuclear plant keeps rising. It is now 4,385 times above what is considered normal. This is a significant increase from the yesterday’s report that the I-131 isotope found in the water was 3,355 times the regulatory limit.
The consistently high levels of radiation found in the sea outside Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant complex may mean that radiation is leaking out continuously, Japan's nuclear watchdog said on Thursday.
Workers who have been fighting to bring the reactors under control at Japan’s strick nuclear plant expect to die from radiation sickness, according to the mother of one of the men.
The loss of two nuclear power plants means the Tokyo region will face the summer peak demand with a loss of about 20% of capacity, the plant's owner said Thursday.
There is no health risk from consuming milk with extremely low levels of radiation, like those found in Washington state and California, experts said Thursday, echoing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Is the nuclear crisis in Japan going to continue for months or even years?
Barack Obama signed a secret order a few weeks ago authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, according to government officials.
It is being reported that before any no fly zones, NATO involvement or UN resolutions, US and British intelligence and special forces were on the ground inside Libya, coordinating the uprising against Gaddafi and waging a covert war.
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said today the alliance was opposed to arming the Libyan rebels fighting against Muammar Gaddafi.
Mussa Kussa, the Libyan foreign minister who flew to Britain Wednesday and said he was defecting from the Tripoli regime, is described as a “master of international terrorism” and the man responsible for exporting Muammar Gaddafi’s revolution.
Today, in Libya, a ragtag group of rebels fight a seesaw battle against Muammar Qaddafi's better-equipped forces, and a debate rages over whether to provide them arms and training. However, whispers are growing that al Qaeda may already be among them, complicating the current debate over arming the rebels.
Is the U.S. headed for a "worst case scenario" is Libya?
Following a closed briefing for members of the House on the U.S. military operation in Libya, Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel said that he would “like to believe” members of Congress are looking into whether or not the attack on Libya without congressional approval is an impeachable offense.
Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized president of the Ivory Coast, on Thursday declared a curfew in Abidjan as forces loyal to him moved closer to taking control of the city.
In the first economic metric since the Japanese earthquake struck, Japanese manufacturing activity slumped to a two-year low in March and posted its steepest monthly decline on record, confirming all the worst fears about supply chain disruptions and production operations.
Toyota may delay the production of at least 500,000 vehicles in Japan because of a shortage of parts and electricity after the nation’s record earthquake, said an analyst at Advanced Research Japan.
U.S. consumers face "serious" inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart's U.S. operations warned Wednesday.
Hershey has announced a nearly 10 percent price increase across its line of candy products to cover rising raw material costs, fuel and transportation.
Corn prices are spiking dramatically after a bleak forecast was released by the USDA.
Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 4.86% from 4.81% the previous week.
The U.S. had 1.8 million distressed homes in January that had yet to be listed for sale, a “shadow inventory” that is expected to weigh on home prices for years.
J.P. Morgan Chase and other banks are trying to recoup approximately $30 billion a year in lost overdraft fee income by testing $5 ATM fees, Consumer Action spokesman Joe Ridout told CNBC.
Is the next financial crisis going to wipe out large numbers of U.S. banks?
New orders for manufactured goods in February, down following three consecutive monthly increases, decreased $0.4 billion or 0.1 percent to $446.0 billion.
The Federal Reserve is now purchasing 70% to 80% of all new U.S. Treasuries.
The Federal Reserve is naming the banks that drew emergency loans during the financial crisis, offering information on its oldest lending tool for the first time in the central bank’s nearly 100-year history.
When news broke that Pimco's Total Return Fund had slashed its U.S. Treasury holdings to zero, investors were left wondering why the world's biggest bond fund would bail out of the safe haven.
In his latest investment outlook, Bill Gross warns that America will default, thanks to trillions in entitlement obligations.
Political instability and a potential EU financial rescue package for Portugal that will increase interest rate burdens pushed rating agency S&P to downgrade the country’s debt status for the second time in a week to BBB-, only one notch above junk status.
The head of General Electric on Thursday defended the conglomerate's zero tax rate in 2010, and called for reform of the U.S. tax code.
The chief U.S. tax collector said Thursday that budget cuts proposed by Republicans would have "potentially devastating" impact on the nation's tax system, including a drop in enforcement revenue by $4 billion for the rest of this year.
Tea Party supporters who rallied on Capitol Hill today didn't sound too impressed with a tentative deal to cut about $33 billion from the federal budget and avoid a government shutdown.
Israel’s efforts to rally countries against Palestinian Authority plans to ask the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines are hindered by the fact that Israel has not presented any plan of its own, diplomatic officials said Tuesday.
State and local governments are slashing their budgets by roughly $110 billion this year.
How in the world did two kids in their 20s win a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan?
It turns out that our cell phones are tracking our every move.
The recorded impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on wildlife may have severely underestimated the number of deaths of whales and dolphins, according to a new report.
A series of undercover phone calls contacting 30 Planned Parenthood clinics in 27 states revealed that the organization does not offer mammograms, contrary to claims made on national TV by Cecile Richards, the group’s CEO.
A surge in Satanism fueled by the Internet has led to a sharp rise in the demand for exorcists, the Roman Catholic Church has warned.
Lastly, Delaware police and DOT officials — armed with a front-end loader and a massive dump truck — recently ripped a basketball hoop out of a family's front yard and carted it away, despite the protests of the angry parents.


