Officials with Grassfire Nation, a key coordinating group for tea-party-type activities and issues, say the Department of Justice's investigation of Maricopa, Ariz., County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is nothing more than a political attack. And to offer encouragement to the sheriff, Darla Dawald, representing the Grassfire Nation group, has presented Arpaio with a petition of some 100,000 signatures fr... (more)
"Barack Obama is the poster child for the arrogance of government," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told a packed and appreciative CPAC audience today. Romney began his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference on a light note, getting a laugh when he explained Obama was a "good community organizer" for his ability to energize conservatives against him.... (more)
Characterizing Barack Obama as a "Saul Alinsky president," former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told an appreciative CPAC audience that he intended to be a "pay-stamp president," not a "food -stamp president." Gingrich was introduced today at the Conservative Political Action Conference by his wife, Callista, in an apparent effort to counter negative publicity generated in the media over t... (more)
Surging GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., spoke to an enthusiastic audience in a packed-to-overflowing auditorium at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, promising he will continue to openly state his conservative principles while running for president. "As conservatives we lost heart when we listened to those voices who say we must compromise as conservativ... (more)
Former Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry called for his party to run against Obama this year by adopting the theme "to take this nation back." The Texas governor, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, urged a return to core conservative principles of limited government as defined in the Constitution. ... (more)
With President Obama in office, Israel can no longer count on America's unqualified support, charged former Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington today. "In this hour of need, America must stand with Israel," she said. "But somehow the president of the United States thinks Jews building apartme... (more)
President Obama is dividing Americans through the tactics of the 1960s radical community organizer Saul Alinsky, charged Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in a speech at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. "You all know the liberal strategy," McConnell said. "Pick a target, freeze it, isolate it and defeat it."... (more)
While Republican presidential candidates were bruising each other on the campaign trail, rising GOP star Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida took aim at the current occupant of the White House to help kick off the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in the nation's capital. "Obama might be a great father, but he is a terrible president," Rubio declared to an appreciative CPAC audience.... (more)
Following a Georgia judge's ruling that Barack Obama is eligible to be on the state's 2012 Democratic Party presidential ballot, the front lines in the continuing eligibility battle are being fought in Arizona.... (more)
A former employee of one of the world's largest international banks who has provided WND with more than 1,000 pages of evidence alleges the Internet giant PayPal and American Express are implicated in an international money-laundering scheme involving hundreds of billions of dollars.... (more)
Attorney General Eric Holder testified today before a contentious House hearing in which Republican members accused him of engaging in a continuing cover-up of Department of Justice activity in the gun-tracing operation known as Fast and Furious.... (more)
The Department of Justice gun-tracing operation known as "Fast and Furious" originated in the first year of the Obama administration, when Mexico began complaining that its drug war was the responsibility of the United States.... (more)
A former employee of HSBC in New York has 1,000 pages of customer account records he claims are evidence of an international money-laundering scheme involving hundreds of billions of dollars by the global banking giant, which reportedly is under investigation by a U.S. Senate committee.... (more)
An Obama supporter suspected of making death threats against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio after the maverick lawman launched an investigation into the president's eligibility was arrested today.... (more)
Georgia citizens today delivered sworn testimony to a court that Barack Obama is slam-dunk disqualified from having his name on the 2012 presidential ballot in the state, because his father never was a U.S. citizen, which prevents him from qualifying as a "natural-born citizen" as the U.S. Constitution requires for a president.... (more)