In Washington, DC, talking about the Bill of Rights can land you in jail for 90 days. Our nation’s capital has a licensing scheme in place that makes it illegal for anyone to “guide or escort” anyone else for hire without first getting the government’s permission. To get the license, which the Washington Post editorial board labeled a Tour de farce, eager entrepreneurs must first pay hundreds... 

The FBI raided an East Texas compound early Wednesday morning. Agents said the suspects have ties to drug cartels in Mexico and were trafficking drugs, assault rifles and prostitutes. The FBI used SWAT teams and heavy military equipment in the pre-dawn raid. They were worried about the potential firepower on the compound. They served what is called a “no-knock” warrant — basically went... 

Sept. 20: The Chicago sports bar where a man was arrested for allegedly placing a backback he thought contained a bomb. A man arrested for allegedly placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago’s Wrigley Field got the fake explosive from an FBI undercover agent, authorities say — a tactic that has been used in other U.S. terrorism cases in recent years. Sami Samir Hassoun,... 

THE actual figure of the US’ national debt is much higher than the official sum of $US13.4 trillion ($14.3 trillion) given by the Congressional Budget Office, according to analysts cited by the New York Post. “The Government is lying about the amount of debt. It is engaging in Enron accounting,” said Laurence Kotlikoff, an economist at Boston University and co-author of The Coming... 

Bruno Rodriguez Cuba is offering a series of small but specific steps the administration of President Barack Obama can take to soften the United States’ 48-year-old trade embargo, including expanding flights and establishing ferry service between both countries and dropping bank bans that keep U.S. credit cards from working on the island. The 19 suggestions are a new – and perhaps conciliatory... 

Does America engage in massive and widespread violations of human rights? The Obama administration thinks so. That’s the takeaway of the “Report of the United States of America Submitted to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.” The introduction says it “gives a partial snapshot of the current human rights situation in the United States, including some of the areas where... 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday there is “no justification” for extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, firing the latest salvo in a brewing battle over taxes. The leading Democrat and Republican in the House dug in their heels on Thursday, but it will likely be the Senate that acts first on the tax legislation. Senate Democrats may bring up the measure the week of... 

Local officials in Ohio’s Andover Township have denied the use of their public square for a celebration of Constitution Day because of the “political affiliation” of its organizers. Several residents of the small central Ohio town formed The Andover Tea Party in May 2010, and in that same month, they asked to use the square for a rally to commemorate Constitution Day, which celebrates the anniversary... 

Omar Armando Loera, the lone suspect in a brutal July 24th Valley Village murder, was arrested in Mexico and quickly transported back to L.A. He could face the death penalty. Parolee is linked by DNA and other unspecified evidence found at the scene where a bride-to-be was stabbed to death and her house was then set on fire. Had it gone according to plan, Adam Culvey and his fiancee, Chere Osmanhodzic,... 

NSA chief, Keith Alexander The United States’ increasing reliance on the Internet makes securing our networks from online threats more crucial than ever, according to National Security Agency director and U.S. Cyber Command commander Keith Alexander. Speaking at the Gov 2.0 Summit on Tuesday in Washington, Alexander warned against the growing threat from hackers and enemy states seeking to penetrate... 

“Arizona has a long and proud history of fighting the Washington, D.C. elite’s insatiable appetite for bigger government at the cost of States’ rights. The battle over the Affordable Care Act better known as “ObamaCare” is the latest round. Once again, the feds have gone too far. “The cost of ObamaCare places unsustainable burdens on our federal government, our state government, and on... 

Canada could slip into Third World status if its education system is not reformed to produce innovative and creative graduates who can compete globally, say experts responding to the latest report from the Canadian Council on Learning. “The education system that Canada has is going to lead us to produce more and more people who are chronically unemployable,” said futurist Richard Worzel,... 

The University of Victoria’s Zheng Wu is leading an important study into one of the most profound challenges facing Canada, which has the highest per-capita immigration in the world. How can waves of newcomers to Canada feel they belong here? That question, explored by Wu and his sociological team, is particularly crucial to cities such as Vancouver and Toronto, where about two out of five residents... 

Pastor Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Center Interpol today warned its 188 member countries that there may be a higher threat of terrorism if a Florida fringe pastor burns Korans on Saturday as planned. “One of INTERPOL’s primary functions is to prevent crime, and given that we have been made aware of a significant threat to public safety – an assessment which we share –... 

The last major U.S. factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs will soon be closing. When it does, the remaining 200 workers at the Winchester, Va., plant, about 70 miles west of Washington, D.C., will lose their jobs, marking a small, sad exit for a product that began with Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s. The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in...