GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 05/14/2014

Conyers Fails Primary Process; Plans to Overturn Law "There is clear Supreme Court and federal court precedent overturning petition residency laws and requirements, and we are confident that those laws will be invalidated in Michigan as well," Conyers' campaign co-chairman, state Sen. Bert Johnson said in a news release. "As a result, under existing precedent, we believe Representative Conyers will ultimately be placed on the August ballot."

Free-speech battle hits the Big Island College students in Hawaii have filed a lawsuit against their university for allegedly violating their First Amendment rights. Since then, more students from the same university are alleging free-speech violations.

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Why Democrats are Terrified of the Select Committee Democrats are beside themselves. They desperately want the Benghazi investigation to end, but new revelations continue to surface, prompting more questions about the event and its aftermath. So they’re doing everything they can to discredit the newly appointed House Select Committee.

More Than Talk Needed to Rescue Trapped Vets Leave it to President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress to enact what they billed as "comprehensive" health reform and overlook the plight of 8.5 million veterans. That's what they did in 2010 when they passed Obamacare. It provides coverage for convicts and even for newcomers to this country with no waiting period, but it does nothing to help the nation's veterans, who have suffered waiting for care in the Veterans Affairs system for over 20 years

ACLU: Silent protests are protected speech The American Civil Liberties Union says the silent protests at last week's City Council meeting were "protected speech" and that the protesters shouldn't have been forced from the chambers.

Subsidizing Wind Renewing federal tax credits for wind energy would blatantly waste taxpayer dollars on a manifestly unsustainable industry that's wholly dependent on government subsidies.

Beating victim Steve Utash recovering, will leave hospital soon Steve Utash, the 54-year-old who was beaten by a mob of men April 2, is recovering well and will be released from the hospital soon, according to his daughter Mandi Emerick.

President wants transgenders in military, says national defense analyst A conservative military watchdog is not surprised that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says he is open to the idea of allowing transgenders in the U.S. military.