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Coming Soon: Largest Gun Grab In American History The Obama administration is pushing to ban Social Security beneficiaries from owning guns if they lack the mental capacity to manage their own disability payments — a move the NRA is calling the “largest gun grab in American history.” The... Read More GOP lawmakers introduce bill to give union members say in political donations Republican lawmakers took a first step Monday toward trying to fundamentally change the way unions operate, introducing legislation that would restrict how they spend campaign money -- and could keep cash away from Democratic candidates in 2016. Their complaint: Unions... Read More 135 HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEMAND IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD As Americans express growing outrage over the gruesome content of recent undercover investigation videos of Planned Parenthood, 135 House Republicans have sent a formal request to United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch, demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) immediately begin... Read More Mississippi school district fined $7500 for opening assembly with prayer Allowing a school assembly honoring high-achievers to open with a prayer made one Mississippi school district $7,500 poorer - and a student who sued $2,500 richer. The Rankin, Miss., public school district was hit with the fine after U.S. District... Read More JUDGE: CITIZENS UNITED CANNOT FUNDRAISE IN NEW YORK WITHOUT DISCLOSING EXISTING DONORS NEW YORK — A nonprofit conservative organization advocating for less government must disclose information about its major donors to New York’s attorney general if it wants to solicit money in the state, a judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge Sidney... Read More IRAN DEAL WORTH MORE THAN ALL U.S. AID TO ISRAEL SINCE 1948 The Iran deal will provide Iran with a cash windfall as sanctions are eased and assets are unfrozen. The total amount is estimated to be as high as $150 billion. If so, the Iran deal would give more cash to... Read More