Stories written by ron.lauterborn

In his constant quest to destroy President Obama’s administration and his never ending mission in seeking half-truths, Republican Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, continues to lose credibility everyday while making unjust accusations but never having the evidence to back them up. Rep. Issa’s shady past has continued to haunt [...]

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the decision for police to take DNA samples from arrested suspects, even though they haven’t been convicted of anything, comparing it to a futuristic version of finger printing. The ruling passed 5-4, as the court’s 3 more liberal judges were joined by Justice Scalia in [...]

Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the NRA, promised their members at the national convention in Houston that “we will never surrender our guns.” He begged NRA constituents to step up their message to all members of Congress to keep fighting against the “elites” and any others that “use tragedy to try to blame [...]

Three college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are under arrest for removing items from the bombing suspect’s dorm room after the attack on April 15. Sources say that two of the suspects were detained on immigration charges back on April 20 and they are joined by a new suspect who has just been taken into custody. [...]

Even the worst Presidents of all time get to have their own name on a Library dedicated to them. George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, will be joined at the ceremony on Thursday by former Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and current President Barack Obama. The best thing [...]

Boston terrorist suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is still under heavy guard from authorities, while he remains in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. If he pulls through, the 19 year old is soon to face terrorism charges along with a host of others including murder. Tsarnaev almost died from loss of blood after being [...]

First responders and other voluntary rescue workers continue to look for survivors after an enormous explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, which leveled the area for miles. It still remains unclear how many people have died in the blast, although police have speculated that the number is between 5 and 15. Almost 200 [...]

President Obama gave another statement this morning on the tragic bombings that happened at the Boston Marathon on Monday and said that this “heinous and cowardly act” will be investigated as an “act of terrorism” by the FBI and he ordered “full resources” of the government to be used in the hunt. The President said [...]

Finally we have a bipartisan gun bill that was reached in agreement by two senators, Democrat Joe Manchin from West Virginia and Republican Pat Toomey from Pennsylvania. The agreement, which will expand background checks on gun sales, will be presented in committee so both houses can debate the issues and hopefully bring it to a [...]

The Republicans cannot say that President Obama is not trying to compromise on a big budget deal, but he is asking for more revenue in a grand bargain that will put entitlement cuts into the discussion. The President’s budget, which will be released next week, is proposing changes to Medicare and Social Security in exchange [...]