The federal appellate court that oversees nine western states has dismissed a complaint against a Nevada federal judge who awarded nearly $5 million in judgments and fees to friends and business associates. The San Francisco-based U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the close relationships between Las Vegas federal Judge James Mahan and the

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A state attorney general whose campaign centered on professional integrity has admitted having an extramarital affair with a staffer who accuses him of sexual harassment and trying to influence a federal lawsuit involving a political foe. Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison had a two-year affair with one of his employees in the Johnson County District

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By emphasizing his staunchly conservative views presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has become a Republican frontrunner but his history of being soft on crime, advocating for illegal immigrants and free trade with Communist Cuba contradict his self-promotion. As Arkansas governor Huckabee granted violent criminals twice as many pardons and commutations as his three predecessors combined, a

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A Maryland congressman critical of Republicans for steering federal funds to pet projects (earmarking), is himself ranked among the nation’s top earmarkers and his allocations include nearly half a million taxpayer dollars for a campaign donor’s foundation. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer enthusiastically joined the pork-barrel spending cleanup bandwagon when Democrats took over Congress, but

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Although she is publicly a critic of earmarking, Hillary Clinton has secretly used the controversial practice to deliver billions of taxpayer dollars to dozens of corporations that later provided hefty contributions to her campaign. Since being elected New York senator in 2001 Clinton has become a master at using earmarks ($2.3 billion), which enables lawmakers

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A Chinese communist billionaire’s purchase of a major online network is creating concern on the heels of an internet giant—operated by a fellow countryman–turning over secret data that helped officials in China hunt down and punish dissidents. In that case Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang helped China’s communist regime identify and incarcerate dissidents and a journalist

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Claiming it wasn’t a walkout but rather a “standup,” black Democratic lawmakers representing Pennsylvania’s urban areas abruptly stormed out of a House session to demand gun control legislation. The rebel state legislators are from Philadelphia’s roughest neighborhoods, where 80% of this year’s nearly 400 deaths involved handguns. They insist on passing what they call meaningful

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California Senator Barbara Boxer is blocking the confirmation of a candidate for federal judge, who is backed by many prominent Democrats, because as a congressman he helped lead the drive to impeach Bill Clinton. California Superior Court Judge Jim Rogan, a former Republican Representative from the southern California city of Glendale, has tremendous bipartisan support

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The Arizona mayor, who under pressure from Judicial Watch agreed to reverse his city’s illegal immigrant sanctuary status, has chosen a peculiar task force of renowned illegal alien advocates to help with the transition. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, for years a proud defender of his city’s sanctuary status, has picked a group of former state

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While the U.S. government has boasted of improved air safety in recent years the reality is that it has declined tremendously with record amounts of runway incursions at major airports around the nation. In fact, the rate of close calls between aircraft on the ground is unprecedented across the country as well as the number

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