Federal officers responsible for airport security in Hawaii’s largest airport have given a new meaning to the popular island greeting “hang loose” by kicking back on the government’s dime while luggage got on planes unscreened. This went on for months at Honolulu International Airport, according to an audit released by the Department of Homeland Security

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On the heels of a similar move by a medium-sized city, Florida has set different achievement targets for public school students based on race and ethnicity with lower goals for blacks and Hispanics and higher ones for whites and Asians. Just a few weeks ago the District of Columbia announced a similar plan that also

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Proclaiming that Africa is the “original cradle of all humanity,” the U.S. government is dedicating tens of millions of dollars to improve the health of Africans by studying their genes and other environmental factors that contribute to common diseases. The announcement was made this week by the government agency responsible for medical and behavioral research,

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An illegal immigrant journalist who has admitted obtaining a fake Social Security, fake green card and fake U.S. passport has been released (and won’t be deported) by the Obama Administration after getting caught driving without a license in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not deport or take any action against the offender,

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In what could be a first, a Clinton-appointed federal judge in New York has cited a gangsta rapper’s profanity-laced song in an order siding with public housing residents suing the city over their arrests.   The case involves a New York City law that says only residents and their guests are allowed to be in

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As if it weren’t bad enough that Michelle Obama got the federal government to dictate what kids eat in public schools, one district is considering cracking down on students that don’t eat their vegetables at lunch by spying on them. How does central Florida’s Lake County School District plan to do this? By installing cameras

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What is it about Detroit public officials and sex scandals? In just a few years, a mayor and two police chiefs in Michigan’s largest city have made headlines for their unscrupulous extracurricular activities. Keep in mind that this is a city rife with all sorts of public corruption. In the last few years Detroit’s mayor

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A huge post-9/11 counterterrorism program that’s received hundreds of millions of dollars has failed miserably to provide any useful intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has covered up the mess from both Congress and the public. Scathing details of the wasteful program were uncovered in the course of a two-year bipartisan investigation by

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Should Americans be concerned that three of the world’s top dictatorships—also renowned for violating human rights—are endorsing President Obama?  The White House probably won’t issue any press releases, but here are the details.   The latest to publicly announce his support for the commander-in-chief’s reelection bid was Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who this week assured he’d

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Just when you thought the scandals involving U.S. airport security couldn’t possibly get any worse, a Philadelphia newspaper reports that the Department of Homeland Security hired a defrocked priest accused of molesting children without bothering to complete a background check. It’s as if Abbott & Costello are in charge of airport security in the United

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