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... amnesty for some 11 million unlawful immigrants ....

As the country continues to reel over the attacks in Boston last week, some in Washington quickly looked for ways to use the attacks to justify their political goals ....

LOST is essentially a new world government of the sea that redistributes wealth and seeks to control supply and demand of oceanic resources....

A comprehensive amnesty bill was tried before and it failed....

...State of Hawaii flags at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard are to be flown at half-staff....

"A Step to (sic) Step Guide on How to Become a Successful Lone Mujahid"....

President Obama finally released his budget yesterday—more than two months late....

“After listening to these local immigration experts, I was struck by their stories of how central families are to an immigrant’s success.”

...Liberal policies have destroyed families and communities and created dependence on government. Putting our society back together will require work....

... he received improper gifts and didn’t report them, misused campaign or official resources and that he “made false statements to federal officials” ....

Yesterday, President Obama nominated a new ambassador to Libya to succeed Christopher Stevens, who was killed in the terrorist attack in Benghazi last September 11....

...the public is supposed to believe that public agencies are so inefficient that a 1 percent cut in resources would trigger horrendous consequences but a 1 percent increase in taxes on individuals would be inconsequential....

The Ryan budget achieves an important improvement over last year by balancing the budget within 10 years....

Question: Is Hawaii providing this information to investors?

It’s been four years since the U.S. had a real budget. While the House of Representatives has passed budgets, the Senate has stopped each one....

Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty....

"...however you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be....” 

Brennan is being savaged for being the originator of and prime mover behind the overuse of drones and for ignoring the ideological basis (radical Islam) of the terrorists the U.S. is now facing....

The meeting is being held in response to public comments we have received regarding Bank of Hawaii's planned closure of its branch offices in American Samoa....

Across the country, more than 75,000 buildings sit vacant or underutilized....

Late last Friday, the State Department released a positive environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline....

For the past few days the White House, with a big assist from sympathetic media, has done all within its considerable powers to make it seem like sequestration means the end of the world....

"...300 of the families receiving assistance will be affected...."

... agencies cannot give a clear answer on how they arrived at their numbers. Congressional appropriations committee aides say they cannot fact check the administration's estimates ....

...liberalism is not an ideology at all; it is a sociology. The same may be said of conservatism....

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Shelby County (AL) v. Holder, the case raising the question of Section 5’s constitutionality....

“If President Obama were making the decision for your family… he’d tell you to stop buying gas for your car and explain how you could only eat five days a week.”

Here is a point-by-point comparison of the White House numbers for Hawaii and Sen. Harkin’s numbers for Hawaii. 

Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). They did so at 2:30 p.m. July 27, 2011....

On Pennsylvania Avenue, right near the end, there lived a President who wanted to spend....

It certainly is heartwarming that Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old voter whom President Obama recognized in his State of the Union speech, continues to vote and take part in our democratic process....

Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012....

... his vision for dealing with other nations is dangerous for America ....

AARP joins more than a dozen veterans’ groups in opposing adoption of the chained CPI, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America and Disabled American Veterans....

It would be better to replace them with smarter cuts, but the reality is that Washington has to start cutting spending now....

Instead of celebrating George Washington’s birthday, today we’ve lumped him in together with no-names including Millard Fillmore and William Henry Harrison as we celebrate a generic “Presidents’ Day.”

The bills would provide economic relief to American consumers and businesses who have been forced to pay a $14 billion hidden tax over the past four years alone in order for the federal government to provide a special interest subsidy to sugar producers....

You’re busy. So busy you barely have time to read these words. So why should you care about the U.S. debt? Does it affect your life?

President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda last night. Here are some highlights of our experts’ analysis of his claims, his plans, and his promises....

... our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity ....

...there are millions of Americans who ... have not yet been rewarded....