The Americano / Newsmax. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tells Newsmax in an exclusive interview that Republicans have a “2 out of 3” chance of winning not only the White House in November, but the Senate and House as well. The reason, he says: President Obama “doesn’t have a clue about what he’s doing,” and Americans [...]
The Americano / FOX News Latino. Days after President Barack Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage, a decision that could have an impact on how Latinos vote in the 2012 Presidential election, he will spend Monday in New York City, speaking at a commencement, and holding a major fundraiser with gay and Latino donors, headlined [...]
The Americano / FOX News Latino. The U.S. Justice Department plans to sue Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the ethnic profiling of Latinos, after the federal agency ended settlement negotiations with the self-proclaimed “America’s toughest sheriff.” DOJ officials told a lawyer for Arpaio on April 3 [...]
The Americano / FOX News Latino. The U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday unveiled its first national strategy in eight years, a period in which the number of agents more than doubled and apprehensions of people entering illegally from Mexico dropped to a 40-year low. The new approach — outlined in a 32-page document that took [...]
By Rea Hederman, Jr. and James Sherk (The Heritage Foundation). The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 115,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate declined to 8.1 percent from 8.2 percent. However, further declines in the percentage of Americans in the labor force explain this slightly lower unemployment rate. Indeed, the [...]
The Americano / The Hill. Republicans are seeking to portray President Obama as the divider-in-chief, arguing the presidential candidate who trumpeted hope and change four years ago is now running an increasingly negative campaign. Their chief argument is that Obama’s attacks on the wealthy are meant to incite class warfare and a heightened us-versus-them mentality [...]
In yet another sign that I’ve been around this business way too long, today I had to bid farewell to one more icon of the so-called Latino market: Beginning today (May 1st, of all days!) AOL Latino (www.aollatino.com) ceases to exist as we’ve known it for almost a decade, and instead will be making its [...]
The Americano / FOX Latino. Arriving at border crossing posts or in the vast scrublands that make up much of where South Texas meets Mexico, a surge of children has sent government and nonprofit agencies scrambling to expand their shelter, legal representation and reunification services. On any given day this year, the U.S. Office of [...]
The Americano / Guy Benson (Townhall). Ugly desperation from Team Obama, and it’s not even May yet. Behold, The One’s latest ad, congratulating himself over his signature “gutsy call,” and….raising questions about his Republican adversary: Like everything else the man says, Obama’s admonition against “spiking the football” after bin Laden’s execution came with an expiration [...]
The push to nationalize the content taught in public schools across the country should be of great concern to state leaders. The Common Core national standards effort represents a massive federal overreach into what is taught in local schools, further removing parents from the educational decision-making process, and likely tocost state taxpayers $16 billion over seven [...]
