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Demonstrating a staggering lack of self-awareness, on Thursday, MSNBC Congressional Correspondent Garrett Haake promoted pro-abortion Democratic California Senator Kamala Harris declaring: “...we have to have smart gun safety laws. And we cannot tolerate a society and live in a country with any level of pride when our babies are being slaughtered.”

The national unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in February, the Labor Department reported Friday. But relying on that one headline number as an indicator for the economy as a whole ignores import information just below the surface. Each month on "Jobs Friday," the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts out a trove of economic data, each of which provides its own perspective on the labor market and the employment situation. Economists look past the official unemployment rate — that 4.7 percent figure, also known as the "U-3" — to other metrics that give their own view of jobs in the...

While President Obama's quick to call for spending other people's money on public education, his campaign is extremely slow in paying its own bills — even when those bills are to the very public schools he wants to throw more taxpayer dollars at. Here's what President Obama said today in North Las Vegas at Canyon Springs High School, which is part of the Clark County School District. Obama focused his Nevada visit on education, warning that student achievement will drop if he doesn't win re-election and continue to pour resources into schools, colleges and universities. But when it came to...

The White House wants you to believe it does not have ties to the oil industry. They blame the Bush administration’s oil ties for the oil spill. However, Obama’s Energy Secretary accepted $500 million from BP. He was so happy to receive the money, he said BP will ‘help save the world.’ WATCH VIDEO...