The White House released over 100 pages of emails this afternoon regarding Benghazi. President Obama will be making a statement shortly.
6:15 p.m. — President Obama’s statement was brief and did not involve Benghazi. He announced the resignation of acting Commissioner of the IRS, Steve Miller.
Obama told reporters that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, “took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting director of the IRS.”
6:50 p.m. – White House spokesman Eric Schultz said they released the emails because many were “selectively and innacurately read out to the media.”
If you were on Twitter this weekend, you probably saw a flurry of tweets with the #BlogCon2013 hashtag. That’s because many of the top bloggers and new media professionals in conservative and libertarian politics are meeting in Dallas, TX at FreedomWorks BlogCon conference. After the close of today’s sessions we are heading over to Glenn [...]
This is the best thing I’ve seen on Twitter in quite a while. Ted Cruz for the win! About President Obama’s visit to Texas today… twitter.com/SenTedCruz/sta… — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) May 9, 2013
Two men were taken into custody at a New Bedford, MA apartment complex on Saturday after being arrested and then later released during the manhunt for the Boston bombing suspects. The two men are being detained on immigration violations at the Suffolk County House of Corrections. Their identity was unknown until Tengri News, a Khazak news agency, identified [...]
Does the American wife of deceased bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev know anything that could help investigators? Katherine Russell Tsarnaev is the daughter of a suburban doctor and was raised as a Christian. She left home to attend college in Boston where she later dropped out, converted to Islam and married Tamerlan Tsarnaev. While Katherine has [...]
FBI and Homeland Security returned on Monday to the same New Bedford, Massachussetts apartment visited by various agencies over the past few days. FBI, Homeland Security on scene of New Bedford apartment complex where two people arrested on immigration violations — Brian Fraga(@BfragaHN) April 22, 2013 Let’s go back a few days. On Friday, Two [...]
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced Monday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not be treated as an enemy combatant and will be prosecuted “through our civilian system of justice.” See the criminal complaint below:
A spontaneous celebration erupted on Boston’s streets as Americans learned that the second Boston Marathon Bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnev, was in custody. Before his capture, Dzhokhar Tsarnev led the Boston area police departments and federal authorities on a 24-hour search, shutting down the entire city and driving fear into the lives of its residents. CAPTURED!!! [...]