How Obama Political Aides Get Preference Over Veterans for Government Jobs

Oct. 14, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where the government ignores the law and hires President Obama's political appointees for permanent jobs. Fred Lucas looks at how veterans get the elbow. Before leaving town, Obama also wants to make it harder for states to defund Planned Parenthood, pro-life groups say. Kelsey Harkness reports. Plus: Cully Stimson on getting high at work, Tiffany Bates on close Supreme Court rulings that riled conservatives, and Genevieve Wood on the abhorrent woman who founded Planned Parenthood 100 years ago.
News How Obama Political Aides Get Preference Over Veterans for Government Jobs The Government Accountability Office determined that federal agencies didn't follow procedures to avoid favoritism in hiring a quarter of Obama's political appointees for career positions. Read More
Commentary 4 Times Conservatives Lost a Major Supreme Court Case by a Single Vote In each term, nearly a quarter of cases that the Supreme Court decides are by a 5-4 margin. Read More
News Pro-Life Groups Fight Obama Administration's 'Parting Gift' to Planned Parenthood "This is … a parting gift," Charlotte Lozier Institute's Chuck Donovan says of the new rule that could make it more difficult for states to defund Planned Parenthood clinics. "It's part of the devotion to big abortion." Read More
Commentary This Lawsuit Isn't Answer for Detroit Students Wanting a Decent Education Ninety-three percent of Detroit's predominantly black public school eighth-graders are not proficient in reading, and 96 percent are not proficient in mathematics. Read More
Commentary New Study Confirms Marijuana Use Up Drastically in Workforce Following years of decline in overall illegal drug usage, the results showed that the percentage of employees testing positive for illicit drugs has steadily increased over the past three years to a 10-year high. Read More
Commentary Margaret Sanger Would Be Proud of What Planned Parenthood Has Become In her book "Woman and the New Race," Margaret Sanger wrote: "The most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." Read More
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