The White House announced today President Barack
Obama will sign an executive order prohibiting federal government
contractors from
discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender
identity. Gay activists have been hounding the administration
to compose such an order for years.- The Supreme Court ruled in a close decision, 5-4, that the
federal government can ban third-party or “straw” purchases of
guns, even if the final recipient of the gun is a legal
buyer. - California lawmakers have passed a
$156 billion budget that includes allowing Gov. Jerry Brown to
use money from the state’s cap-and-trade program to help pay for
the $68 billion high-speed rail plan that just will not die. - Russia has
cut off gas to Ukraine over unpaid bills, setting back peace
efforts even further. - The Army has begun its formal probe to determine why
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left his post in Afghanistan in
2009. - The Securities and Exchange Commission Monday accused a hedge
fund firm of
retaliating against an employee who reported inappropriate
transactions. Yes, that’s right: Officials of the Obama
administration are trying to protect whistle-blowers … as long as
they’re in the private sector.
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