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Has the GOP Lost Its Budget Soul?

In case you're not following this budget drama on the hill, the Grand Old Party has folded like a cheap suit. It seems right now they are no more interested in cutting spending, than I am in cutting carbohydrates.

Leadership Lessons From the Botched GOP Debate

The CNBC presidential debate was a train wreck, but as with all failures, there are lessons to be learned – lessons you’d think CEOs, governors and network executives would know by now.

Boomers Worried Sick Over Rising Healthcare Costs

With the 2016 election fast approaching, Baby boomers, 80 million strong, should have the attention of both political parties. The future of our healthcare system is the top concern of the boomer generation.

Despite Health Reform, 32.3 Million Are Uninsured

A full 32.3 million non-elderly people do not have health insurance despite the costly health reform act and the individual mandate tax penalty, new analysis shows. Of that, nearly half are still not getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act or Medicaid.

New Federal Crackdown on White Collar Crime

Justice Dept. policies are expected to be announced on Thursday intended to increase the number of white-collar cases brought against corporate executives. The new guidelines are intended to focus on individual executives from the start.

Steve Wynn Now Trump Campaign Adviser

The long, sometimes contentious relationship between Donald Trump and Steve Wynn has taken another turn, with the Las Vegas casino magnate serving as an unofficial adviser to Trump’s presidential campaign, the FOX Business Network has learned.  

Democrats, GOP Reps Demand IRS Return Money to Small Businesses

A bipartisan group of Congressmen on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanding the government return money to small businesses that the IRS had wrongfully seized under federal asset forfeiture laws.

IRS Targeted Mainstream Conservatives

Judicial Watch Wednesday announced that IRS scrutiny of conservative groups went beyond tea party organizations and included higher profile groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Crossroads GPS, associated with former George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove.