Labor Department backs off plan forcing reporters to use government-issued computers

  (FOXNEWS)   The Labor Department has backed off a plan to force news agencies to use government-issued computers and other equipment to report on jobless reports and other key economic data, following a GOP-led House hearing this week, according to several published reports. Agency officials have said they want reporters who analyze, then write about [...]

Tea Party group backs Dem’s budget bill

By Erik Wasson – The Hill In a rare move, a Tea Party group has backed a budget bill sponsored by a Democrat in the House. Americans for Prosperity is backing a bill by Blue Dog Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.) to stop congressional pay when budget and spending bills are not passed on time. The [...]

Defeat for Mandelson’s billionaire as judge backs the Mail over story of Rothschild and the Russian oligarch

Billionaire financier Nat Rothschild exposed his friend Peter Mandelson to accusations of a conflict of interest while the Labour peer was an EU trade commissioner, the High Court ruled yesterday. The Swiss-based hedge-fund manager had launched a libel battle against the Daily Mail over his trips to Moscow and Siberia with Lord (then Mr) Mandelson [...]

Major tea party group backs Lugar challenger

By Paul Steinhauser, CNN A leading national tea party group Thursday will endorse a conservative candidate who is primary challenging longtime Republican Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana. CNN’s learned that the Tea Party Express will endorse state Treasurer Richard Mourdock at a news conference in Indiana. “Over the years, Senator Lugar has repeatedly failed to [...]