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President Backs Ground Zero Mosque
WASHINGTON, D.C. (YBH) - At approximately 11 p.m. East Coast time, U.S. President Barack Obama, speaking at a ceremonial iftar dinner meant to break the fast of Ramadan, affirmed White House support for the highly controversial mosque and Islamic Center slated for construction near Ground Zero, the site of the Twin Towers of the World Trade [...]
Republicans want review of birthright citizenship
By Ben EvansWASHINGTON – Leading Republicans are joining a push to reconsider the constitutional amendment that grants automatic citizenship to people born in the United States.Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Tuesday he supports holding hearings on the 14th Amendment right, although he emphasized that [...]
Napolitano Admits Feds Storing Naked Body Scan images
LOS ANGELES - (YBH) - Last summer, the Transportation Security Administration was reassuring those with privacy concerns that scanned images from the new airport full body scan machines "cannot be stored or recorded." This summer, the TSA has admitted that the U.S. Marshals Service has saved literally thousands of images recorded with a [...]
Obama Celebrates Birthday With Fundraising Stops
LOS ANGELES (YBH) - Today, August 4, marks President Barack Obama's 49th birthday. Some polls put the President's approval rating at or below 50 per cent. With an eye to midterm elections and the 2012 Presidential race, Democrat party organizers are looking to use the birthday as a way to re-energize supporters and bring in new [...]
Prominent D.C. Firm Files Brief on Behalf of Mexico Against Arizona Immigration Law
LOS ANGELES (YBH) - A 28 page friend of the court brief was filed in Federal court today on behalf of the Mexican government. Arizona attorney Albert M. Flores was joined by powerfully-connected Washington law firm Dewey and LeBouef requesting standing in the case, and seeking to join the United States Department of Justice lawsuit against the [...]
