Joseph Perkins

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  • Obama’s California Day Trip Raises More Than $3M for His Campaign

    Obama’s California Day Trip Raises More Than $3M for His Campaign

    President Obama is not very popular at the moment in much of America, where most voters disapprove of the job he is doing in the White House. But he remains very well liked in California, where on Monday he raked in more than $3 million in campaign contributions at three fundraisers.

  • Senate Agreement Averts Government Shutdown

    “We’ve averted a disaster,” said Senator Ben Campbell, D-Colo. “Until the next one.” He was speaking of the deal the Senate struck Monday night that will keep the federal government open for business beyond Friday, the end of the current fiscal year.

  • GOP's White House Hopefuls Talk Social Issues, But Not at Debate

    GOP's White House Hopefuls Talk Social Issues, But Not at Debate

    For social conservatives, Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in Orlando was the anticlimax in a day of appearances featuring the candidates. The main event actually was a forum a few hours before the debate hosted by the Florida Chapter of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

  • Intuitive Thinkers Tend to Have Stronger Belief in God, Study Says

    Intuitive Thinkers Tend to Have Stronger Belief in God, Study Says

    Is there a correlation between an individual’s cognitive “style” and his or her belief in God? A new study by three Harvard researchers published this week in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General suggests there is.

  • No Housing Recovery Through 2015, New Survey Says

    No Housing Recovery Through 2015, New Survey Says

    It’s been a bad news week for the nation’s beleaguered housing sector. On Wednesday, a survey of more than 100 economists, real estate experts, investment analysts and marketing strategists was released in which most respondents said the housing market would continue to struggle for the next four years.

  • House Vote Increases Prospect of Government Shutdown

    The House Wednesday rejected a stopgap spending bill that would have put to rest fears of a government shutdown on Oct. 1. A total of 182 Democrats were joined by 48 Republicans in opposing the measure, albeit for very different reasons.

  • $16 Muffins? Justice Department Review Uncovers Wasteful Spending

    $16 Muffins? Justice Department Review Uncovers Wasteful Spending

    Even Starbucks doesn’t charge $8.24 for a cup of coffee. But that’s precisely how much the Department of Justice overpaid for the beverage it served at one of its conferences, according to a review released Tuesday by the department’s Inspector General.

  • Congressional Black Caucus Not Very Happy With Obama

    Congressional Black Caucus Not Very Happy With Obama

    The Congressional Black Caucus opens its 41st annual legislative conference on Wednesday as a former caucus member with whom they have misgivings is now in the White House.

  • Coalition Irked by Obama Support for Faith-Based Hiring

    Coalition Irked by Obama Support for Faith-Based Hiring

    President Obama received a letter Monday from a coalition of organizations complaining that he is backsliding on his campaign promise to target faith-based discrimination in federally-funded jobs.

  • Judge: Public Has Right to See Prop. 8 Trial Video

    Judge: Public Has Right to See Prop. 8 Trial Video

    In another victory for foes of California’s Proposition 8, a federal district court judge in San Francisco ruled Monday that video recordings of the trial concerning the state’s ban on same-sex marriage should be made public.