Following five weeks of trial and 56 witnesses, for most legal analysts it was little surprise that jurors rejected even the lesser “compromise” verdict of manslaughter, acquitting George Zimmerman of all criminal charges, deciding he acted in self-defense in the February 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, reports the Miami Herald. A Zimmerman attorney called the […]

Speaker John Boehner said the House will vote next week to delay two key pieces of ObamaCare — the individual and employer mandates, Politico reports. The move reflects a belief among Republicans that the Obama administration’s decision last week to postpone implementation of the employer mandate has helped shift the political landscape around the controversial […]

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to terrorism charges in his first court appearance since his April capture, reports The New York Times. Sporting a casted arm, unkempt hair and an apparent jaw injury,  Tsarnaev smiled crookedly at his sisters as he arrived in court. With […]

House Republicans to Push Repeal of Individual Mandate Fresh off President Obama’s decision last week to postpone ObamaCare’s employer mandate, House Republicans announced plans to codify Obama’s decision and to also repeal the individual mandate, reports the New York Times. “Is it fair for the president to give American business an exemption…without giving the same […]

Britain’s Telegraph and DailyMail each detail a newly released report from Pakistan on the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The report, leaked to and released in full by Al Jazeera, was requested by the Pakistani government to examine the failure to catch OBL. Among the revelations, OBL was nearly caught in 2002 or 2003 when […]