On America’s 237th Birthday, a link to Heritage on the Declaration of Independence and the American Creed, an article on what Lincoln thought of Independence Day, and 10 fascinating facts on our Founding document. Military Coup in Egypt Egypt’s military moved forcefully to seize power from President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday, The New York Times reports, deploying tanks and troops in Cairo […]

The Obama administration has opted to delay the implementation of ObamaCare’s employer mandate—the requirement that all firms with 50 or more employees provide health coverage, or pay steep fines—until 2015, Forbes reports. The administration said it would postpone the provision after hearing significant implementation concerns from employers, according to the Washington Post. The Hill points […]

Less than a day after applying for asylum in Russia, NSA leaker Edward Snowden balked at a big condition placed on his request by Vladimir Putin: that he stopped hurting the U.S., reports the Washington Post. Meanwhile, The New York Times is reporting Putin resisted efforts by the U.S. to persuade the Russian government to […]

A top German official accused the United States on Sunday of using “Cold War” methods against its allies, after Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine cited classified intelligence documents to claim that U.S. spies bugged EU offices, CBS News reports. The Telegraph  is reporting former NSA contractor  Edward Snowden showed Der Spiegel’s reporters “parts” of a secret […]

By a vote of 68 to 32, the U.S. Senate approved sweeping legislation Thursday to overhaul the nation’s immigration system for the first time in a generation by spending tens of billions of dollars to bolster security along the U.S. southern border and offering a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants, reports The […]