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Lamar Smith blasts Obama’s ‘extreme climate-change agenda’

Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, threw cold water Wednesday on President Obama's Alaska climate-change tour, saying the president's proposed regulatory fixes have put him on "thin ice."

September 2, 2015

Ninth Planned Parenthood video fuels accusations of extensive lawbreaking

The takeaway moment from the latest fetal tissue video comes when a woman identified as Advanced BioScience Resources's Perrin Larton recounts cases in which the fetus "just fell out" during an abortion procedure.

September 1, 2015

Obama Justice Department sides with Planned Parenthood against Bobby Jindal

The Obama administration has sided with Planned Parenthood in its effort to keep its contract with Louisiana, arguing in a court filing that the state's decision to defund the organization may be in violation of the federal Medicaid Act.

September 1, 2015

Planned Parenthood defenders demand full video footage release

Defenders of Planned Parenthood called Monday for the release of the full footage from explosive undercover videos on its role in procuring aborted fetal tissue, while investigators countered that the missing video is from bathroom breaks and waiting periods.

August 31, 2015

Texas emerges as top destination for Californians fleeing state

Californians fled the state in unprecedented numbers over the last decade, and their primary destination was Texas, according to an analysis issued Monday.

August 31, 2015

Black Lives Matter causes more headaches for Dems by rejecting DNC resolution

The Democratic National Committee's attempt to cozy up to the Black Lives Matter movement was rejected Sunday as the network pushed back against aligning itself with either major party.

August 31, 2015

Andy Johnson, Wyoming farmer, sues EPA over $16M fines over stock pond

Farmer Andy Johnson hasn't sent millions of gallons of gold-mine wastewater down any rivers, but he's facing more than $16 million in fines from the Environmental Protection Agency for running afoul the Clean Water Act.

August 30, 2015

Planned Parenthood admits it manipulates rules on fetal organ sales to maximize profit

In a letter to Congress intended to defend its practices and attack its hidden-video critics, Planned Parenthood wound up lending credence to accusations that it manipulates rules on selling fetal organs to maximize profit.

August 27, 2015

Nebraskans get more than enough signatures for vote to bring back death penalty

Nebraskans for the Death Penalty announced Wednesday that they have gathered enough signatures to force a repeal vote on the newly enacted state law eliminating capital punishment.

August 26, 2015

EPA: Gauging mine’s water level before spill would have been ‘difficult,’ ‘expensive’

An EPA internal review released Wednesday concluded that its crew underestimated the water pressure building up behind the debris at the Gold King Mine, but that it would have been "very difficult and expensive" to figure that out.

August 26, 2015

Planned Parenthood video shows StemExpress eager to do bulk business on fetal parts

StemExpress CEO Cate Dyer says that it isn't easy keeping up with the demand for fetal organs procured from abortions -- she could use "another 50 livers a week" -- which is one reason she relies on Planned Parenthood.

August 25, 2015

EPA rebuked for failing to comply with House mine spill investigation

The Environmental Protection Agency came under fire Tuesday for neglecting to turn over most of the documents requested by a House committee related to the Gold King Mine spill.

August 25, 2015

Planned Parenthood asks court to block Louisiana’s defunding effort

Planned Parenthood moved Tuesday to counter state efforts aimed at cutting off its funding by asking a federal judge Tuesday to stop Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal from cancelling its Medicaid contract.

August 25, 2015

Lamar Smith wants Colorado mine EPA contractor to testify

The chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee wants to hear from the EPA contractor on the Gold King Mine spill after learning that the agency knew about the risk of a blowout in advance.

August 24, 2015

EPA knew of ‘blowout’ risk at Gold King Mine

Denver -- It turns out the Environmental Protection Agency knew about the risk of a blowout from the Gold King Mine more than a year before orange toxic sludge flooded the Animas River in southwest Colorado.

August 23, 2015

Planned Parenthood videos energize pro-life movement, fuel protests nationwide

Stephanie McKee says she has opposed abortion for years, but Saturday marked the first time she had ever attended a pro-life rally. Why now?

August 23, 2015

Thousands rally against Planned Parenthood in massive national protest

Thousands of pro-lifers turned out in U.S. cities nationwide Saturday for a massive show of opposition against Planned Parenthood, an event billed as the largest simultaneous protest ever aimed at the embattled abortion and health-care provider.

August 22, 2015

Pro-life center rushes to post StemExpress footage after restraining order lifted

The Center for Medical Progress posted a short video Friday showing a StemExpress executive joking about receiving intact fetal cadavers from abortions, publishing the footage shortly after a Los Angeles judge dissolved a temporary restraining order against its release.

August 21, 2015

Planned Parenthood losing social-media war sparked by undercover videos

Planned Parenthood for America is losing the social-media war in the aftermath of undercover videos on its fetal-tissue donations from abortions, according to an analysis released Friday.

August 21, 2015

Gina McCarthy called to testify on Animas River toxic spill

The chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee called Friday on EPA administrator Gina McCarthy to testify before the panel on the Animas River wastewater spill triggered by an EPA-led crew.

August 21, 2015