"A Mexican military helicopter crossed the U.S. border into Arizona and fired on U.S. Border Patrol agents during a drug operation Tuesday before flying back into Mexico, Border Patrol officials said.
"The high court’s first case involving the Constitution’s recess appointments clause ended in a unanimous decision holding that Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in 2012 without Senate confirmation were illegal. Obama invoked the Constitution’s provision giving the president the power to make temporary appointments when the Senate is in recess.
In the absence of a special prosecutor, the best opportunity for piercing the veil of secrecy and evasion that surrounds the IRS handling of groups perceived as enemies of the Obama administration lies in civil litigation. …these cases are being sent to a special unit in the DC office to determine whether the organization’s activities contradict the Administration’s public policies.
Pres. Obama on June 26 asked Congress for $500 million to arm and train Syrian rebels that have passed security screenings as part of an ongoing covert U.S. intelligence initiative in Syria. 
This Is a ‘Cheat Sheet’ Found at the Border to Coach Illegals on How to Stay in the U.S. | TheBlaze.com:
"Senate Democrats blocked Republicans on Thursday from passing two bills that would require companies to verify the legal status of people before they hire them, and stop the government from handing out child tax credits to illegal immigrants. 
"A former West Allis police officer was charged Thursday with two felonies for hiding two women's bodies — one for more than a year — that were found in suitcases along a road in the Town of Geneva.
....He eventually tossed the suitcases in high grass alongside N. Como Road during the first week of June, police said, and a highway worker cutting grass found the suitcases June 5.
The 20 or so brownies, individually wrapped in aluminum foil, were being kicked off the highway into a ditch by law enforcement officials to allow traffic to flow north on U.S. 31.
Robocalls were made encouraging people, black people, to ‘say no to the Tea Party’ and telling people, “if we do nothing, Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel wins and causes even more problems for President Obama.” Democrats were sending mailers encouraging their fellow Democrats to “crossover” and vote for Cochran. And, to top it off, Cochran and his cronies hired a Democrat operative to help ‘Get out the (Democrat) Vote’ for him! "
U-M, Elon University researchers say federal government, not banks, should handle student loans | MLive.com: "Seven out of 10 people who graduated from a four-year college last year did so with student loan debt, according to The Institute for College Access and Success' Project on Student Debt.
The peer-reviewed study by Doug M. Smith et al, entitled “Improved Surface Temperature Prediction for the Coming Decade from a Global Climate Model” – and which featured in the journal Science – also incorrectly predicted that several years over the past decade would see record heat.
"Fox News host Shepard Smith called out State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf on Tuesday after she smiled and dismissed his point about Americans’ “fear” that things could escalate in Iraq and U.S. troops could get dragged back into combat."
"Health insurance premiums are shooting up for most Michigan residents that purchase their own coverage in the first year after Obamacare, state insurers have reported.
"Cruz excoriated the IRS on the Senate for purposefully targeting conservative groups, and then working to cover up the scandal by refusing to testify and claiming key emails have been lost. Cruz also said Attorney General Eric Holder has refused to call for a special prosecutor, and that Congress must act to create one to ensure an impartial criminal investigation."
"Just hours after Congress shellacked the IRS over emails allegedly lost after a hard drive crash, the Environmental Protection Agency says it’s having its own computer issues and may have also lost emails that Congress is seeking."
“Our nation’s voter rolls are a mess,” says Catherine Engelbrecht, president of the election-watch group True The Vote.
Crane said his group has told ICE for years that the administration’s policies are failing, and he said things will only get worse if things don’t change. “If the administration continues with its current policies, it can expect the current crisis to further escalate, and crises in other areas to potentially emerge,” he said.
That’s because some hospitals are starting to use detailed consumer data to create profiles on current and potential patients to identify those most likely to get sick, so the hospitals can intervene before they do.
She claims that someone above her has been changing the record back, and then the vet is suddenly listed as alive.
"The Canadian city of Nanaimo’s city council is caught in a circle of embarrassment as it tucks its tail and reverses a horrible policy it recently passed.
"The Catherine Avenue home where the males were located had the words "AFFA LADA" in wooden letters on the outside and appeared to be vacant.
"House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said Wednesday that former IRS official Lois Lerner suggested investigating Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) before she was forced to leave her position due to the IRS targeting scandal.
"While searching for images of highway interchanges in urban areas, I came across these historic aerial photos of Detroit on a message board, showing how the city fabric has slowly eroded. It’s a remarkable record of a process that has scarred many other American cities."
"MUSKEGON, MI -- In an effort to jumpstart downtown residential development, the city of Muskegon has finalized a $500,000 loan for the construction of two more "Heritage Square" townhouses on Clay Avenue. 
