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House blocks EPA from banning lead in ammunition

The sportsman's bill restores access to public land for hunters and fishermen....

The hard truth about Big Government

As we celebrate Tax Freedom Day and finally begin working for ourselves, instead of the government, i...

Santorum cancels Pennsylvania appearance tonight

Sources within the Lancaster County party told Human Events the former Pennsylvania senator gave no r...

Escalation: Marine gets punished for tweeting

A Marine who posted a racially insensitive tweet referencing Trayvon Martin will receive punishment f...

Scenes of the Shuttle Discovery over Washington, D.C.

Human Events has aggregated via Twitter some exciting pictures of Space Shuttle Discovery’s flight ar...

Smartest president in history misidentifies the Falkland Islands, twice over

The Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Columbia turned out to be a real blast. The Secret Service h...

Republicans passed the first Civil Rights Act, in 1866

Thanks to Republicans beginning to appreciate the heritage of our Grand Old Party, it has become bett...

This Day in History: Benjamin Franklin dies

On this day in 1790, America lost one of its most revered and remarkable Founding Fathers, Benjamin F...

Don’t be glad the Buffett Rule is dead, be angry it ever existed

The so-called “Buffett Rule” went down for the count in the Senate on Monday night, on a largely part...

Barney Frank on F.A. Hayek

Washington is doing so little that it is virtually impossible to calculate just how much they’re not ...

GSA commissioner Neely is still getting paid

Day Two of the House Oversight Committee’s hearings into waste and abuse at the General Services Admi...

Tax Day with Allen West

Thanks to a quirk of the calendar, Tax Day fell on Tuesday, April 17 this year. The nominal date when...

‘The Buffett Rule’ as a deficit reduction tool? Not likely.

The surprising outcome of simple analysis is that, if enacted, it would actually add billions of doll...

Video: Operation Fast and Furious was designed to implicate law-abiding gun sellers

Crime spun out of control....