Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record

Fifty years after President Johnson started a $20 trillion taxpayer-funded war on poverty, the overall percentage of impoverished people in the U.S. has declined only slightly and the poor have lost ground under President Obama.

Senate OKs unemployment extension, but House GOP wants to know who’s paying

A handful of Republican lawmakers joined Democrats in pushing a hotly contested extension of unemployment benefits through the Senate Tuesday, but the House’s GOP leadership said the bill isn’t going anywhere until backers figure out how to pay for its $6.5 billion price tag.

Christie signs, praises New Jersey’s Dream Act law

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie held a ceremonial signing Tuesday to highlight his approval of the state’s new Dream Act law granting illegal immigrants in-state tuition, in a move that signals immigration will once again be a major issue in the 2016 presidential primaries.