Top Reads from the Fiscal Times

Tom Ridge Says U.S. Terror Risks Higher Now Than After 9/11 Tom Ridge, the nation’s first secretary of homeland security, said on Tuesday the U.S. faces much graver threats to its national security today than when he was in charge of protecting Americans in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. “The risk of… GOP Doesn't Blink on DHS Funding After Judge Bars Immigration Order A federal judge in Texas late Monday presented Congressional Republicans with the opportunity to end a politically risky standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland… Obama’s Immigration Setback Is a Gift to GOP President Obama has just suffered a double hit. First, his executive action granting temporary amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants was put on ice by a judge in Texas.… GOP States Won’t Fix Obamacare If Coverage Is Lost Five Republican governors, including 2016 presidential hopeful, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, have vowed not to step in and restore federal health care subsidies to millions of… The Great American Pilot Shortage As if flying weren’t irritating enough already – with rising airfares and stringent security policies – now there’s a shortage of commercial pilots on the horizon, which…