Politics

Edward Snowden has been revealed as the whistleblower who provided The Guardian (UK) with information for its groundbreaking new report on the NSA.

The man who controversially outed the National Security Agency's surveillance practices to the newspaper unexpectedly outed himself on Sunday.

He's been working with the NSA for four years and copied the last set of documents he intended to leak three weeks ago at his Hawaii office.

Snowden, 29, is a Booz Allen Hamilton employee who requested a two-week leave of absence, told his girlfriend he had to leave and flew to Hong Kong.

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Actress Shannon Richardson was arrested today in connection to the ricin that was mailed to President Obama today in Texas.

Richardson initially alerted the FBI that she thought her husband of two years may have been responsible for the ricin-laced letter.

But when the FBI went to investigate, they concluded that it may in fact be Shannon who is responsible, and that she simply tried to have her husband take the fall.

After days of investigation and interrogation, Richardson has been arrested in Mount Pleasant, TX.

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Megyn Kelly isn't the only person upset at her Fox News colleagues.

Last week, Lou Dobbs, Erick Erickson, and Juan Williams lamented a study that showed a growing number of women are the primary breadwinners in their households, with the three men pretty much predicting the end of the world as a result of these findings.

Kelly let her co-workers have it the next day - and now UltraViolet (an online community that advocates for women's equality) has released an ad that calls for the reporters to be fired.

Watch it now and then respond below:

Ad Calls for Fox News Contributor Firings

Should Fox News "retire" Lou Dobbs, Erick Erickson, and Juan Williams?

Megyn Kelly has joined her Fox News colleague in calling out two other Fox News colleagues.

Earlier this week, Lou Dobbs and Erick Erickson reacted in horror to a Pew survey that reported how prominent a role female breadwinners are playing in the country these days.

Erickson argued that the results are "anti-science" and that the male ought to play the "dominant role" in a family... while "having moms as the primary breadwinner is bad for kids and bad for marriage."

Following Greta Van Susteren's Tweeting shock and outrage over such comments, Megyn Kelly invited Dobbs and Erickson on her show today - and let them have it!

Safe to say the following exchange is a TKO, don't you think?

Megyn Kelly Slams Erick Erickson and Lou Dobbs

Where do you stand? Are an abundance of female breadwinners bad for the country?

According to a just-released Pew study, women are now the primary breadwinners in 40% of households around the country.

And on Wednesday's edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, a panel of men sat around and expressed both astonishment and disdain over this figure.

Fox News Men Debate Women as Breadwinners

Juan Williams said something has "going terribly wrong in American society" for this to be the case "and it's hurting our children, and it's going to have impact for generations to come."

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Governor John Hickenlooper made it official on Tuesday: Colorado is the first state in the country to make recreational marijuana use regulated and legal.

The politician was an opponent of legalizing the drug when it was up for a vote in November, but residents made their voices heard at the polls.

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Twitter can be a dangerous tool - and not just in the hands of Amanda Bynes.

A 22-year old man was sentenced to six months in prison today after he was arrested in September for making Tweeted death threats against President Barack Obama.

According to The Charlotte Observer, Donte Jamar Sims will also be forced to live under supervised release for a year after his jail term is up.

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Donald Trump in 2016? Maybe.

Michele Bachmann in 2014? Definitely not.

The Minnesota Congresswoman and former President candidate made it official in a video announcement this morning: she will not be seeking a fifth term in office.

Michele Bachmann Retirement Speech

"The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years, and in my opinion, well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district," Bachmann said.

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Move over, Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie. And make room for - GULP! - The Donald.

The New York Post reports that Donald Trump has spent over $1 million on exploratory research to determine whether he ought to run for President of the United States in 2016.

The Celebrity Apprentice host has been speaking at various Republican events over the last few weeks, trying to combine modesty with his trademark hubris.

“Everybody tells me, ‘Please run for president. Please run for president," he said last week in front of 2,300 supporters in Michigan, adding:

"I’d be happy if President Obama did a great job. I’m a Republican, but before anything, I love this country. I would love to see somebody come in who is going to be great.”

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Andrea Tantaros is fed up with the Barack Obama administration and anyone that allowed it to rise to power.

On her Fox News radio show Thursday, the host went off on the Justice Department for tapping the phones and hacked the emails of reporter James Rosen.

This confirmation comes amidst an ongoing scandal in which the same department also obtained the phone records of several Associated Press members.

"This is what's happening to our press," Tantaros said on air. "This is Obama's America. It's like the Soviet Union. He said he would change the country. He said it ... and a lot of people voted for him. And if you see any of those people today, do me a favor and punch them in the face."

Listen to Tantaros' diatribe below:

Andrea Tantaros Tells Listeners to Punch Obama Voters