Although much of the attention is on the main stage at each year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, it’s the side events where the real kookiness occurs. These events can give CPAC organizers …

Judge Won’t Toss Weapons Evidence In Schaeffer Cox Case

A federal judge will not grant a motion by Schaeffer Cox and other alleged members of the Alaska Peacemakers Militia to throw out evidence obtained from multiple searches, which turned up weapons that are key to the prosecution’s case.

British Man Using ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Tactics To Get Out Of Weapons Smuggling Charges

A British man, who owned a company that sold weapons to the U.S. Department of Defense is attempting to stall his extradition to America to face weapons smuggling charges by filing hundreds of pages of paperwork containing statements like “I deny that I am a person,” and other language consistent with members of the sovereign citizen movement.

The Conspiracy Videos In The Hutaree’s Library

Nearly two years after a group of Christian anti-government Hutaree militia members were arrested in Michigan for allegedly plotting an attack on police, new details are emerging in the run-up to their trial.

Defense lawyers revealed that the government’s confidential informant in the case was arrested after shooting a gun off seven feet from his wife, stabbed himself with a hunting knife while out on probation and had his wife falsely imprisoned over the indecent.

Oregon Senator Stung By Suit Over Combat Camp Cash

Oregon state Sen. Brian Boquist will charge you big bucks to learn how to dodge a rocket propelled grenade.

But it’s what his former business partners say he’s doing with the cash that’s causing the Republican some problems.

Mississippi Rep. Wants The Gulf Of Mexico Renamed The ‘Gulf Of America’ (UPDATED)

Updated, February 9, 9:16PM

Mississippi State Rep. Steve Holland said later on Thursday his bill was meant as satire, to mock tough anti-immigration bills introduced by his fellow legislators.

The original piece follows:

A lawmaker in Mississippi is pushing to change the name of “the body of water located directly south” of the state, the Gulf of Mexico, to the “Gulf of America.”

The Drone Next Door: New FAA Rules Will Increase UAVs In National Airspace

A new set of laws will require the FAA to ease up on the rules governing domestic drone use — and to find a way to integrate them into national airspace alongside regular aircraft.

Utah Newest Front In GOP Battle Against Unions

Republicans in Utah have opened up the next front in a battle against public unions being waged in statehouses throughout the nation.

A bill introduced last week in the Utah legislature would ban government employees from collectively bargaining on any issue except for wages and health benefits. The proposal would bar unions from having a say in things like training, equipment and disciplinary procedures.

Report Finds Radical American Muslims Are Not Such A Big Threat

In 2011 there was a “relatively low level of radicalization among Muslim-Americans” and that number has been continuously decreasing over the last couple of years, according to a report by a professor at the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.

Wasilla Councilman Recalled After He Drunkenly Trashed Hotel Room

Members of an Alaska Tea Party group successfully pushed for a recall of Wasilla City Councilman Steve Menard, after he admitted to drunkenly trashing a hotel room he was staying in during a trip on city business.