Mar 6, 2012 – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) insisted Tuesday that a vote on approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline be part of an agreement that would allow sweeping transportation funding legislation to advance. The transportation bill stalled in a procedural vote early Tuesday afternoon as negotiations on which amendments will be...

Mar 6, 2012 – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) insisted Tuesday that a vote on approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline be part of an agreement that would allow sweeping transportation funding legislation to advance. The transportation bill stalled in a procedural vote early Tuesday afternoon as negotiations on which amendments will be...

Mar 6, 2012 – Top Republican and Democratic congressional leaders affirmed U.S. solidarity with Israel on Tuesday amid growing concerns over Iran’s nuclear program. Following a meeting of key House leaders and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said “the United States Congress will never allow Israel...

Mar 6, 2012 – In wistful moments I imagine Breitbart, Limbaugh, Townhall, Fox News , etc. on the U.S. media scene in the late 1950's, vetting away … Now regarding this amazing report we saw on Townhall this morning where you claim Fidel Castro's people, the so-called rebels, tried … Ambassador Garner has an amazing report, that we just read in Townhall, alleging that the State Department's chief of Caribbean affairs…

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Mar 6, 2012 – Editor's note: This column was authored by Catherine Glenn Foster, Litigation Counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund. For years, defenders of life have warned that the culture of death will – obviously – lead to death: that arguments used to justify killing some people in dire circumstances, via abortion...

Mar 5, 2012 – Sen. John McCain is calling for the U.S. military to use airstrikes in Syria. McCain, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the first senator to call for the United States to bomb Syria, as violence there continues to escalate with President Bashar al-Assad’s troops shelling opposition forces. In a...

Mar 5, 2012 – President Obama said Monday there is time to prevent Iran from securing a nuclear weapon through diplomacy and not a military strike at the outset of a high-stakes meeting at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. For the second day in a row, Obama said there’s “still...

Mar 5, 2012 – Presidential contender Newt Gingrich took harsh aim at rival Mitt Romney Monday, suggesting the former Massachusetts governor couldn't rally Republican support because he was being dishonest with voters. "He can't close the deal. And he can't close the deal in part because people inherently don't trust what he's saying and think...

Mar 5, 2012 – After two years of declines, Americans' income finally rose in 2010. The Internal Revenue Service provided a first peek at taxpayers' returns and it showed that adjusted gross income totaled $8 trillion, up 5.2% from 2009. But a closer look at the data reveals that only the wealthiest Americans will be...

Mar 5, 2012 – Gunmen pretending to be an official security force opened fire on police at numerous checkpoints in Haditha, Iraq, early Monday, killing 27, authorities said. Three of the attackers were killed in shootouts with officers, according to Khalid Salman, head of the Haditha local council In addition to the 27 killed, three officers...

Mar 5, 2012 – Chris Christie called it "the dumbest idea anybody ever had." Mitch Daniels has criticized it. And according to the chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, it's "water torture." The slow-burning Republican presidential nominating process is facing scrutiny and sharp criticism as the increasingly bitter GOP primary fight threatens to drag on into the...

Mar 5, 2012 – A suicide bomber blew himself up at an entrance to Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield on Monday, an attack the Taliban called revenge for the burning of Qurans by U.S. troops there last month. The blast at the base, north of Kabul, killed two civilians and wounded two others, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq...

Mar 5, 2012 – Mitt Romney picked up another conservative endorsement Monday and a new poll showed him pulling ahead in Ohio heading into Super Tuesday, the biggest single day of the Republican presidential campaign. A day before contests in 10 states will decide how more than 400 delegates get allocated, Romney announced that former...

Mar 5, 2012 – Evidence of ongoing activities at an Iranian military base suspected of being involved in testing related to nuclear weapons makes inspectors eager to get there as soon as possible, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. Speaking to reporters during the agency's board of governors meeting, IAEA Director...

Mar 5, 2012 – International observers blasted Russia's presidential election Monday, saying: "The point of an election is that the outcome should be uncertain. This was not the case in Russia." Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looked set to win Sunday's vote and return to the office he held until he was forced out by...

Mar 5, 2012 – The Senate begins work this week on a spending bill that would set up a new $10 million grant program aimed at helping states combat "distracted driving," which focuses on texting behind the wheel. "While there is no definitive data as to how many distracted driving deaths and injuries are caused...

Mar 5, 2012 – Nearly two years after an explosion on an oil platform killed 11 workers and sent millions of gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, deepwater drilling has regained momentum in the gulf and is spreading around the world. The announcement of an agreement late Friday by BP and...

Mar 5, 2012 – The Federal Reserve’s relationship with Congress is growing more complicated as lawmakers second-guess its decisions and look to impose reforms. On Monday, the Fed will again face congressional scrutiny, as Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) unveils a sweeping bill aimed at limiting what actions the Fed can take. The legislation from Brady,...

Mar 5, 2012 – Curissa "Cee Cee" Davis doesn't trust men, and she's slow to make friends. She can't remember the last time she did something fun. It's not that she's antisocial; the former Carver High student body president is quite gregarious once she starts talking. But after losing at least 20 friends to gun...

Mar 5, 2012 – The heart of a 900-year-old saint has vanished from Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, police and the Cathedral said. St. Laurence O'Toole's heart was kept in a heart-shaped wooden box in a cage bolted to a wall in Saint Lauds Chapel, Irish police said. It disappeared between Friday evening and Saturday...

Mar 5, 2012 – Interest rates on U.S. bonds may be ridiculously low, but that doesn't mean the country's future interest payments on the national debt will be. Uncle Sam will shell out more than $5 trillion in interest payments over the next decade, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office. That's more...

Mar 5, 2012 – As Congress approaches the nine-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, it is stunning to hear Republicans on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail calling for military intervention in another Middle Eastern country. This time the country is Syria. And the reasons for military action there sound...

Mar 5, 2012 – Newt Gingrich on Monday offered a blistering rebuttal to Mitt Romney's critique of his $2.50 per-gallon gas plan, suggesting Romney was "rich enough" to be unconcerned with rising gas prices. "Well, look, if you're Mitt Romney and you're rich enough, maybe you don't get it," Gingrich said on...

Mar 4, 2012 – Started attending townhall meetings with Members of Congress because of him? Started filming their professors because of him?…