Mar 16, 2012 – For Townhall readers we’ve published our 2012 model portfolio for Trading and Aggressive Growth.…

Mar 15, 2012 – A few clips to pass along.  First, my appearances on Megyn Kelly and FoxNews.com Live over the past two days, discussing the president's flailing on gas prices and his precarious re-election position:     Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com   Note that one of the polls my counterpart attempted...

Mar 15, 2012 – Women in Arizona may be forced to share certain private medical conditions with their employers if they want their contraception to be covered by health insurance, a bill proposes. The Arizona Senate is considering a bill that would give all businesses the option to exclude contraceptives from health insurance coverage. The...

Mar 15, 2012 – First-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week, matching the four-year low hit in February. The Labor Department reported Thursday that 351,000 people filed for initial unemployment benefits in the week ended March 10, down from the previous week's revised 365,000 claims. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had predicted 355,000 new claims would...

Mar 15, 2012 – If President Obama didn't have enough big names at his last dinner honoring South Korea in October, he sure is making up for it as he honors British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday night. Actors George Clooney and Damien Lewis (the star of one of Obama's favorite shows, "Homeland") are...

Mar 15, 2012 – Virginia Tech plans to consider all its options after it reviews a jury verdict that found it was negligent in a 2007 shooting rampage that left 33 people dead, including the gunman, a university spokesman said. The move follows Wednesday's verdict by a seven-member jury in Christiansburg, Virginia, that awarded $4...

Mar 15, 2012 – Angry rants about the demise of corporate culture aren't reserved only for ex-Goldman Sachs employees. Microsoft-turned-Google engineer James Whittaker -- now once again a Microsoft employee -- fired off a scathing blast Tuesday on a Microsoft blog about why he left Google. "My last three months working for Google was a...

Mar 15, 2012 – Federal health officials are unveiling Thursday a $54 million national media campaign to get smokers to quit and prevent anyone else, especially children, from starting. The campaign, called "Tips From Former Smokers," is intended to educate Americans about the dangers of smoking through the stories and graphic pictures of ex-smokers who...

Mar 15, 2012 – Afghans took to the streets Thursday to demand a U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians be prosecuted in Afghanistan as word spread that the American military moved him out of the country. And a member of parliament accused the military of showing him and other officials "a fake video ......

Mar 14, 2012 – U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into Afghanistan on Wednesday, making him the first high-ranking American official to visit the country since a U.S. soldier was detained on suspicion of killing 16 Afghan men, women and children in their homes Sunday. Also Wednesday, a huge explosion killed eight people in Helmand...

Mar 14, 2012 – At least one person was killed and at least two others were injured in a shooting Wednesday at a Texas courthouse, a judge said. The shooting occurred outside a courthouse in Jefferson County, Texas, Judge Larry Gist said. Witnesses saw an elderly woman dead on the sidewalk in front of the courthouse,...

Mar 14, 2012 – The U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians during a weekend rampage has been transferred out of Afghanistan while awaiting charges, the NATO command said late Wednesday. The still-unidentified Army staff sergeant was transferred on the recommendation of advisers to Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and allied forces in...

Mar 14, 2012 – A Goldman Sachs executive has resigned in a very public manner -- calling the firm "toxic" and disrespectful of its clients in a scathing op-ed piece published in Wednesday's New York Times. "I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it,"...

Mar 14, 2012 – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will get one last chance to speak his mind Wednesday before he heads to Colorado to start a 14-year prison sentence on a corruption conviction. Blagojevich has scheduled a news conference outside his house and will use the occasion to say goodbye, his spokesman said. His...

Mar 14, 2012 – The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, has received a response from Syrian authorities to proposals laid out in weekend meetings, officials said Wednesday, as opposition activists reported another day of bloodshed across the nation. Annan "has questions and is seeking answers," said a statement by his spokesman. "But given the...

Mar 14, 2012 – House Republicans are setting up the possibility of another government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned Tuesday, if they renege on last year’s spending agreement. Reid got in his opening shot before the GOP released its 2013 budget blueprint, which it’s expected to announce early next week. “I’m really...

Mar 14, 2012 – A bus crashed into a tunnel in Switzerland, killing 28 people, including 22 children, Tuesday night, police said. Another 24 children were injured in the wreck, police said. Most of the children were 11 and 12 years old, said Joren Vandeweyer, a spokesman for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Mar 13, 2012 – Stay tuned for full analysis of tonight's results from Guy Benson and be sure to check out the Townhall Election page for up to the…

Mar 13, 2012 – As more details emerge about the massive $26 billion foreclosure settlement between the five biggest mortgage lenders and the states' attorneys general, a growing number of borrowers are realizing that the deal will do little, if anything, to help them out. Proponents of the settlement deal tout that roughly 1...

Mar 13, 2012 – The U.S. Army soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan men, women and children in a house-to-house shooting rampage could face the death penalty, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. Panetta spoke to reporters as he flew to the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan for high-level talks Tuesday. Hundreds of Afghans took to the...

Mar 13, 2012 – Follow Townhall/Hot Air's live team coverage on our election night page and in our aggregated Twitter feed below -- and as always,…

Mar 13, 2012 – The Federal Reserve sounds a bit more upbeat about the job market and the global economy, but still the central bank is erring on the side of caution. Following a meeting on Tuesday, the Fed's key policymaking committee voted to make no changes to its ongoing stimulus programs. The central bank...

Mar 13, 2012 – The United States, the European Union and Japan filed a trade case Tuesday over China's export restrictions on minerals that are crucial for the production of many high-tech devices, according to EU and U.S. officials. The case aims to pressure China to lift export limits on certain minerals known as rare...

Mar 13, 2012 – Rescuers searched frantically for survivors Tuesday after a packed ferry carrying more than 150 people capsized in south Bangladesh. The ferry sank in the Meghna river after it collided with another vehicle early Tuesday morning. It was traveling to Dhaka, the nation's capital, from Shariatpur district.