Mar 28, 2012 – Nearly $1 million was paid to the law firm that conducted a two-year investigation of the government’s bungled case against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). The news comes as Henry Schuelke III, who recently released a 525-page report on the botched Stevens case, readies to testify about his investigation...

Mar 28, 2012 – Newt Gingrich will reduce his campaign schedule and lay off a third of his staff in order to keep his presidential bid afloat until the Republican National Convention, according to a senior aide. Campaign manager Michael Krull, who took over after a mass resignation staged by staffers last June,...

Mar 28, 2012 – The Supreme Court wraps up its last day of hearings Wednesday over the future of health care reform with renewed focus on an issue once dismissed by many legal and political analysts as trivial. It follows Tuesday's fascinating, monumental court discussion about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's...

Mar 28, 2012 – The price of an average gallon of regular gas surpassed the $3.90 mark Wednesday, moving to within a dime of the $4 threshold. The average price rose 1.3 cents to $3.911 in the latest daily survey conducted for the motorist group AAA. The price has risen for 19 consecutive...

Mar 28, 2012 – While none of the Republican candidates have heeded the increasing calls for them to drop out and cede the race to front-runner Mitt Romney, news broke late Tuesday that Newt Gingrich has replaced his campaign manager and is laying off one-third of his staff. Even with the reorganization, the...

Mar 28, 2012 – A national group opposed to same-sex marriage aimed to fight it by driving "a wedge between gays and blacks" and identifying "glamorous" Latino artists and athletes to advocate traditional marriage, according to newly released confidential memos. The strategies were among several pursued by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM),...

Mar 28, 2012 – A day after news broke that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted a plan to forge peace, fresh clashes broke out once again across Syria on Wednesday, opposition activists said. Three members of the Syrian security forces were killed and four defecting soldiers were injured in intense clashes at an...

Mar 28, 2012 – The CEO of JetBlue Airways said Wednesday he has known the captain of a flight that made an emergency landing Tuesday for "a long time" -- and that the man has always been a "consummate professional." Asked about the captain's reported erratic behavior that prompted the crew and passengers...

Mar 28, 2012 – Editor's note: This piece was authored by Susan A. Carleson The House Republican Study Committee (RSC) has proposed a federal budget that not only can America live with – it cannot live without it. It is a serious plan with responsible measures for achieving fiscal sanity...

Mar 27, 2012 – Popular Boston Mayor Tom Menino—an influential Democrat many credited with bringing the party's convention to his hometown in 2004—told WBZ this week that he wasn't taking sides in Massachusetts's high profile Senate race. But Menino's reluctance to put the weight of his campaign operation behind Harvard professor and...

Mar 27, 2012 – President Obama denied Tuesday that he is “hiding the ball” when it comes to negotiating with Russia over U.S. plans for a defense shield, saying his positions on the issue are “on record.” A day after a live microphone picked up a private conversation where he asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...

Mar 27, 2012 – House Republican doctors donned their white coats Tuesday morning to blast the healthcare reform law as critics prepared to challenge its individual mandate in the Supreme Court. Most of the Republican lawmakers' complaints focused on why the bill was bad policy, not why it was unconstitutional. In case the...

Mar 27, 2012 – On the night of February 26, Trayvon Martin was wearing a hoodie and had bought Skittles and an Arizona tea at a convenience store in Sanford, Florida. Some time after that, he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman. But beyond those established facts about the...

Mar 27, 2012 – Al Jazeera will not broadcast video it received showing killings in France blamed on Mohammed Merah, it announced Tuesday, saying the material "does not meet our Code of Ethics." The network is "also declining all requests for copies," it said on Twitter. The decision came after Al Jazeera's...

Mar 27, 2012 – The bailouts of Bear Stearns and AIG were "distasteful" but still necessary, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told students at George Washington University on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Fed was "helpless" when it came to saving Lehman Brothers, he said. "Lehman Brothers was in itself probably too big to fail, in the sense...

Mar 27, 2012 – CNN, Fox News, the Associated Press, and Townhall all show the former Massachusetts governor ahead by a wide margin:  …

Mar 27, 2012 – The housing market started off the new year with a thud. Home prices dropped for the fifth consecutive month in January, reaching their lowest point since the end of 2002. The average home sold in that month lost 0.8% of its value, compared with a month earlier, and prices were down...

Mar 27, 2012 – As thousands of people gathered here to demand an arrest in the Trayvon Martin case, a more complicated portrait began to emerge of a teenager whose problems at school ranged from getting spotted defacing lockers to getting caught with a marijuana baggie and women’s jewelry. The Miami Gardens teen...

Mar 27, 2012 – We’re hot into election season so that means that things are going to get ugly. You Tube ugly. Herman Cain has cleverly inserted himself back into the public dialogue with an ad on YouTube. The ad, which airs below, is simply called “Rabbit.” Cain touts the piece as part...

Mar 27, 2012 – The core of Trayvon Martin's story has been told again and again in recent days -- about how the 17-year-old went out to a Sanford, Florida, convenience store, only to be killed on his way back to his father's fiance's home. Yet one month later, questions persist as to...

Mar 27, 2012 – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was formally warned Monday that he is under investigation for "aggravated pimping" for his alleged participation in a prostitution ring in France, prosecutors said. He is not allowed to have contact with other people involved in the investigation, nor is he permitted...

Mar 27, 2012 – The Syrian government has accepted U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's plan to forge peace and end violence in the volatile nation, Annan's spokesman said Tuesday. Annan is urging the Syrian government "to put its commitments into immediate effect." Annan's six-point plan was the cornerstone of a presidential statement endorsed...

Mar 26, 2012 – Ontario's top court has legalized brothels, saying Canadian prostitution laws unfairly discriminate against prostitutes and their ability to work in safe environments. A panel of five judges wrote that the law banning common bawdy houses "is grossly disproportionate" if all it aims to do is keep public order in...

Mar 26, 2012 – Just hours after the United States warned that North Korea would achieve nothing with threats or provocations, Pyongyang moved a long-range rocket it plans to test fire to a launch pad Monday, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said. A U.S. official said the United States also has seen...

Mar 26, 2012 – The Obama administration on Monday cut off American aid to the government of Mali after last week's coup by soldiers, saying military and other assistance would only resume when the African country's democratic government is restored. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said U.S. humanitarian and food assistance will continue...