Apr 4, 2012 – A federal appeals court is striking back after President Obama cautioned the Supreme Court against overturning the health care overhaul and warned that such an act would be "unprecedented." A three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to explain by...

Apr 4, 2012 – The prospect that the Federal Reserve will begin a fourth round of asset purchases appears to be fading as the economy improves. The members of the Fed’s policy-making committee barely discussed new efforts to bolster growth during their most recent meeting in mid-March, according to an account of that meeting...

Apr 4, 2012 – Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) is losing patience with a top financial regulator, saying Tuesday that he should either crack down on speculation driving up oil prices or no longer work at his watchdog agency. In a letter sent to President Obama, Nelson said Gary Gensler, the chairman of the...

Apr 4, 2012 – The possibility of a loss in his home state of Pennsylvania may force Rick Santorum to drop out of the Republican primary sooner than he’d planned, say GOP strategists. Santorum is notoriously strong-willed, and those close to him say that party elders will not be able to convince him...

Apr 4, 2012 – Three NATO-led service members were killed in an explosion in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force said. The ISAF deaths occurred during a suicide bombing at a vegetable market in the city of Maymana in Faryab province, a military official said. The official did not...

Apr 4, 2012 – More than a decade after a terrorist attack brought down New York's twin towers, their replacement -- an emerging new addition to the Manhattan skyline -- has nearly reached a landmark height. The One World Trade Center is now 100 stories high, stretching just over 1,244 feet and just...

Apr 4, 2012 – The sweeping victory of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party in recent elections has been confirmed by state media. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, or NLD, won 43 of the 44 seats it contested in the by-elections that took place Sunday, the government's official MRTV reported...

Apr 4, 2012 – myriad human rights violations in North Korea’s prison system, be sure to read my upcoming feature article in the April issue of Townhall…

Apr 3, 2012 – A Canadian beauty pageant contestant who was disqualified when the Miss Universe Canada organizers discovered she was transgender said Tuesday she had been devastated by the decision and wanted a clear change in the rules. After initially disqualifying Talackova, organizers of the Miss Universe beauty pageant reversed course late...

Apr 3, 2012 – President Barack Obama on Tuesday will shred the House GOP budget as a “Trojan horse” built around radical right-wing, “thinly veiled social Darwinism” and the makings of a renewed recession. That’s the message he’ll take to The Associated Press’s annual luncheon in Washington, according to prepared remarks provided by...

Apr 3, 2012 – President Obama, for the second day in a row, put public pressure on the Supreme Court to uphold the federal health care overhaul -- saying the court has traditionally shown "deference" to Congress. The president addressed the case during a meeting with newspaper executives in Washington, D.C., following...

Apr 3, 2012 – Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) kept up his torrid fundraising pace by raising $2.2 million since Jan. 1, his campaign announced Tuesday morning. Kaine now has $4.4 million cash on hand for his Senate race, according to the campaign, a substantial war chest for a non-incumbent candidate at...

Apr 3, 2012 – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said this week she'd like to see Secretary of State Hillary Clinton run for president in 2016. The California Democrat told PBS's Charlie Rose she has "no knowledge" of Clinton's intentions, but also left no mystery about her wishes to see Clinton on the...

Apr 3, 2012 – Senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod mocked GOP front-runner Mitt Romney’s economic policies on Tuesday, saying his ideas were from a "time warp." "He must watch 'Mad Men' and think it's the evening news," said Axelrod on "CBS This Morning," referring to the popular drama set in the 1960s....

Apr 3, 2012 – Voters in the US say health care, unemployment, the federal deficit, international issues and gas prices will help influence their decision ahead of the presidential election -- but just one in five thinks birth control policies are an important factor, a Gallup poll out Monday found. The poll also...

Apr 3, 2012 – Felony charges related to election fraud have touched the 2008 race for the highest office in the land. Prosecutors in South Bend, Ind., filed charges Monday against four St. Joseph County Democratic officials and deputies as part of a multiple-felony case involving the alleged forging of Democratic presidential primary...

Apr 3, 2012 – The man accused of killing seven people execution-style at a small religious college in Oakland, California, "does not appear to be remorseful at all," the city's police chief said Tuesday. Former student One Goh, 43, told authorities he was upset at being expelled from Oikos University earlier this year,...

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Apr 2, 2012 – Leaders of the 15-state West African bloc ECOWAS have decided to impose diplomatic, trade and financial sanctions on Mali’s junta with immediate effect, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said after a regional summit on Monday. Ouattara told reporters the leaders would apply the previously announced sanctions - which include...

Apr 2, 2012 – Russia on Monday rejected Arab and Western calls for a deadline to be set for the Syrian regime's implementation of a peace plan put forward by international mediator Kofi Annan. "Ultimatums and artificial deadlines rarely help matters," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said while on a visit to the former...

Apr 2, 2012 – The Pentagon recently activated its global missile shield in anticipation of North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile, according to defense officials. The measures include stepped-up electronic monitoring, deployment of missile interceptor ships, and activation of radar networks to areas near the Korean peninsula and western Pacific. Three...

Apr 2, 2012 – A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck southern Mexico on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake's epicenter was about 17 miles (27 kilometers) from Ometepec, Guerrero. It was about 7.6 miles (12 kilometers) deep, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of...

Apr 2, 2012 – Police captured a suspect in a shooting at a California religious college that resulted in "multiple fatalities" Monday, an Oakland police spokeswoman said. Several other wounded people were taken to hospitals, police said. Highland Hospital spokeswoman Jerri Applegate told KGO-TV that five shooting victims were being treated there....

Apr 2, 2012 – As circus great P. T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute."  The latest sucker appears to be the #1 clown at NBC News, President Steve Capus, who keeps tripping on his over-sized clown shoes.  Steve keeps falling in the sticky stuff left by the rogue circus elephants at...

Apr 2, 2012 – George Will discusses President Obama's open mic comments on the "This Week" roundtable. ABC's George Will said that President Obama's open mic comments asking the Russian president Dmitri Medvedev for "flexibility" and "space" on missile defense until after November's election reinforced perceptions that he is "kind of slippery, very...