Apr 27, 2012 – Ever since Mitt Romney all but secured the Republican nomination, we were all waiting with bated breath. Wait no more. Karl Rove has finally put out his inaugural 2012 electoral map. And who's winning? You can see there how it breaks down: Right now, 284 votes are either...

Apr 27, 2012 – The Senate Republican primary in Nebraska has turned into a proxy war between conservatives and establishment Republicans that could complicate efforts to wrest control of the Senate from Democrats. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a leading voice for Tea Party conservatives in Washington, has made an aggressive bid to...

Apr 27, 2012 – Lawmakers are growing increasingly anxious about the overstuffed lame-duck session, when they will likely be confronted with a slew of major decisions on taxes and spending. Democrats and Republicans are now raising the possibility that, with little expected to get done on Capitol Hill before the November election, some...

Apr 27, 2012 – Space shuttle Enterprise will fly past the Statue of Liberty and other landmarks Friday as it heads to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. The shuttle will be mounted atop a NASA 747 for the flight to John F. Kennedy...

Apr 27, 2012 – Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan on Friday refused to step down following his conviction for contempt by the Supreme Court, saying that only parliament had the right to force him from office. "No one can disqualify me besides you, madame speaker, and this parliament," Gilani said, addressing...

Apr 27, 2012 – Pushing her meal cart into the hospital room, a research assistant hands out tall glasses of reddish-pink liquid, along with a gentle warning: "Remember, you guys have to finish all your Kool-Aid." One by one, young volunteers chug down their drinks, each carefully calibrated to contain a mix of...

Apr 27, 2012 – Jersey Governor Chris Christie will address a large gathering of conservatives in President Obama's home town six weeks from today, Townhall…

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Apr 26, 2012 – Then again, there’s a whole crop of Republican talent out there (we explore a number of different candidates in the May issue of Townhall…

Apr 25, 2012 – Big Oil is about to report big profits this week. So the industry is trying to focus people on a different story -- that it is a big jobs producer, worthy of its tax breaks and public appreciation in this time of still high unemployment. This week, the...

Apr 25, 2012 – Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law Wednesday that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the 17th in the nation to abandon capital punishment and the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal. The law is effective immediately, though prospective in nature, meaning that...

Apr 25, 2012 – The White House threatened to veto a controversial House cybersecurity bill on Wednesday, saying the measure would fail to protect critical infrastructure systems and would undermine Internet privacy. The House is expected to approve the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) on Friday. "Legislation should address...

Apr 25, 2012 – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that a former Secret Service agent's Facebook post in which he claimed to be ogling Sarah Palin was "unacceptable and unprofessional." The posting came to light after the agent, supervisor David Chaney, was forced to resign following the prostitution scandal in...

Apr 25, 2012 – The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it might uphold a key element of Arizona's immigration law, as justices across the board suggested the state has a serious problem on its hands and should have some level of sovereignty to address illegal immigration. The justices appeared ready to allow a provision...

Apr 25, 2012 – The John Edwards trial is quickly taking on the feel of a soap opera, as the prosecution's star witness returns to the stand Wednesday and continues to narrate the almost unbelievable drama that played out while Edwards tried to hide his affair. Former aide Andrew Young, on the...

Apr 25, 2012 – A Marine who used his Facebook page to criticize President Barack Obama has been discharged, a Marine Corps spokesman said Wednesday. Sgt. Gary Stein was given an "other-than-honorable" discharge, said Capt. Brian Block, a spokesman for the Marines. Among other comments posted to his Facebook page, Stein called...

Apr 25, 2012 – A New Jersey man has launched a website to publicize what he calls "a culture of bullying" by teachers in his son's Cherry Hill classroom after sending the boy -- who has been diagnosed with autism -- to school with a covert recording device. Stuart Chaifetz said he placed...

Apr 25, 2012 – In 2007, then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama missed two votes on the student loan interest bill that he now wants Congress to extend. Obama twice skipped the Senate vote on the College Cost Reduction and Access Act when the bill came to the Senate floor first in July and again...

Apr 25, 2012 – The Murdoch family dramatically turned the tables on Britain’s government on Tuesday, putting pressure on David Cameron and one of his senior ministers to answer tough new questions about their close relationship with News Corp. In evidence presented to an official inquiry into the press, James Murdoch, News Corp’s...

Apr 25, 2012 – A 5-year-old heart patient who was on a transplant waiting list when he was taken from a St. Louis hospital by his father has been found safe just outside Chicago, authorities said. Porter Stone was found at hospital in Alsip, Ill., and the father, 33-year-old Jeffery Stone, was in...

Apr 25, 2012 – A website set up for George Zimmerman to raise funds for his legal defense after he was accused of killing unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin has been shut down while his attorney tries to restructure the fund, FoxNews.com has learned. TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com was launched April 10, as a digital soapbox...

Apr 25, 2012 – Seven House Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation that would prohibit a lame duck president from issuing significant regulations. The Midnight Rule Relief act, H.R. 4607, follows an April letter from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) that urged President Obama not to...

Apr 25, 2012 – The Obama administration will push in the coming weeks and months the message that the war in Afghanistan is ending. It’s a campaign pitch that will be trumpeted at next month’s NATO summit in Chicago, where international leaders are expected to sign off on an agreement with Afghanistan’s government...

Apr 25, 2012 – While dangerous pollutants still threaten the health of millions of Americans, the United States has made great strides in clearing the air, according to the American Lung Association. In its annual State of the Air 2012 report, the organization said that between 2001 and 2010, ozone levels dropped 13%,...

Apr 25, 2012 – At least one major South Korean retailer has suspended the sale of U.S. beef after authorities confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, sometimes referred to as "mad cow disease," in a dairy cow in central California. Public health officials in the United States said the risk to the...