Oct 20, 2011 – U.S. officials and analysts cautioned Thursday that western nations must continue to keep a close eye on Libya following the apparent death of strongman Muammar Qaddafi, with the transition to democracy still in flux, "extremist elements" on the prowl and potentially thousands of weapons on the loose. Secretary of...

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Oct 19, 2011 – As a protest to his campaign's lack of national media attention, three-time presidential candidate and perennial contrarian Ron Paul has launched a new fundraising drive with a catchy, collegiate slogan that riffs off the media's "all-out BLACKOUT" of Paul's campaign. The BLACKOUT blitz — which culminates today with the...

Oct 19, 2011 – (CNN) -- First lady Michelle Obama announced Wednesday that 270 private companies have pledged to hire 25,000 veterans and their spouses by the end of 2013. The companies are part of a trade group called the American Logistics Association. Their commitment , she said, would fulfill one-quarter of the...

Oct 19, 2011 – Republican presidential hopefuls tore into former Bay State Gov. Mitt Romney last night, using a Boston Herald column to blast the signature Massachusetts health-care plan he signed into law during a fiery Las Vegas showdown that offered the toughest test the top-tier candidate has faced to date. Former U.S....

Oct 19, 2011 – LAS VEGAS – The Republican presidential candidates, at least for a night, turned their attention away from President Obama to pummel each other over everything from taxes to health care to immigration in one of the most contentious debates of the season. Those with the most to lose,...

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Oct 18, 2011 – "No Child Left Behind," Herman Cain's 999 plan, Gibson Guitar and breeding bunnies were some of the topics Rand Paul tackled Tuesday, October 18 at the Heritage Foundation's weekly Bloggers Briefing. Kin of presidential hopeful Ron Paul, it's unsurprising that Rand Paul opposes "No Child Left Behind" for drastically expanding the Department...

Oct 18, 2011 – Editor's Note: This column was authored by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office Just recently, President Obama's much-heralded "jobs" plan was derailed by the U.S. Senate, thereby adding to the evidence that it was designed with only one job...

Oct 18, 2011 – Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama took the push for his stalled $447 billion jobs plan to North Carolina on Monday, telling two audiences that alternative proposals put forward by his Republican critics amount to little more than sops to the rich that will gut critical regulations and fail to...

Oct 18, 2011 – A van containing President Obama's teleprompter and podium were stolen from a Virginia hotel parking lot on Monday, according to NBC12 in Richmond. The truck was parked at the Virginia Center Commons Courtyard Marriott near Richmond before the president's scheduled Wednesday appearance in Chesterfield, the station reported. In addition...

Oct 18, 2011 – Whatever questions come flying at Herman Cain at Tuesday’s night Republican debate in Las Vegas, there is one big one he has to answer: Are you serious? It is a measure of Cain’s success that anyone would care to ask. For much of this year Cain seemed to be...

Oct 18, 2011 – ALBANY - Keep Occupying Wall Street, New York voters say in another poll. A Siena College survey released today found 58 percent of state voters felt Occupy Wall Street protesters "represent the 99 percent of people that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the remaining one...

Oct 18, 2011 – Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, said his advisers are telling him to "attack" his Republican presidential rivals during the debate on Tuesday night in Las Vegas -- but he doesn’t want to. "I’ve had some advisers tell me that: 'Go after him! Attack him!'" Paul said of GOP rival Herman...

Oct 18, 2011 – Mayor Carolyn A. Kirk, Democrat Gloucester Massachusetts, pleads for President Obama to stop new regulations driving small businesses out of business. This Mayor "of the oldest fishing port in America" voted for Obama, went to his inauguration, and says she is now, "Losing Faith in Our Government."  Kirk pleads for...

Oct 18, 2011 – Senate Democrats are aiming to vote as early as this week on part of Mr. Obama's $447 billion jobs plan, which gives $35 billion to teachers and first responders like firefighters. Senate Republicans voted unanimously to block President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill last week, so Democrats plan to...

Oct 18, 2011 – The Justice Department is accusing the Republican congressman who is leading an investigation into "Operation Fast and Furious" of "mischaracterizing evidence" and "maligning" federal law enforcement officials by questioning Sunday whether the FBI was trying to cover up the existence of a third gun at the scene of Border Patrol...

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Nov 3, 2011 – MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.--Don’t tell Newt Gingrich, but he’s not running against a general-election campaign against President Obama just yet. The former House speaker campaigns for president with the air of someone with a real shot at the Republican nomination, steadfastly declining to take shots at his GOP rivals on...