May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – New Hampshire's Republican voters aren't too impressed by the party's current crop of candidates for 2012, according to the latest CNN poll. Some 87% of likely primary voters say they have no idea who they'll be voting for early next year, with only 9% leaning toward one candidate....

May 24, 2011 – MIAMI — Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any congressional movement on the matter, and more than half considered Arizona-style enforcement measures, up from six in 2010. But an Associated Press review found that in legislature after...

May 24, 2011 – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell went on attack against Democrats this morning on the Senate floor, criticizing their attempt to capitalize on the controversial Rep. Paul Ryan Medicare plan by holding a vote on Ryan's budget this week. "They aren't even pretending to put principle over politics here," the Kentucky...

May 24, 2011 – As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a warm welcome from a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) skipped out on the speech, sitting quietly at his Senate desk shuffling through papers and newspapers. Earlier this year, Paul proposed eliminating all U.S. aid to Israel,...

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is "mystified" by media interest in his massive jewelry budget. Asked about financial disclosures that revealed he owed up to $500,000 to Tiffany's a few years ago, Gingrich told Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer to "go talk to Tiffany's." At a Christian Science...

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed a law forbidding local governments from creating their own anti-discrimination laws—like, for example the recent Nashville measure banning employers from discriminating against gay and lesbian applicants. A Haslam spokesman says the Republican governor had mixed feelings about “telling local governments what to...

May 24, 2011 – The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state must spend an additional $500 million on public education in 31 historically under-funded districts next year. The narrow 3-2 decision comes after Republican Governor Chris Christie’s more than $1.3 billion in education cuts to all districts. Christie’s cuts were the...

May 24, 2011 – Former Senator Rick Santorum will officially announce a bid for the White House the week of June 5, an aide confirmed to The Daily Caller. Santorum would become the fifth person to officially announce his candidacy, following closely on the heels of Tim Pawlenty’s announcement on Monday, and Herman Cain’s...

May 24, 2011 – Not since Michael Douglas played the role of President Andrew Shepard in the 1995 flick “The American President” has there been a bachelor president in the White House. Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, a libertarian-leaning Republican running for president in 2012 — like Shepard in the movie — isn’t...

May 24, 2011 – Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., announced Monday that he won’t support the House-passed GOP budget penned by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. And Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., quickly took Brown to task for that stance, The Hill reports. "Respectfully, Scott Brown ought to be ashamed of himself," Walsh told Fox...

May 24, 2011 – As China grows into a bigger and bigger player on the world scene, the country also is turning into a bigger subject of importance for Republican presidential candidates, Politico reports. The issue is a natural for Jon Huntsman, the recently departed U.S. ambassador to China. But other candidates are focusing...

May 24, 2011 – Tim Pawlenty's political history and personal story suggest far greater appeal to Republican presidential primary voters than his bland persona and charmless speaking style, Capital Journal columnist Gerald F. Seib writes in The Wall Street Journal. A proven budget cutter, convert to evangelical Christianity, and product of a working-class household,...

May 24, 2011 – Tim Pawlenty's political history and personal story suggest far greater appeal to Republican presidential primary voters than his bland persona and charmless speaking style, Capital Journal columnist Gerald F. Seib writes in The Wall Street Journal. A proven budget cutter, convert to evangelical Christianity, and product of a working-class household,...

May 24, 2011 – Last week Elisabeth Meinecke and I made an appearance on NRANews Cam & Co with Cam Edwards to discuss the latest news.

May 24, 2011 – Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman just wrapped up a successful campaign swing through New Hampshire, which holds the first GOP primary vote in the country. But back home, Utah Republicans seem to be backing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney instead of the homegrown politico, the Deseret News reported Tuesday....

May 24, 2011 – NEW YORK, May 24 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney is the most popular Republican presidential candidate but has only 14-percent support, a new poll finds. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who dropped out as the survey was being taken, was second among likely GOP voters in the Harris poll released Monday...

May 24, 2011 – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's ratings turned increasingly negative this month as voters giving him low job-performance scores climbed to the highest proportion since he took office in January 2010, according to a new survey. Christie, a first-term Republican, is doing a fair or poor job according to 60 percent...

May 24, 2011 – The loftiest trial balloon yet from Rudy Giuliani’s camp was hoisted up on Monday night by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who told reporters that the former New York mayor and 2008 candidate was leaning toward mounting a run. A 2008 Giuliani aide told Power Play that key members of the...

May 24, 2011 – The United States and Great Britain are bound by not only a shared history but also a similarity of needs and beliefs, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote in an Op-Ed published in the Times of London. The two leaders reaffirmed that their partnership is...

May 24, 2011 – Reid stands up to his end of the bargain on allowing amendments," his office's Communications Director said in a statement to Townhall…

May 24, 2011 – Senators squared off with Obama administration officials Monday about plans to give the president emergency powers to protect vital U.S. electronic networks from attacks by hackers, cyberterrorists and foreign governments. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the administration’s legislative proposal, announced two weeks ago,...

May 24, 2011 – ANKENY - Saying the mood of the country "has definitely changed" from four years ago, presidential candidate Ron Paul thinks more people are coming around to his economic and foreign policy ideas. Speaking at his Iowa campaign headquarters located next to a Quizno's sandwich shop in an Ankeny strip mall,...

May 24, 2011 – Tim Pawlenty’s call Monday for scaling down ethanol tax incentives underscores efforts already under way by congressional supporters of the corn-based additive to hasten the transition from a decades-old tax credit — before they’re beaten to the punch. The former Minnesota governor — kicking off his GOP presidential campaign in...

May 24, 2011 – Mitt Romney is emerging as the man to catch in the narrowing Republican presidential field, grabbing a clear head start in fundraising, organization and experience despite vulnerabilities that still might undo him. With Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels becoming the latest respected Republican to forgo a candidacy, many party insiders...

May 24, 2011 – Jon Huntsman Jr. kicks off a fundraising swing to California today, looking to drum up support for his likely presidential bid. The former Utah governor will meet with donors in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Orange County, as likely opponent Mitt Romney continues to show his fundraising edge —...