Jun 9, 2011 – Former Obama White House adviser David Axelrod this week slammed GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty's economic plan, saying it echoes failed Bush administration policies. Axelrod, who is expected to serve in a senior role on Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, riffed off Pawlenty's claim that if private enterprise provides a...

Jun 9, 2011 – Rapper Lupe Fiasco, known for using political lyrics in his songs, called President Obama “the biggest terrorist” in America. Fiasco revealed his views in an interview on CBS’s “What’s Trending” with Shira Laza. According to the Los Angeles Times, Fiasco said: “For me, I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s...

Jun 9, 2011 – Los Angeles (CNN) -- California wants to shift low-level state offenders to county jails as a way to reduce overcrowding, as ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court, under an unfunded plan that would require legislative and voter approval, the state's top corrections official said Tuesday. State officials filed the plan,...

Jun 9, 2011 – AFTER 33 years at the helm, Yemen’s embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was finally forced out of the country on June 4th and taken to a hospital in neighbouring Saudi Arabia following an attack on his compound in Sana’a, the capital. His faithful media at first made light of his...

Jun 9, 2011 – by Nick Freiling Update: Yesterday, I wrote about a Stockton, CA man whose home was invaded by federal agents, on orders from the Department of Education, looking for evidence that wasn’t there (his estranged wife). He was treated like a violent criminal, stripped and handcuffed and left in...

Jun 9, 2011 – A federal appellate court in Atlanta raised red flags for the administration's signature health reform law Wednesday, questioning the government's ability to require people to buy health insurance. Wednesday's hearing was the third time in the past two months that federal appellate courts have considered a constitutional challenge to...

Jun 9, 2011 – A “Small Arms Treaty” currently being considered by the United Nations could end up infringing on American Second Amendment rights. While the measure must first pass the U.N. and then manage to secure U.S. Senate ratification, it could result in firearms licensing and confiscation, University of Houston professor Larry Bell...

Jun 9, 2011 – In an interview with Hotsheet Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain retreated from his claim that he would only sign bills that are three pages or less. After it was pointed out to him that defense appropriations bills, the Civil Rights Act, the Patriot Act and the Fair Tax...

Jun 9, 2011 – Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington— The U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing California to continue granting reduced, in-state tuition to college students who are illegal immigrants is likely to bolster similar proposals across the nation, as well as a California measure to provide financial aid for the undocumented. The high...

Jun 9, 2011 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama's governor on Thursday signed a tough new illegal immigration crackdown that contains provisions requiring public schools to determine students' immigration status and making it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. The bill also allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being an...

Jun 9, 2011 – The Republicans in Congress have moved ahead of President Obama in the public's trust to handle the deficit and battled him to parity on the economy. But another issue, Medicare, poses risks for the GOP, and both political parties are losing ground in another sense: A record number of Americans...

Jun 9, 2011 – The American trade deficit shrank unexpectedly in April after the United States sold $175.6 billion in goods and services overseas, the most exports on record, the government reported on Thursday. The Department of Commerce report said that exports of goods were $126.4 billion and services $49.1 billion, while total...

Jun 9, 2011 – After promising earlier this week not to sign any bills more than three pages long, Herman Cain takes a step back toward political reality in a CBS interview:

Jun 9, 2011 – Newt Gingrich is officially back from vacation and made his first campaign stop in Hudson, New Hampshire today after a nearly two-week break from the campaign trail. At an event at C&M Machine Products Inc., Gingrich signed the “Strong America Now” deficit reduction pledge, which vows to eliminate...

Jun 9, 2011 – Jon Huntsman is trying out a novel strategy: running for president without criticizing the incumbent by name. Since returning from his post as ambassador to China last month, Huntsman has made scant mention of the man who appointed him in May 2009—President Barack Obama. And his would-be campaign officials...

Jun 9, 2011 – Republicans have targeted for repeal a tax on tanning-bed services meant to offset costs of the new healthcare law. House Republicans have targeted for repeal a tax on tanning-bed services meant to offset costs of the new healthcare law. Rep. Michael Grimm (N.Y.) and 23 other Republicans have...

Jun 9, 2011 – NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Even though the nation's jobless rate is on the rise, millions of people could see their unemployment checks stop coming at the end of the year. Nearly all Americans who find themselves out of work starting next month will likely receive only 26 weeks of state...

Jun 9, 2011 – (CNN) - Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch would not support Sarah Palin for president, but Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty appeals to him. "He's not the jazziest guy in town and he's not the most exciting, but if you look at what he says, his vision for America …...

Jun 9, 2011 – President Barack Obama retains strong personal appeal even as his overall job approval rating has weakened. An overwhelming number of Americans — 75 percent — say they give President Obama a thumbs up regarding approval of him as a person, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released on...

Jun 9, 2011 – It seemed like a straightforward question on a second-tier issue: Would Mitt Romney disavow the science behind global warming? The putative Republican presidential front-runner, eager to prove his conservative bona fides, could easily have said what he knew many in his party’s base wanted to hear. Instead, the former Massachusetts...

Jun 9, 2011 – The debate over the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality moved into another courtroom on Wednesday. This time it was a panel of judges from the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, listening to an appeal of the most sweeping decision of all: Judge Roger Vinson’s decision invalidating not just the individual mandate but...

Jun 9, 2011 – If next year the American people pull the plug on the Obama presidency, mark down the past week as the beginning of the end . . . and what looks like the real beginning of Tim Pawlenty's candidacy. Incumbency isn't merely a function of political inevitability but of the...

Jun 9, 2011 – (Reuters) - Libya's rebels said they hoped to restart oil production and gained pledges of over $500 million aid on Thursday, as Western powers nudged them to plan for the day after Muammar Gaddafi's fall from power. NATO pounded Tripoli from the air, and Western and Arab nations met the...

Jun 9, 2011 – Warren Cole Smith stirred up a hornet’s nest. Writing at Patheos (where I’m also a columnist), the evangelical journalist had the courage to say out loud what many evangelicals think: that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Mormonism. At last count, his column had generated more than...

Jun 9, 2011 – SALT LAKE CITY — More than a dozen Latin and South American countries have joined Mexico in expressing potential international fallout over Utah's illegal immigration enforcement law. In a court brief filed Tuesday, the Mexican government lists several reasons for its opposition to HB497, including impeding diplomatic relations, hindering trade...