May 25, 2011 – Britain has a message for Michael Savage: You’re still not welcome here. The conservative radio host was first put on a list of people not allowed to enter the United Kingdom in 2009. Savage was banned as a “hate promoter” whose views were considered likely to incite violence. Savage's attorneys...

May 25, 2011 – It's a good thing Rick Perry says he's not running for president — only 4 percent of Texas Republicans say they'd vote for the governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. "This is a major question for a guy who's getting national buzz," says Daron Shaw, co-director...

May 25, 2011 – ANKENY - Saying the mood of the country "has definitely changed" from four years ago, presidential candidate Ron Paul said Monday, and he 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...

May 25, 2011 – In an interview with Townhall, Cain said his campaign expected a 5,000 person turnout at a rally held in Atlanta, Georgia.…

May 25, 2011 – As I said in my original column at Townhall Finance on Monday, the case is almost a treatise on why the public no longer trusts their…

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – The unemployment rate just went down a bit: Michael Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee who stepped down in January, has signed onto MSNBC as a regular commentator. Steele was rumored to be in talks with CNN and Fox, but has also made several guest...

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – Westboro Baptist Church could soon find itself foiled in Illinois. The state Senate passed a measure yesterday that broadens the protection granted to funerals, requiring any protesters to remain at least 300 feet away from the site rather than the currently required 200 feet. The original House bill,...

May 24, 2011 – (AP) – Iran is suddenly all about free speech, criticizing the decision of the Cannes Film Festival to ban Nazi-joking director Lars von Trier. Iran's deputy culture minister wrote that Cannes had smirched its history and rendered its claims to defend free speech "a meaningless slogan." Cannes declared von Trier...

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...