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 —...

May 24, 2011 – Republican 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain mixed up the Constitution with the Declaration of Independence during his campaign announcement. The gaffe was particularly embarrassing because it occurred while Cain was lecturing Americans on the need to “re-read” the Constitution. “We don’t need to rewrite the Constitution of the United States...

May 24, 2011 – Ron Paul says that since 2008 he has seen more potential voters come around to his way of thinking about the economy, and that he hopes his views on foreign policy will gain similar traction in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race. "People are now seeing the economic burden...

May 24, 2011 – Herman Cain leads presumed frontrunner Mitt Romney as the top choice of Republican primary voters in the race for the 2012 Presidential nomination. Among all voters, no one in a list of 13 possible GOP candidates leads President Barack Obama. More critically for Obama, however, is the fact that...

May 24, 2011 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel "will be generous" in giving back land to establish a Palestinian state, but will not return to the 1967 borders and will not agree to a divided Jerusalem. Netanyahu, in an address before a joint meeting of Congress, outlined his terms...

May 24, 2011 – The College Republicans of Northwestern University (my alma mater) have invited Townhall alum Mary Katharine Ham -- now of Fox News…

May 24, 2011 – President Barack Obama has lost at least one ally for his views on the Mideast. In a speech Monday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected Obama’s own talk last week in which he called for Israel to negotiate peace with the Palestinians using pre-1967 borders as a baseline, Politico...

May 24, 2011 – Kathy Hochul, the Democratic candidate in today’s battleground New York House special election, can't even vote herself because she lives just outside of the 26th Congressional District she wants to represent, The Caucus blog of The New York Times reports. Hochul has managed to avoid the politically inconvenient fact of...

May 24, 2011 – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday stressed Israel's position as the one democracy in the Middle East, in a special joint session of Congress. "Israel is the one anchor of stability in a region of shifting alliances," Netanyahu said. He went on to stress the strong ties between Jerusalem...

May 24, 2011 – Support for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has virtually evaporated, dropping to just 3 percent among likely Republican primary voters, a new IBOPE Zogby poll reveals. That’s down from 7 percent in a May 6-9 poll, meaning Gingrich has lost more than half his support in the new...

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – Egypt has ordered Hosni Mubarak to stand trial for the "pre-meditated killing" of protesters, among other charges—and he could face the death penalty. His two sons and a close business associate also face various charges for their alleged abuse of power to amass great wealth, the AP reports....

May 24, 2011 – (Newser) – Conservative groups are asking for the names of teachers who called in sick during the Wisconsin protests earlier this year, and most districts that were asked have released the names. The Madison School District, however, has denied several of the public records requests, fearing for the safety of...

May 24, 2011 – Townhall News Editor Katie Pavlich was there reporting and will have a full, in-depth write-up.…

May 23, 2011 – Now that Mitch Daniels is awaiting his all-but-certain appointment to whatever blue-ribbon committee gets named to sort out our eventual national bankruptcy, who's your favorite fiscally sober Republican governor from the South/West? Mark McKinnon of The Daily Beast has a suggestion. Meanwhile, Commentary gently observes: "Daniels's departure opens a lane...

May 23, 2011 – Tim Pawlenty isn’t the only presidential candidate who admits he doesn’t think he can measure up to the Mitt Romney money machine. Herman Cain also ceded the fundraising advantage to Romney. But the former Godfather’s Pizza executive says he has his own strengths. “I cannot compete with a Romney when...

May 23, 2011 – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has taken a lot of flak about policy positions and behavior in his past. So the former House speaker says that, from now on, he won’t feel obligated to answer every question about his history, Politico reports. "All of you who want to play...

May 23, 2011 – Middle East governments are turning the tables on dissidents who are spreading their messages of protest through social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter. The autocratic regimes are now using automated message to flood the sites and drown out dissent, The Washington Post reported. Dissidents’ Facebook pages are...

May 23, 2011 – (Newser) – Add Donald Rumsfeld to the list of Republicans heaping praise for Osama bin Laden's killing on anyone but the Obama administration: "The capabilities to do it were developed over time by previous administrations, and they benefit the country, and the intelligence had been gathered over a long period...