Jun 8, 2011 – Is the United Nations gunning for Americans’ second Amendment rights? In an op-ed for Forbes, University of Houston professor Larry Bell rails against the U.N.’s “Small Arms Treaty.” Bell claims that the international body is passing the measure off as an effort intended to combat terrorists and insurgents. He says the...

Jun 8, 2011 – As President Obama prepares to visit Northern Virginia on Wednesday, the Republican National Committee is making the case that the Commonwealth — as well as a handful of other swing states — have moved away from the incumbent over the past three years. In a memo obtained by...

Jun 8, 2011 – Democrats will often get irritable when some clingy philistine refers to Obamacare as "socialized medicine." It's simply not a precise phrase for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In any event, it's not socialized yet, you ignoramuses! Progress doesn't happen overnight. No worries, though, recent signs portend that Obamacare...

Jun 8, 2011 – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the “frustratingly slow” U.S. recovery warrants sustained monetary stimulus while predicting that growth will gain speed in the second half of the year. “The economy is still producing at levels well below its potential; consequently, accommodative monetary policies are still needed,” Bernanke...

Jun 8, 2011 – Reporting from Washington — A Democratic congressman wants to know if Sarah Palin's bus tour of national treasures ended up draining the Treasury. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon is concerned that Palin's Paul Revere Plus tour garnered special treatment from the National Park Service last week. He sent...

Jun 8, 2011 – FOR THREE years, under presidents of both parties, the federal government has pumped trillions of borrowed dollars into stimulus, bailout, and recovery spending. The results have been woeful: Two years after the recession formally ended, the country is mired in a bleak economic lassitude from which it seems unable to...

Jun 8, 2011 – Texas Gov. Rick Perry's latest call for a day of prayer is being met by a chorus of boos from critics who say the potential presidential candidate is showing favoritism toward Christianity and violating the separation of church and state. Perry has ordered a day of prayer and...

Jun 8, 2011 – (Newser) – Possessing a half-ounce or less of pot will soon no longer be a crime in Connecticut. After a spirited discussion, the state's House of Representatives has voted to make Connecticut the 14th state in the nation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, reports the Hartford Courant....

Jun 8, 2011 – PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A pair of U.S. missile strikes hit a vehicle and a compound Wednesday in a tribal region near the Afghan border, killing 23 suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The two missile strikes were the fourth and fifth of the week, and the latest sign that...

Jun 8, 2011 – Lawmakers are facing a tough vote in the Senate Wednesday, as they decide whether to block the Federal Reserve from capping fees that stores pay banks every time a shopper swipes a debit card. With consumers caught in the middle, lawmakers are weighing whether to side with the banks...

Jun 8, 2011 – Lawmakers are facing a tough vote in the Senate Wednesday, as they decide whether to block the Federal Reserve from capping fees that stores pay banks every time a shopper swipes a debit card. With consumers caught in the middle, lawmakers are weighing whether to side with the banks or...

Jun 8, 2011 – ATLANTA (AP) — Judges on a federal appeals court panel on Wednesday repeatedly raised questions about President Obama’s health care overhaul, expressing unease with the requirement that virtually all Americans carry health insurance or face penalties. All three judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel questioned...

Jun 8, 2011 – Morales and Chris Kacher Stock Tip: Don't Take Stock Tips John Ransom Obama's Top Econ Advisor Out Click the Townhall…

Jun 8, 2011 – Morales and Chris Kacher Stock Tip: Don't Take Stock Tips John Ransom Obama's Top Econ Advisor Out Click the Townhall…

Jun 8, 2011 – Morales and Chris Kacher Stock Tip: Don't Take Stock Tips John Ransom Obama's Top Econ Advisor Out Click the Townhall…

Jun 8, 2011 – When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, much will look familiar to the last time he was accorded this honor, 15 years ago, during his first term as prime minister. Then, Netanyahu felt more at home in a Republican-led Congress (the GOP held both houses...

Jun 7, 2011 – BALTIMORE-David Simon, the creator of the critically acclaimed TV series, “The Wire” has addressed Eric Holder’s request for a new season of “The Wire.” At a recent conference on the impacts of drugs and families, with “The Wire” stars Wendell Pierce and Sonja Sohn, Holder begged for a new season...

Jun 7, 2011 – WEST DES MOINES — Presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn) says he wants to be “known as the strongest, most-principled, authentic conservative” candidate in the 2012 elections, and emphasized his activism on social and cultural issues, specifically abortion, on Tuesday. “It’s one thing to go in...

Jun 7, 2011 – U.S. stocks erased gains as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the economic recovery has been “uneven” and “frustratingly slow,” while giving no indication the central bank plans a new round of stimulus. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was little changed at 1,285.85 at 3:57 p.m. in...

Jun 7, 2011 – Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts has decided the state will not participate in a fingerprint-sharing program that is central to the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement strategy, dealing a new political blow to a program that has met rising resistance nationwide. Massachusetts is the third state to pull out of...

Jun 7, 2011 – AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry added immigration legislation to the special session's agenda on Tuesday, including a measure that would remove local law enforcement agencies' ability to make immigration violations a lower priority. Other items he added include how local police use the federal Secure Communities program to check...

Jun 7, 2011 – Iraq is just fine with $115 a barrel oil, despite the desire of its U.S. ally for less pain at the pump. "In my opinion the current level is not too high," Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Karim Elaibi said of the price of crude, Reuters reported Tuesday as OPEC ministers prepared...

Jun 7, 2011 – TORONTO, ONTARIO — Financial Executives International Canada (FEI Canada) commends the federal government for confirming its commitment to tax reduction, tax system simplification and achieving budgetary equilibrium by 2014. FEI Canada, a national membership association of 2,000 financial executives from all industries and sectors, supports the federal initiative to...

Jun 7, 2011 – Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposed significant reductions in corporate and individual tax rates on Tuesday while calling for deep spending cuts that could see the federal government abandon its role delivering the mail or backstopping home loans. In addition to cutting tax rates, Mr. Pawlenty called for eliminating taxes...

Jun 7, 2011 – Thirty percent of employers will definitely or probably stop offering health benefits to their employees once the main provisions of President Obama's federal health care law go into effect in 2014, a new survey finds. The research published in the McKinsey Quarterly found that the number rises to 50 percent...