Jun 7, 2011 – Two unrelated news stories on the same day show the contrast between government decisions and private decisions. Under the headline, “Foreclosed Homes Sell at Big Discounts,” USA Today reported that banks were selling the homes that they foreclosed on at discounts of 38 percent in Tennessee to 41 percent...

Jun 7, 2011 – WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday confirmed White House lawyer Donald Verrilli Jr. to succeed Justice Elena Kagan as U.S. solicitor general. With the 72-16 vote, Verrilli will fill a post that has been vacant since the Senate voted Kagan to her Supreme Court seat last August. The solicitor general represents...

Jun 7, 2011 – (Reuters) - Top White House economist Austan Goolsbee said on Monday he was stepping down, marking the exit of one of President Barack Obama's top aides at a time when new signs of weakness have emerged in the economy. Less than a year after he was named chairman of the White...

Jun 7, 2011 – (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will air their differences over fiscal policy, the Eurozone crisis and the war in Libya on Tuesday in a meeting meant to illustrate a strong partnership. The two leaders will meet amid the pomp and circumstance of an official visit and...

Jun 7, 2011 – Harnessing Reaganomics to the Internet revolution, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will lay out his economic vision for the nation—and his potential presidency—at 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday at the University of Chicago, a bastion of conservative economic academia. Excerpts of the speech provided to reporters outline an approach...

Jun 7, 2011 – WASHINGTON – If the case against former presidential candidate John Edwards goes to trial, prosecutors plan to use his own e-mails with a former aide to help prove a key element of their case against him. People familiar with the case told The Associated Press that Edwards and his former...

Jun 7, 2011 – Todd McCormick tells Townhall. "In life we remember moments not days."…

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 – 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 – President Obama said Tuesday that he is "not concerned about a double-dip recession," but he is dissatisfied that the economic recovery has either slowed down or stalled. In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said that while the "overall trend" of the recovery is encouraging,...

Jun 7, 2011 – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was more badly injured in a blast at his compound than first thought, suffering burns to 40% of his body and a head injury, US officials claim.

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...

Jun 7, 2011 – Newser) – Tim Pawlenty delivered a combative speech today in which he called for massive changes in the tax code and accused Barack Obama of being a “champion practitioner of class warfare.” Pawlenty proposed a system with just two tax brackets, taxing the first $50,000 of income ($100,000 for married...

Jun 7, 2011 – Bookmark & Share Digg Fark LinkedIn StumbleUpon Delicious Google Buzz Reddit Tumblr (Newser) – Tim Pawlenty delivered a combative speech today in which he called for massive changes in the tax code and accused Barack Obama of being a “champion practitioner of class warfare.” Pawlenty proposed a system with just...

Jun 7, 2011 – Bookmark & Share Digg Fark LinkedIn StumbleUpon Delicious Google Buzz Reddit Tumblr (Newser) – Tim Pawlenty delivered a combative speech today in which he called for massive changes in the tax code and accused Barack Obama of being a “champion practitioner of class warfare.” Pawlenty proposed a system with just...

Jun 7, 2011 – Young:    America Goes for Broke, Succeeds (Govt) See Townhall Finance blog The Ticker for daily commentary on money and markets…

Jun 6, 2011 – It looks like the Republican presidential candidates are now ready to start attacking each other instead of just President Barack Obama. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, garnered more than $1 million for his campaign Sunday with an Internet “money bomb,” The Hill reports. And in the fundraising request, Paul took...

Jun 6, 2011 – (Newser) – It didn't take long for Iowa to hit back at Jon Huntsman. In a long statement obtained by Politico, Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, himself a Republican and a Mormon, mocks Huntsman's explanation for why he's skipping the state, noting that his "excuse" (he opposes ethanol subsidies)...

Jun 6, 2011 – (Newser) – Score one for Sarah Palin on her bus tour—whether she’s running for president or "just testing a new reality show format." Palin’s post-gubernatorial moves don’t prove she’s seeking the White House, but they do show "an understanding that outrageous statements, calculated controversy, and the blurring of the line...

Jun 6, 2011 – A new amendment proposed by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash that protects Freedom of Information Requests from improper blocking passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday. Amash, R-Cascade Township, introduced the amendment to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill on Thursday, and it passed by a 257 to 164...

Jun 6, 2011 – A claim by Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz that Republicans want to return the country to Jim Crow segregation laws is “outrageous,” Reince Preibus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, tells Newsmax. Wasserman Schultz leveled the charge on the African-American network TV One’s “Washington Watch” program. Referring to...

Jun 6, 2011 – The chairman of the New Hampshire Young Republicans says excluding former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson from next week's debate goes against the spirit of the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Only candidates who have received an average of at least 2 percent in national or New Hampshire polls were invited...

Jun 6, 2011 – Read more about Operation Fast and Furious and the Obama Administration's hidden gun control agenda in the June issue of Townhall Magazine…

Jun 6, 2011 – Six months ago, one thing seemed certain about the 2012 election: While the White House and the Senate might be up for grabs, the House surely wouldn’t. The new Republican majority seemed too big to erase in a single night. And the upcoming round of redistricting was poised to lock...

Jun 6, 2011 – (Newser) – President Obama has finally gotten Democrats and Republicans to agree on something. Unfortunately for him, it’s their distaste for his “odd stand on the Libyan war’s legality,” a Washington Times editorial observes. With this resolution, Congress told the president that his present stance on Libya—that the mission is...