Jun 7, 2011 – Andrew Breitbart, who broke the Anthony Weiner sex scandal story, says he had no idea he was on live television Monday when he spoke to reporters about the investigation into the lewd photos sent from Weiner’s Twitter account. Breitbart also said on Fox News that he feels vindicated by the...

Jun 7, 2011 – Fox News firebrand Glenn Beck plans a novel pay-to-view system for his new website venture, GBTV, after he leaves Fox on June 30. Subscriptions to the site, which will run Beck’s own “Glenn Beck” show alongside scripted and unscripted content, will cost between $5 and $10 a month, reports The...

Jun 7, 2011 – (Newser) – DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz has backed off just a bit from her statement that Republicans “want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws.” She was referring to Republican-backed proposals to reduce voter fraud, like requiring voters to show a photo ID. “Photo...

Jun 7, 2011 – (Newser) – Sarah Palin's latest literary trove lands with a 275-pound thud in Juneau Friday morning: Almost three years after media outlets requested the emails she and husband Todd sent while she was governor, Alaska has set Friday as the official release date, reports the Anchorage Daily News. The state...

Jun 7, 2011 – (Newser) – The military is digging in its heels against the idea of a swift withdrawal from Afghanistan. “I think we shouldn’t let up on the gas too much, at least for the next few months,” Robert Gates told troops yesterday, as he finished his final trip to Afghanistan as...

Jun 7, 2011 – Another Republican is eyeing a late entrance into the presidential primary, and his name is not Jeb, Chris, Paul or Rick. It’s Thaddeus. In an interview Monday with POLITICO, Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter said he’s seriously considering a White House bid and will decide within the next two weeks. Read...

Jun 7, 2011 – For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world. It does so in two principal ways. First, even before the current political upheaval began there on January 15, violence out of Yemen already impinged on Westerners. As Pres. Ali Abdullah Saleh’s weak government...

Jun 7, 2011 – While I generally loathe press releases, I have to admit that one caught my eye on Monday morning. The e-mail release from the Republican National Committee simply said, “They Own It.” As I expected, “They” referred to President Obama and Democrats, and “It” referred to the economy....

Jun 7, 2011 – In this age of "mistakes were made" and "I can't say with certitude," a reminder of a time when accountability was an essential virtue of leadership arrived with the 67th anniversary of D-Day. The day before the greatest armada ever assembled set sail for the coast of Normandy, Gen....

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Jun 7, 2011 – CHICAGO -- Republican Tim Pawlenty was set to propose an economic policy Tuesday that would simplify individual tax rates to just three options and cut taxes on business by more than half as he offered himself as a replacement to Barack Obama in the Democratic president's hometown. The former Minnesota governor...

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...