Aug 1, 2011 – Several of the Republican 2012 presidential contenders have come out against President Obama's deal with Republicans to raise the nation's debt limit, striking a tone that pre-emptively forgives Republicans for going along with the deal while placing the blame squarely on the president's shoulders. The candidates predictably have tacked about...

Aug 1, 2011 – The U.S. Secret Service does more than protect Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — the agency also pays him rent. Since April, Mr. Biden has collected more than $13,000 from the agency charged with protecting him and his family for use of a rental cottage adjacent to the waterfront...

Aug 1, 2011 – Washington (CNN) - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is coming out against the debt ceiling deal reached late Sunday by the White House and Congressional leaders. In a statement Monday, the former Massachusetts governor said he opposes the framework because it calls for a special Congressional committee that...

Aug 1, 2011 – Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said he's unsure about voting for the newly agreed-upon $2.4 trillion debt-limit increase deal due to the amount of "permanent structural spending" reforms. "You know, I haven't seen the legislation yet," Lee said Sunday on CNN. "I haven't had an opportunity to read it yet. Based...

Aug 1, 2011 – There are many reasons President Obama wanted to wrap up a debt deal this weekend: the looming Aug. 2 default deadline and the endless media coverage of Washington’s political meltdown, to name a couple. But he also wanted to get back to some other critical business: fundraising for...

Aug 1, 2011 – MEXICO CITY (The Blaze/AP) — A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday. According to The El Paso Times, Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez is...

Aug 1, 2011 – For immigrants seeking asylum, winning the right to stay in the United States is often a game of chance that comes down to one thing: which judge hears their tale. A report out this month shows two New York immigration judges with strikingly different records on granting safe haven -...

Aug 1, 2011 – “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,” Theodore Roosevelt famously advised. But as is the case with many maxims, there are opposing viewpoints. With the nation deeply embroiled in debt debate, GOP front runner Mitt Romney appears to be following different advice: Keep your head...

Aug 1, 2011 – LOS ANGELES — From the right and center: mild disgust. From the left: outright anger. Americans showed a range of emotions and responses to the debt-limit deal President Barack Obama and top leaders of Congress struck Sunday, but nearly none of them were positive. Except perhaps relief that the weeks...

Aug 1, 2011 – It could be just the impression of this one lonely editor, but it seems that ever since Dr. Ron Paul announced his focused quest for the presidency he’s been especially fiery in delivering his message. A recent clip shows Dr. Paul directly addressing how a time of failing confidence in...

Aug 1, 2011 – Washington (CNN) - Rep. Michele Bachmann is cutting short her presidential campaign trip to Iowa to return to Washington for a vote on a debt ceiling deal. Bachmann was to make two appearances Monday - a midday event in Newton and a late afternoon backyard chat in Dexter...

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Aug 1, 2011 – WASHINGTON — The United States economy has slowed considerably this year from a year ago, according to a report from the Commerce Department released on Friday. The country’s gross domestic product, a broad measure of the goods and services produced across the economy, grew at an annual rate of 1.3...

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Aug 18, 2011 – Communications Director for Friends of Herman Cain Ellen Carmichael tells Townhall: "Ms.…

Aug 18, 2011 – Rep. Michele Bachmann’s meteoric rise to front-runner status in the Republican presidential hunt will not take her to the Presidency 5 Straw Poll event in Florida in September. Though Bachmann will participate in a Fox News debate just days earlier, the decision to skip the Sunshine State’s straw poll has...

Aug 18, 2011 – Morgan Stanley slashed its global growth forecast for 2011 and 2012, saying the U.S. and the euro zone were "dangerously close to a recession", and criticized policymakers in Washington and Europe for not acting more decisively to contain the sovereign debt crisis. The bank cut its global gross...

Aug 18, 2011 – Jon Huntsman continues to dominate the contest for East Coast media love, gracing the newest issue of Vogue in a lengthy profile illustrated with photos by Annie Leibovitz. Slate editor Jacob Weisberg describes Huntsman as a thoughtful Republican, comparing him to Barack Obama with help from Mary Kaye Huntsman: