Breaking News

CEDAR RAPIDS — Quite a crowd was gathered at Veterans Memorial Stadium, but there were definitely no games being played. A coalition of more than 70 regional organizations joined forces Friday to care for homeless and nearly homeless veterans and other community members. From haircuts to medical screens to winter clothing, the coalition, organized by the Linn County Department of Veteran Affairs in cooperation with other groups combating homelessness, served more than 150 people during its sixth annual “Stand Down” event.

The downside of user-driven political Websites is that site owners’ can’t control the users. My.BarackObama.com let anyone who wanted to start his/her own page,

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) Last week, a handful of House Republicans — including one Florida congressman — accidentally voted against a measure expressing disapproval of raising the country’s debt limit

That’s according to a just-released statement from Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: The White House has indicated

Lotta good that did. The Obama administration last Friday issued an official statement in support of mortgage lending reforms that would allow some

Michael Bromwich, who heads the newly formed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management at the Interior Department, told a national commission on the Gulf oil spill

Speaking at the Kentucky Freedom Festival on Saturday, Republican Senate hopeful Rand Paul informed Tea Party activists that we have to get our policy out

DETROIT -- Among the McCain traveling press, the hot topic of conversation the last few days has been the senator’s recent elusiveness. McCain had not taken

Defense Secretary Bob Gates took a tour of the armed services’ war colleges last week to deliver the message that the Army, Navy and Air Force need to focus

Andrew Sullivan posts a must-read excerpt from a reader who considered -- but ultimately didn’t have -- a late-term abortion provided by Dr. George Tiller, who

State legislators introduced 1,592 immigration-related bills and resolutions in the first half of 2011, according to a new report from the National Conference

Fox Nation is promoting this story, which means that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) will join the food fight any moment now. was telling a group of business and

I talked briefly to former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) last night, before he addressed the inaugural meeting of Young Americans for Western Civilization, a new

While Gov. Rick Perry’s push for legislation banning sanctuary cities won him a cool reception from Texas Latino leaders last month, the bill’s failure has

Some good news on the birther front: a Deseret News/KSL-TV poll finds that only 9 percent of Utahns (13 percent of Republicans) don’t believe the president

A finger is the latest casualty of the health care battle. Maine finds itself in the health care spotlight. McConnell on Obama’s health care speech:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has given Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) an ultimatum: Stop trying to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year,

One of the big themes of yesterday’s Code Red rally on Capitol Hill was Listen to me. That slogan appeared on buttons sported by members of conservative

The Obama administration has cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as it attempts to move toward closing the detention camp by