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The threat from moderate House Democrats to derail health reform legislation over abortion funding concerns is a problem that can be worked out this week, House

Who knew, eight years ago, that compassionate conservatism would include the partial nationalization of the banking industry? It happened today, and some

A military court ordered Victor Agosto, an Army signalman with III Corps based out of Ft. Hood, jailed for refusing to go to Afghanistan due to his belief that

Fresh out the inbox: Muslim tradition dictates a child born of a Muslim father is automatically of the same faith. If that child denounces the faith he is

Leading headlines this morning are two economic datapoints that count as positive in the current climate. Thursday is the day for weekly jobless claims, and

Housing advocates are approaching Obama’s foreclosure plan with cautious optimism -- and plenty of questions.

I just spoke with former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), who’s now a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and asked him whether the party should

Bill Clinton’s camp didn’t appreciate John Edwards’ hypocrisy about extramarital affairs. Mike Castle can’t win as a write-in candidate for Delaware. The

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apparently caught her staff by surprise last month when she told NBC’s Brian Williams she would release her medical records to the

The EPA seal (Pic via sentryjournal.com) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it had issued Consent Agreements and Final Orders against 25 entities throughout the Southeast for violations of the Clean Water Act.

Members of the media refer to him as a “stunt candidate.” He didn’t appear on stage in South Carolina last week for the Republican presidential debate because he failed to hit the required support threshold– 1 percent in five national polls. He won’t pull down financial backing from the conservative oil billionaire Koch brothers, nor win over the far-right readers at the RedState blog. Yet, set against the uninspiring candidacies likely to be waged by the men so far lined up to challenge Barack Obama for the White House, Fred Karger’s candidacy could be the most influential, if he stays with it.

Syracuse University law professor and journalist David Cay Johnston writes in an editorial for Tax.com that a major premise on which the debate over public

As the economy continues to flop, congressional Democrats are pushing harder to move a second economic stimulus bill before the end of the year. Taxpayers

In a congressional hearing today, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan admitted that his flawed economic philosophy contributed to the financial

I caught up with Hannah Giles, co-star of the ACORN sting videos, after she accepted one of 10 Buckley Awards handed out in the XPAC lounge for young

Gov. Rick Perry may join Focus on the Family’s James Dobson and other conservative figures during a two-day Pastor Policy Briefing, in Orlando, Fla., an

Tangled up in extramarital affairs, politicians tend to be contrite, remorseful, apologetic -- any number of things designed to make them appear humble in the

Three election law experts who have been closely tracking the Norm Coleman-Al Franken contest for Minnesota’s currently unfilled seat in the U.S. Senate weigh

Top officials from Kabul, Islamabad hope to have a say in the Obama administration’s new blend of diplomatic, developmental and military approaches for the two countries.

GUANTANAMO BAY -- The only time the courtroom has cleared in Omar Khadr’s pre-trial hearing so far was for a 20-minute stretch on Saturday morning while the