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You know something’s fundamentally changed when The Wall Street Journal’s William McGurn -- a former Bush speechwriter, now chief editorial writer for the paper

Despite general belief that the Protect Life Act -- which would bar tax-subsidized health-care plans from covering abortion services under the Affordable

Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, the senior Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, is well known on Capitol Hill for his harsh criticisms of anything

First high-res satellite photos show extent of earthquake damage in Port-au-Prince. Hannity has some spelling issues. Dean Baker calls big bankers on

The American public thinks most of the stimulus money’s been wasted; leading economists disagree. Beau Biden’s decision not to run hands his father’s old

St. Paul Cathedral. Source: Wikipedia Archbishop John Nienstedt sent a letter to every priest in the state at the start of October urging them to put every Catholic church in Minnesota tow work passing a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage

So far it looks like shareholders, employees and, of course, taxpayers are the big losers in the unprecedented Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac government bailout

Slate had an interesting piece yesterday on marriage fraud and domestic violence, looking into whether a small number of foreign-born brides fake domestic abuse

Obama maintains a very narrow edge in voter trust. The left sets up a tug of war over health care. Here are potential paths to primary victory for 2012

A beef with McChrystal may have led Eikenberry to leak his own cables. Are Vitter’s ties to the formaldehyde industry behind his block of an Obama EPA

Remember many things, but especially the Marines fighting in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Here’s a progress report emailed out at 4 p.m. Friday local time/9

A group of state legislators from across the country is planning to work together to create legislation to remove automatic birthright citizenship for children

Just up on her Facebook page, this critique of the Obama administration’s approach to dealing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The Obama

If you’ve been curious about U.S. Senate candidate and former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert’s take on the Occupy Wall Street movement, well, wonder no more. Friday

Homegrown terrorists are playing a more important role in leading and planning terrorist operations. Gov. Schwarzenegger is in Alaska, but can’t see

Obama’s plans for reforming No Child Left Behind may have to wait. Democratic senators are choosing not to lobby House members on health care. Some

George W. Bush defends waterboarding of terrorists and says he’d do it again. Initial jobless benefits claims fell again last week, but still remain

As expected, the U.S. Senate passed a deal Tuesday to avoid a looming midnight deadline that would have sent the nation into unprecedented default.

On the campaign trail, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin likes to mock Sen. Biden’s comment that paying higher taxes is patriotic. (Actually, what Biden said is paying

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (left) (Pic by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Dawn C.

Former Sen. Alan Simpson says Social Security is like a milk cow with 310 million tits. Senators don’t always read the bills they pass. Obama isn’t