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This can’t be helpful for General Motors’ efforts to build confidence among American consumers. General Motors Corp is recalling nearly 1.5 million Buick,

Findings by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board show that the National Organization for Marriage spent $709,000 on radio and television ads during the gubernatorial campaign in 2010. Those ads targeted DFLer Mark Dayton and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner for their support for marriage equality and lent support for the campaign of Republican Tom Emmer who supported a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage. The ads, paid for by the New Jersey-based NOM were created by the California-based Schubert Flint Public Affairs

The American Independent recently reported on a federal pregnancy-assistance grant program that has been threatened in Tennessee after the Shelby County

Just out from the White House: Good morning, everybody. I want to just make a brief comment about the fact that the two young journalists, Euna Lee and Laura

Nader Nadery, a member of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, said that the plan is indeed a mater of concern for us who work to promote the rule of law and protect human rights.

The Nebraska legislature, meeting in a special session to deal specifically with the Keystone XL pipeline that would cross their state, may be on the verge of passing a bill that could give the governor control over the route that pipeline would take. On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Committee voted 7-1 to send a bill to the full legislature that would require all oil pipeline companies to have the routes of their pipelines certified by a state panel headed by the governor before starting construction. LB4 , introduced by Schuyler Sen

The Senate just approved a cloture vote for the $26.1 billion state aid bill that would provide funds for teachers’ jobs and for Medicaid. Maine Sens.

A Monday blog entry posted by Family Research Council Action references a media account of how adoption is changing due to technology, but FRCA omits the portion about technology and instead attempts to make the leap that a lack of birth mothers is due to abortion services, and specifically due the presence of Planned Parenthood. The FRC report, authored by Nick Frase, links to a news report in the Merrillville, Ind.-based Post-Tribune that discusses how the Internet has changed adoptions , but pulls only five paragraphs from an interview with the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary in which the charity expressed its hope that a legislative effort to defund Planned Parenthood would have brought more birth mothers

The Obama administration has said its immigration policies are working to keep out illegal immigrants, and a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center today

There have been some pretty nasty banners waved around by the town hall crowds protesting the Democrats’ health overhaul plans in recent days, but none reaches

<p>Today’s installment of the NPR/National Geographic series, &quot;Climate Connections,&quot; may get under the skin of some environmentalists,

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An interview with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody is scheduled to air on The 700 Club over

Montana has established its own command center for dealing with Exxon Mobil’s Yellowstone River pipeline spill after reporters and state officials said Exxon restricted them from joint command session meetings. On July 1 an Exxon pipeline passing under the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Montana spilled a reported 42,000 gallons of oil into the river which is known for its world class fishing . As with the Enbridge pipeline spill in Michigan last summer, the U.S.

Cause where I live, it’s ... terrible! The American Lung Association just released its 2009 State of the Air report, which assesses the air quality across

Victor Davis Hanson writes an atypically concise post about President Obama’s middle name. He wants Europeans to know the name, says Hanson, but: It is

So Adolfo Carrion Jr., Bronx Borough president in New York, supposedly spilled the beans on Friday night that he’s been tapped for a top Obama administration

Belying the expectations of some Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has indicated that the Senate will not punt on the issue of the

Several national organizations have released statements about the immigration-enforcement bills that failed in the Florida legislature this session. # The National Immigration Forum said in a statement released on Monday : # Friday was a victory for Florida’s economy, businesses, tourists, and immigrants. Florida’s heritage as a state welcoming to immigrants and visitors from around the world has been preserved # The release commends GOP Sen

Righty activist author Jerome Corsi’s latest anti-Obama book, “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” is climbing the ranks at Amazon.