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I’m hearing -- though the players have not yet responded to my questions -- that there’s some serious friction between one of the main organizations of the Tea

One of the long-held beliefs about subprime mortgages is that they had a positive side, extending credit to non-traditional buyers and increasing minority

A new documentary on Gov. Sarah Palin looks to rally a GOP ready for a conservative’s-conservative to stick it to the mainstream media in 2012.

State Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando (Pic by Minority Office, via flsenate.gov) In a letter to state legislators, the co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation warn policy-makers that a new school prayer bill is “patently unconstitutional.” The Foundation is a national nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to “protect the constitutional principle of separation between state and church,” the group explains in its letter. Last week, a state education committee amended Senate Bill 98

In response to a question from Human Events about how then-Sen. Barack Obama campaigned against him and called him an amiable fellow without much of a resume,

The House GOP voted down medical funding for 9/11 victims... ...and Rep. Anthony Weiner is still angry. July was the deadliest month of the war in

The Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform bill is now law. And a few unintended consequences of the enormously complex, very long bill are coming to light. The

Immigrant rights organizations will join today in a national day of action in six U.S. cities to deliver a report that documents what they see as Secure Communities abuses, demanding that the Obama administration terminate the immigration enforcement program immediately

While many Republicans in Congress have come under fire in recent months for railing against federal health care reform while simultaneously accepting government-subsidized health insurance, a handful have moved to more legitimately align themselves with their position by refusing to accept the benefits afforded to federal employees.

The world today is a much different place than it was 10 years ago, but Iowa schools haven’t adapted to ongoing changes.

Health care is a question not only of ideology, but also of geography. Obama goes to Denmark to pitch Chicago’s Olympics bid. As the Senate Finance

Here’s something that’s sure to get under environmentalists’ skin. Chevron announced yesterday that it plans to develop two Gulf of Mexico oil fields in waters

Daniel Gross at Slate checks in with a timely piece reminding us that people earn $250,000 or so a year are, in fact, rich. Gross feels the need to explain this

Now that I’ve praised Defense Secretary Robert Gates, let me highlight an issue on which he’s taking a lot of heat from progressives. Gates has relaxed

Rep. Michele Bachmann lashed out at First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday over her promotion of breastfeeding, particularly among black women, to curb obesity. On Laura Ingraham’s radio show, Bachmann said that Obama’s campaign — and an IRS change that makes breast pumps tax deductible — constituted a “nanny state” and that it was part of her “hard left agenda.” Michelle Obama said last week , “We’re working to promote breastfeeding, especially in the black community, where 40 per cent of our babies never get breastfed at all, even in the first weeks of life, and we know that babies that are breastfed are less likely to be obese as children.” The first lady wants to encourage employers to be more open to women who are breastfeeding.

According to news reports over the weekend, the relentless Spanish judge and human rights prosecutor, Baltasar Garzon, who first came to international attention

Expanded settlements in East Jerusalem are an insult to the United States, says the secretary of state.

Today was certainly a red-letter day for supporters of gay rights. In addition to the Vermont Legislature’s passage, and then veto-override, of a bill

Jeff Harris, of Beckley, W.Va., is an underground coal miner who once worked for Massey Energy. For that experience, he was on Capitol Hill this afternoon

President Obama raised $1 million for House Democrats last night at a fundraiser in Los Angeles at the home of John Wells, a producer of television shows such

The Right’s takeaway from Steve Kroft’s 60 Minutes interview with President Obama is this exchange. KROFT: You’re sitting here. And you’re laughing. You

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) may be a political also-ran, but he is also a genius at repackaging himself for the liberal media. His latest