NH Gov. Defends Gay Marriage ‘Legacy.’
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch said he is proud of having signed the state's same-sex marriage law last year and will fight any effort by "the forces of discrimination...
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A “South Park” Connection to Times Square Bomb Attempt?
The ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday there might be a connection between Saturday night's failed car bomb attempt in Times Square and a New...
Will Crist’s Independent Run Help Meek?
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist couldn't have been expecting a fond farewell when he announced on April 29 he was leaving the grand Old Party. The party elders did not...
English-only Driver’s Exam Proposed for Alabama
The state of Alabama offers driver's license tests in Japanese, Korean, German, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. And English. Tim James, a Republican candidate...
Border “Secure as Ever,” DHS Chief Says
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 27 that the Southwest border is "as secure as it has ever been," while the Associated Press...
Finance ‘Regulatory Reform’ Would Extend to Main Street
"Congress is to be applauded for tackling financial regulatory reform," wrote U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Thomas J. Donahue in an op-ed piece published yesterday by the D.C. political...
Bet ‘Short’ on Government Credibility
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. executive director Fabrice Tourre probably didn't help his company's public relations efforts (assuming it has some) by referring to an index that facilitates derivatives trading...
Obama Takes Aim at Arizona Immigration Law
President Barack Obama on Friday took aim at Arizona's strict new law aimed at curbing the flood of illegal immigrants in the state, calling the state legislation an example...
Feds Eyeing Rubio’s Credit Cards
Marco Rubio, the former Florida Speaker of the House and the leading candidate in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate, is among the subjects of a preliminary federal...
“Orderly Liquidation” Awaits Financial Firms
Some of the opponents of the recently enacted health care legislation may have been premature with their warnings about "death panels." A death panel of sorts can be found...
Wall Street Reform Bill May Drive Companies Overseas, Bloomberg Warns
When President Obama speaks today at the site of Abraham Lincoln's famous "House Divided" speech, he will find New York's political establishment divided over the President's campaign to rein...
Obama Says No “Litmus Test” for High Court Pick
"President Obama said Wednesday that he considers it 'very important' that women be allowed to make decisions about their bodies but would not impose a 'litmus test' on abortion...
Citizens Rewarded for Giving Cops ‘the Bird’
As a headline writer for the Kansas City Star put it, "A bird in the hand is worth four grand." That, at least, is what Scott Schaper will receive...
Day of Silence Still Sparks Protest
It isn't often that parents have occasion to protest an outbreak of silence by their school-age children, but the "Day of Silence" observed by students in schools across the...
GOP Promises to “Take Back New Hampshire”
Buoyed by the popular backlash against "ObamaCare" and polls showing strong support for GOP candidates, Republicans in the Granite State promised to "Take Back New Hampshire" Saturday as about...
Con Game for America
Call it the prepositional proposition. The new improved Contract With America is now the Contract From America. But it will take more political will and determination to govern according...
Congressman’s Son to Take on Rangel
The son also rises-again. New York Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, son of a legendary congressman from Harlem, announced on Monday that he would take on twenty-term incumbent Charles...
Scott Brown on Fence Over Bank Bill
Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who rode opposition the Obama healthcare plan to victory in January's special election to the U.S. Senate, is still uncommitted on the next big...
McCain Now Bucks ‘Maverick’ Label
A leopard may not be able to change its spots (or "its stripes," as former Vice President Al Gore once said), but John McCain is hoping to prove an...
Elena Kagan & the Worldwide “Battlefield”
Elena Kagan, Solicitor General of the United States and former dean of Harvard Law School, is widely believed to the frontrunner for President Obama's nomination to succeed retiring Justice...