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Cruz to introduce bill to repeal Obamacare
Sen. Ted Cruz, an outspoken freshman from Texas, announced Tuesday he has joined the ranks of lawmakers who are still seeking a legislative repeal of President Obama's health-care law in the new Congress.
A RedState farewell to CNN
"For all those liberals who lost money thinking Keith Olbermann would outlast me at Current TV, well, sorry,"
House Republicans set first immigration hearing
The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first immigration hearing on Feb. 5, as congressional Republicans begin to grapple with the hot-potato political issue.
Feinstein plans to conduct own hearing on guns
Unhappy with the list of witnesses scheduled to testify at Wednesday's gun violence Senate hearing, Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she plans to hold a separate hearing with witnesses more inclined to back gun control.
Al Gore defends Al Jazeera
Al Gore cannot escape questions about the recent sale of Current TV to Al Jazeera
Obama sends $155 million for Syrian refugees
President Obama on Tuesday directed the U.S. to spend an additional $155 million to aid Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in that country.
MILLER: The high-capacity magazine myth
Deception is the key component in the latest push for more gun control laws. The anti-gun crowd labels any firearm magazine capable of holding more than 10-rounds “high-capacity.” It’s a scare tactic.
Colorado Senate panel defeats bill allowing teachers to carry concealed guns
A Colorado Senate committee defeated a bill Monday that would have allowed teachers to carry concealed weapons to school even as hundreds of K-12 educators packed a free firearms-training class.
Tea Party leader denounces immigration bill as GOP suicide
Lashing out at the bipartisan immigration framework that lawmakers floated Monday on Capitol Hill, the leader of Tea Party Nation said that Republicans are committing "political suicide" and "paying Democrats for the privilege of killing themselves."
N.J. Gov. Christie vetoes minimum wage increase, offers another
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill Monday to raise the state's minimum wage by $1.25 per hour, countering with scaled-back plan to phase in a $1 increase over the next three years.
New Heritage head DeMint tops think tank's Hill scorecard
The right-leaning Heritage Foundation released a new congressional scorecard Monday that showed that the group's newly-recruited boss shared the top spot in the last Congress when it came to sticking to basic conservative principles.
New border security relies heavily on drones to hunt illegal immigrants
The immigration overhaul framework top senators released Monday relies heavily on more drones to patrol the border with Mexico as a key way to control the flow of illegal immigrants.
Perdue leads poll for Georgia Senate seat
Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue tops a new poll asking Peach State voters whom they want to replace retiring Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss
The price of Palin: $15.85 per word at Fox News
Even as pundits continue to bash Sarah Palin as a "has been" or worse, a painstaking university study reveals exactly how much her words were worth as a Fox News commentator.
A principled pol passes on congressional health and pension benefits
A freshman Republican congressman said Monday he will reject both the House health plan and his lawmaker's pension, saying he came to Washington to get work done, not to take taxpayers' money.
VIDEO: Emily Miller on Fox News (Jan. 28, 2013)
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade interviewed Emily Miller on "Fox and Friends" about her four-part series on dispelling gun myths that are being used to support attacks on the Second Amendment.
Obama, Biden talk guns with police chiefs at White House
President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden met with police chiefs and sheriffs from around the country to talk about gun violence Monday.
NRA officials counter "bogus surveys " about the group's membership
Gun control advocates have released data claiming to represent the views of NRA members, despite the fact that none of those surveys had access to the NRA's membership list.
Ryan: Bill Clinton would have solved fiscal crisis already
Rep. Paul Ryan thinks President Obama could learn a thing or two from one of his predecessors in the White House, Bill Clinton.
Feinstein: The NRA is 'venal'
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who has emerged as the leading proponent in Congress of tough new gun regulations in the wake of last month's Newtown, Conn., school shootings, defended her proposed assault weapons ban on Sunday.
