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Maryland adds two in JUCO signing period
Terps ink wideout Deon Long and offensive lineman Silvano Altamirano
Poll: Gun ban less effective than adding more police to stop shootings
Americans say the best way to stop mass shootings like last week's school rampage in Connecticut is to increase police at schools and focus on mental health issues — and give lower priority to banning semi-automatic guns, according to the latest Gallup polling
Boehner: Obama will be responsible for 'largest tax increase in American history'
House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that the House will pass his bill that would raise taxes on millionaires but extend tax cuts for everyone else, and said it's then up to President Obama to either accept that plan or be responsible for a tax increase on everyone.
Scalia, legal community remember Bork
Peers remember with admiration and affection Judge Robert H. Bork, who died Wednesday at 85.
Boehner gets an earful — on his own website
House Speaker John A. Boehner is being savaged on his own web page, with commenters fiercely denouncing him for proposing a plan that would see income tax rates rise for the wealthy.
EPA chief faces internal audit over secret email address
The Environmental Protection Agency's internal auditor has opened an investigation into whether the agency mishandled open-records requests related to Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's emails.
Ron Paul invited to CPAC?
Forget about the presidential inauguration. The American Conservative Union has revealed a few preliminary plans for the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual gathering that is a cheerful but intense barometer for the conservative movement. CPAC attracts big names, big media, thought leaders, slick operatives, pollsters, activists, loyal traditionalists and serious young hopefuls with Libertarian leanings. They will be delighted to know that Rep. Ron Paul is among the invited speakers.
Obama taps Biden to lead gun-violence curb
President Obama has tapped Vice President Joseph R. Biden to lead an administrationwide effort to curb gun violence in the aftermath of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., on Friday.
Maryland men's outdoor track secures existence for two more years
Private funding assures program will survive until Terps join Big Ten
Wolverine State politics: "The next Kwame Kilpatrick?"
"Congressman Gary Peters demonstrated what citizens hate most about politics: The revolving door that disregards tax dollars in order to reward supporters," declares Matt Frendewey, communications director for the Michigan Republican Party.
MILLER: D.C. lightens gun penalties
The District of Columbia’s city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to decriminalize inadvertently violating the city’s unique gun laws. The liberal council surprisingly moved forward with the schedule vote, despite the national calls for more gun-control laws in the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary mass murder Friday in Newtown, Conn.
NRA breaks silence on Newtown
The National Rifle Association, which had remained largely silent in the wake of the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults last week at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., said Tuesday in a statement the group has provided time for mourning "as a matter of common decency" and that it "is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."
Sen. McCain jokes about 'Jeopardy!' defeat: 'Loser again'
Sen. John McCain — a war hero, longtime U.S. senator and presidential candidate on multiple occasions — has certainly accumulated his share of knowledge on an array of subjects over the years.
House Dems now reject GOP 'fiscal cliff' offer they proposed
Back in May, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi proposed in a letter to Speaker John A. Boehner that the House should vote to raise taxes on household incomes of more than $1 million.
Evangelicals rate only so-so press treatment
Not a single evangelical leader thinks that members of his or her faith always get decent treatment by the press. Not one. And many hope that journalists would stop using "evangelicals" as a generic political label.
Va. Gov. McDonnell open to armed security guards at schools
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia, in which the deadly 2007 Virginia Tech shootings took place, issued an executive order Monday creating a school safety task force and directing Cabinet secretaries and all the school divisions in the state to examine previous safety audits.
With 'fiscal cliff' looming, Boehner talks to troops of 'Plan B'
Concerned that the "fiscal cliff" negotiations with President Obama will not bear fruit, House Speaker John A. Boehner said Tuesday that House Republicans are prepared with a "Plan B" option that calls for higher taxes on millionaires and locks in current tax rates for everyone else.
'Most democratic': U.S. is 15th on the list
Surely the Unites States of America would make the top 10. But no.
Reid signals opening for gun-control debate in Senate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has been a major blockade for gun-control legislation in the past, said Monday that it's time the country renews the debate in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shootings.
BLOG: Newtown, Conn., School Shooting
LATEST UPDATES: Newtown, Conn., School Shooting (8:15)
Another Sandy Hook massacre-related meme going viral on the Internet is a powerful first-person piece headlined "I am Adam Lanza's Mother," from Liza Long, writer and a mom from Boise, Idaho, who offers a harrowing account of what it means to raise — as Nancy Lanza did — a son whose mental problems post a danger to those around him.
