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Senator read Bible to prep for prostitution scandal hearing
To prepare for Wednesday's Senate hearing on the Secret Service call girl scandal, one Hill lawmaker said he read up on the Bible's most famous prostitution story.
Reagan's 'blood' auction called off
An auction for a vial allegedly containing President Reagan's blood has been called off, according to officials at his presidential foundation who had fought to halt the sale.
Floridians stand by 'Stand Your Ground'
A majority of Florida voters support the state's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law that was called into question in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, according to a poll released Thursday.
Romney releases second 'Day One' ad
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney released another commercial in English and Spanish Thursday that gives a rundown of plans for his first day in The White House.
PICKET (VIDEO EXCLUSIVE): Manchin - Private sector better at picking winners and losers than gov't
Senator Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, spoke with the Washington Times affiliated radio program America's Morning News on Wednesday he believes that the private sector was better at picking winners and loser in the free market than government was.
GREEN: Sucking Reagan's blood
How sensitive medical information was compromised remains an open question regarding the vial for sale that once reputedly held President Reagan's blood. According to the story accompanying the artifact for sale through PFC Auctions, a worker in the lab that processed the Gipper's blood sample in 1981 asked to keep the vial. Having been granted permission, the story goes, her family held onto it as an heirloom until her son sold it.
Ending the lunacy
The Senate late Wednesday quietly passed a bill to remove the word "lunatic" from anywhere in the federal code, with lawmakers arguing it perpetuates a stigma attached to mental illness.
MILLER: Iraq vet brutalized over guns in D.C.
(Part 1 of 4) The Metropolitan Police Department seems to have it out for our military. The department is using the city’s pointless firearm registration mandate to harass, arrest and jail servicemen. Army 1st Sergeant Matthew Corrigan was woken in the middle of the night, forced out of his home, arrested, had his home ransacked, had his guns seized and was thrown in jail, where he was lost in the prison system for two weeks -- all because the District refuses to recognize the meaning of the Second Amendment.
Charley Toomey and the never-again-seen save
Loyola coach recalls playing in the final four
Poll: Pro-choice support at lowest point in decades
Americans are once again tilting strongly pro-life, according to a new Gallup poll that found the percentage of those saying they are pro-choice on abortion is at its lowest point in decades.
Palin backs Hatch in Utah GOP primary fight
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's re-election bid Wednesday, calling the one-time tea party target a "life-long conservative" who has fought for a balanced-budget amendment and for conservative Supreme Court justices.
Gay marriage hurts Obama in Fla. poll
A new poll shows Republican Mitt Romney opening up a 6-point lead over President Obama in Florida, where Mr. Obama's support of same-sex marriage is hurting him.
MILLER: Soldier gets his guns
(Part 3 of 4) The active duty soldier who had his guns confiscated by the District of Columbia two years ago will have his property returned by Memorial Day. It took the help of a high-powered lawyer, two U.S. Senators, a member of Congress and national publicity to force the obstinate District to show some respect for the Constitution. It should never happen again.
White House brushes aside Rendell criticism over Bain attack strategy
The White House faced another barrage of questions Tuesday about whether President Obama's campaign attacks of Mitt Romney's experience at Bain Capital are fair after former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell spoke out against the strategy.
GOP lawmaker hits Obama over Cuba visas
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican, assailed the Obama administration Tuesday for granting visas to "high-level members of the Castro regime" — taking particular aim at the decision to allow the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro to enter the country.
Reid: GOP must accept tax increases on fiscal deal
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that the next step in the looming fiscal showdown belongs to Republicans, who will have to signal they are open to tax increases on the wealthy in order to have any chance at striking a deal.
Obama administration hires PR firm to promote health care law
The Obama administration is paying a public relations firm $20 million to educate Americans about the sweeping new health care law.
