Four years after the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that a national transponder code be set up specifically for gliders, the Federal Aviation Administration has finally gotten around to doing it. Effective March 7,
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial 2005 Kelo v. City of New London decision, dozens of state legislatures adopted additional protections for private property owners threatened by the abuse of eminent domain.
It's not news that presidents from both political parties have used well-timed decisions on federal grant applications to help persuade recalcitrant senators and representatives to vote for bills they would otherwise oppose. The
Amine el Khalifi wanted to kill as many Americans as possible in the U.S. Capitol building either by shooting them with the MAC-10 machine gun he was carrying or by detonating the bomb concealed in his vest. The vest bomb was packed
Last week's news was dominated by jabberwocky about President Obama's proposed federal budget for 2013. As usual, a parade of Cabinet officials trooped up to Capitol Hill for hearings in which they dutifully defended the fourth
President Obama is rewarding District of Columbia residents -- who gave him 92 percent of their votes in the 2008 election -- by zeroing out an education program that 74 percent of them support. Enrollment in the D.C. Opportunity
Just a year after signing a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia, President Obama wants more drastic cuts to America's nuclear arsenal. This should come as no surprise to anybody who paid attention to his April 2009 speech
"Plenty of Room for Error," a new study released by the Reston Citizens Association, demolishes the shaky financial footings of Dulles Rail Phase II and vindicates The Washington Examiner's repeated warnings that this $3 billion-plus
"I'm honored to be in this job, and honored to serve this president, and honored to present this budget," acting White House budget director Jeffrey Zients told the House Budget Committee in a hearing Wednesday. We're glad Zients is
It promises to be the most anemic recovery in memory, but there are signs here and there that the U.S. economy is regaining its health. Nobody is likely happier about that than President Obama, who wants another four years