Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

TOKYO (AP) — Japan reports trade deficit jumped to $8.6 billion in April as import costs surged.

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee approves landmark immigration bill offering citizenship to millions.

Walter Williams

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Dr. Henry Miller, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Gregory Conko, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in their Forbes article "Rachel Carson's Deadly Fantasies" (9/5/2012), wrote that her 1962 book, "Silent Spring," led to a world ban on DDT use. The DDT ban was...

John Stossel

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

My kids moved out! I have two empty rooms in my apartment. Maybe I can rent them? A tourist visiting New York City could have a different experience, and save hotel money. I'd make money. Wouldn't it be great? No, says the government of my state. New York recently passed a law making it very...

Steve Chapman

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

I was sitting in a classroom in McCosh Hall at Princeton University one spring day in the late 1970s, when I learned something that helped me understand the artistic genius of Jerry Garcia. No music played in that room that day -- only the amiable voice of professor Henry Miller. I don't...

Michelle Malkin

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Who is Judy Faulkner? Chances are, you don't know her -- but her politically connected, taxpayer-subsidized electronic medical records company may very well know you. Top Obama donor and billionaire Faulkner is founder and CEO of Epic Systems, which will soon store almost half of all Americans'...

Susan Ferrechio

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

The IRS official overseeing the division that was inappropriately targeting conservative groups said she will refuse to answer lawmakers' questions during an appearance before a House committee Wednesday, a day after another top official at the agency acknowledged that he knew the targeting was...

Kytja Weir

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Plans to build a Metro station at Alexandria's Potomac Yard have hit another snag, pushing back the opening of a potential station there to 2017 at the earliest.

Eric P. Newcomer

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Memorial Day weekend in the D.C. area traditionally means cars full of coolers, kids, grandparents and stressed-out parents stuck in traffic and inching their way to the beach. And it's not changing this year, even though fewer people are expected to travel.

Elizabeth Larner

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Melissa takes on new role: Bouncer Melissa McCarthy is taking a leaf out of Donald Trump's book. The actress-turned-director -- who's co-directing her first film, "Tammy," with husband Ben Falcone, also a first-time director -- said, "You're fired!" to an extra on her movie set Monday, TMZ...