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  • Saturday, May 18, 2013

    Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

    Authorities: Hofstra University student killed in home invasion was fatally shot by police MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home,...

  • Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

    Updated: 5 hr ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf — in the rain. The White House said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) and outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined the president Saturday at...

  • Question: What do female medical students think of abortion?

    Michael Barone

    Updated: 8 hr ago

    Noemie Emery has an excellent article in the latest Weekly Standard on the case of Kermit Gosnell, the abortion provider who has been sentenced to life in prison on three counts of murder. She raises the issue of whether the spotlight on this late-term abortionist–a spotlight shined only...

  • Spoof: Obama uses Buzzfeed list to distract from scandals

    Charlie Spiering

    Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

    Despite all the White House scandals this week, President Obama is more concerned about a Buzzfeed article listing things that will make you feel old. This spoof video was put together by Jimmy Fallon and the ‘Late Night’ show crew.

  • Michael Barone: Obama's IRS and AP scandals cast Big Chill on free speech

    Michael Barone

    Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

    Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech. There have been plenty of examples in the past 10 days. The Obama administration's Justice Department issued a sweeping demand...

  • Jindal arrives in Virginia to boost Cuccinelli for governor

    Steve Contorno

    Updated: 23 hr ago

    RICHMOND, Va. – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to Virginia Friday to bolster the gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and to introduce himself to voters in what is likely to be a critical swing state in the 2016 presidential election. Jindal was the keynote speaker...

  • Marco Rubio’s immigration game plan

    Conn Carroll

    Yesterday

    After one full week of votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is now clear that no major changes will be made to the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill before it reaches the Senate floor. The fix is in. The Republicans members of the Gang of Eight on the Judiciary Committee, Sens. Lindsey...

  • Obama in Baltimore: I’m looking forward to having a dredge named after me

    Charlie Spiering

    Yesterday

    Speaking at Ellicott Dredges’ factory in Baltimore this afternoon, President Obama joked that he couldn’t wait to have a dredge named after him. After taking a tour of the factory, Obama explained that a customer of the factory once named a dredge after former President Bill Clinton....

  • Competitive Enterprise Institute to honor transgender woman at annual dinner

    Sean Higgins

    Yesterday

      Deirdre McCloskey, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is set to be honored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a leading Washington, D.C., free market/libertarian think tank, with its annual Julian Simon Award at a major dinner event in June. CEI...

  • Congressman: IRS asked pro-life group about 'the content of their prayers'

    Charlie Spiering

    Published: Fri, May 17, 2013

    During the House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock R-Ill. grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a group in Iowa. “Their question, specifically asked from the IRS to the Coalition for Life for Iowa ‘Please detail the content of the...