Paul Bedard

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

Add another name to the growing list of possible GOP 2016 presidential hopefuls: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the party's gubernatorial candidate running against Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Suggestions that the conservative will run were raised Thursday by the team that puts out the...

Paul Bedard

Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013

Shocked by the horrifying details in the Philadelphia trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell, two powerful House committees on Thursday urged state attorneys general to swiftly review laws governing abortion clinics to assure the civil rights of newborns are being protected. Letters from the...

Paul Bedard

Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013

Stymied in its war on global warming in the United States, the administration is taking its fight overseas and into Bangladeshi jungles to help the Bengal tiger survive the effects of climate change. While the most numerous of all tigers, there are only about 2,500 left in the wild and 440 in...

Paul Bedard

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

Last weekend's national National Rifle Association convention in Houston didn't just break attendance records, mostly due to the gun control debate sweeping Washington and the nation. NRA supporters also spent record amounts on hats and T-shirts to brag about their membership in the Second...

Paul Bedard

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

A top U.S. official is raising serious concerns that a new international plan to deposit some $8 billion directly into accounts controlled by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's team will be ravaged by rampant corruption. "Pervasive corruption may divert a large portion of this money from its...

Paul Bedard

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

In his new book "Rumsfeld's Rules, Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War and Life," former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld blows past his long-time rule of having no more than 10 to include "rules" from several from Chinese thinkers, six from Democrats, even liberals, and one from TV...

Paul Bedard

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who became an Eagle Scout at 14, is urging the Boy Scouts to resist accepting homosexuals as scouts, charging that the pro-gay push is just "the flavor of the month" from liberal advocates. Appearing on a simulcast designed to boost opposition to the plan to open Boy...

Paul Bedard

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

Preliminary results from an annual survey of beekeepers suggests that 31 percent of the nation's bee colonies died over the winter, raising new concerns over whether the country has enough honey bees to pollinate America's food supply. Details provided to Secrets from the industry journal Bee...

Paul Bedard

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

The growing tower of Obamacare red tape flooding out of federal agencies will sock American businesses and families with nearly 200 million hours of paperwork compliance a year, a 50 percent jump in just the past three months as the administration pushes out more rules. The number of...

Paul Bedard

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

Former President Jimmy Carter stands head and shoulders above other American politicians -- including President Obama -- in a new Reader's Digest poll of the 100 most trusted people in America that also suggests the problems dogging "Today Show" co-host Matt Lauer have nicked his integrity....