WND | The White House has refused to provide information about President Obama's negotiations with organizations such as Planned Parenthood over his impending nationalization of health care, saying he has a "privilege" to keep such communications concealed.

dallasnews.com AUSTIN – The federal government may soon send unmanned aircraft to scour West Texas and the state's coastal waters in an effort to boost border security, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a letter to the governor sent Friday. Perry had formally requested the a...

huffingtonpost.com | In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Sen. Chris Dodd (D - Conn.), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, called for an investigation into the accounting activities used by Lehman Brothers during the financial crisis. Last week, Lehman's bankruptcy examiner issued...

abcnews.go.com | Working for Uncle Sam comes with some great perks, like job stability, posh benefits packages, and in many cases, average salaries that are higher than what the same job pays in the private sector. function showPopupPlayer(id) { window.open ("http://abcnews.go.com/video/pl...

americanthinker.com | What we're seeing in Washington, D.C. is not "politics as usual" with the arm twisting and "horse-trading" that is typical in getting a bill passed; instead, it is ideological warfare. What Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are doing is not legislating; it is an act of tyranny -- overtur...

thehill.com | House Ways and Means Republicans on Thursday assailed a provision in the proposed health care reform bill under consideration this week.  Subcommittee on Oversight ranking member Charles Boustany (R-La.) said the IRS provision in the bill "dangerously expands, in an ominous way t...

usatoday.com | Just when Toyota thought it was getting hold of its recall nightmare, it is now trying to figure out how to fix computer flaws in up to 1.2 million Toyota Corolla and Matrix models that can cause engines to stall, the Detroit Free Press is reporting. But Toyota has told federal auto ...

huffingtonpost.com | For months I've been reporting in The Huffington Post that President Obama made a backroom deal last summer with the for-profit hospital lobby that he would make sure there would be no national public option in the final health reform legislation. (See here, here and here). I've...

Foxnews | Republicans and Democrats are locked in an unusual battle over how to vote on the health care package as House Republicans try to block Speaker Nancy Pelosi from using a legislative trick that would allow rank-and-file Democrats to vote for the health care bill without really voting for th...

blogspot.com | The following video should be required viewing for every member in Congress, every teacher in the United States, and every parent with children in public education. The video is 40 minutes long but I assure you that watching it will be time well spent. The video compares the U.S. p...

Alternet.org | Despite his condition, he has dutifully gone to work every day for the last five years at a Walmart in Battle Creek, Michigan, where in 2008 he was named Associate of the Year. Casias is also a legal medical marijuana patient under Michigan state law. He uses marijuana with the recom...

Washingtonpost | In just over a year, Glenn Beck's blinding burst of stardom has often seemed to overshadow the rest of Fox News. ') ; // --> And that may not be a good thing for the top-rated cable news channel, as many of its staffers are acutely aware. With his celebrity f...

mysanantonio.com | BROWNSVILLE — The Zapata County sheriff Thursday was questioning why a Mexican military helicopter was hovering over homes on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. It was one of the more jarring incidents of the fourth week of border tensions sparked by drug killings, and rumors of s...

Washingtonpost | The housing market is facing swelling ranks of homeowners who are seriously delinquent but have yet to lose their homes, and this is threatening a new wave of foreclosures that could hit just as the real estate market has begun to stabilize.   ') ; // --> Ab...

 exempting guns and ammunition made, sold and used in the state from massive federal regulations under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and supporters say about 30 more states have some sort of plan for their own exemptions in the works. Officials in Utah say they expec...

ESPN | The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters

americanfreepress.net | Karen Quinn-Tostado of Oregon says she is just an everyday lady, but she is playing a significant role in an uncommon effort to get the American people to “face their oppressors,” as she put it. Ms. Quinn-Tostado is calling on every willing American to detach from their routi...

WSJ.com | The recession and continuing high unemployment are taking a psychological toll on individuals. The number and urgency of calls to employee-assistance programs have risen substantially over the past couple of years, providers say. In particular, there's been a startling increase in the num...

michaelmoore.com | Forget Congressional action on meaningful health care reform. It’s clear that whatever national health care legislation is passed, its main intent will be the preservation of a for-profit system. Actual delivery of health care to all Americans who need it remains a lesser priorit...

Foxnews | CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — The full force of organized labor showed up in Central Falls Tuesday, with several hundred union members rallying in support of the city’s teachers and bringing plenty of harsh words for the education officials who were about to fire the entire teaching staff at Centr...