Budget Cuts Get Personal; Those Who Are Hurt, Holler

(NEW YORK) -- The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Nearly four in 10 Americans now say sequestration has hurt them personally, up substantially since it began... Read More

Ohio Voter Fraud ‘Does Exist,’ But ‘Not an Epidemic’

(NEW YORK) -- In what was one of the 2012 election cycle’s most important battleground states, “voter fraud does exist,” Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted acknowledged in a repor... Read More

Lois Lerner Placed on Administrative Leave

(WASHINGTON) -- Congressional and administration sources confirm that IRS director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave. Lerner came under fire thi... Read More

Republicans Aim to Recruit, Elect More Women

(WASHINGTON) -- Making sure that more Republican women run for office and that they get the support they need is the focus of “Right Women, Right Now,” a new initiative by the Republica... Read More

Obama Orders DOJ Review of Leak Investigations

(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama is a little uneasy with the way journalists have been dragged into the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of national security leak investigations. In fac... Read More

Obama Lays Out Strategy for 'New Phase' in Terror Fight

(WASHINGTON) -- In a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, in Washington D.C., Thursday, President Obama launched a spirited defense of his administration's efforts to pursue terr... Read More

New Bill Would Allow Pets on Amtrak

(WASHINGTON) -- If a bill that was introduced in Congress this week is passed, Amtrak will be required to allow pets onboard some of its trains. The bill, introduced by Jeff Denham, R-C... Read More

Darrell Issa to Lois Lerner: Assertion of 'Fifth' Invalid

(WASHINGTON) -- While Congress continues to investigate the cloud of controversy hanging over the Internal Revenue Service, House Oversight and Government Reform committee Chairman Darrell Issa has... Read More

Targeting Phony Heroes: Stolen Valor Act Awaits Obama’s Signature

(WASHINGTON) -- Four days before the nation’s veterans make their way down hometown streets in a flurry of star spangled confetti for Memorial Day, a bill to protect war heroes from impostors... Read More

AccuWeather Chief: Tornado Warning Science ‘Is Not There’

(WASHINGTON) -- As the people of Moore, Okla., grapple to recover following the devastating tornado that hit its community earlier this week, the head of a major weather forecasting service told a... Read More