
Jack Nicklaus Receives Congressional Gold Medal
The House and Senate honored Jack Nicklaus with a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday.

The House and Senate honored Jack Nicklaus with a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday.

More than 1,000 U.S. troops were moving across Eastern Europe on Tuesday on several training exercises, the latest effort to reassure allied nations anxious about recent Russian military aggression, a Pentagon official said.

Louisiana deputies responding to a report of a stranded tractor-trailer said they were “astounded” to find two elephants keeping the vehicle from overturning.

U.S. Postal Service officials said they have identified a mail carrier caught on camera throwing a valuable package in Oklahoma City.

A Utah restaurant owner whose sign bearing a bull statue with large male genitalia is proving controversial said there is a “conspiracy” against his business.

Authorities say a Wisconsin state trooper was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with a person who matched the description of a bank robbery suspect. Police said the suspect also was killed.

A Northern California police officer was shot to death Tuesday after responding to a call about a man threatening to commit suicide.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is adding another senior staffer with national experience as his political operation grows ahead of a likely 2016 presidential run.

In the annals of film festival flops – from unexpected boos to red-carpet gaffes – the premiere of the Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart comedy “Get Hard” will go down as a doozy.

“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm recently completed treatment for alcohol addiction, his spokeswoman said.

A black box recovered from the scene and pulverized pieces of debris strewn across Alpine mountainsides held clues to what caused a German jetliner to take an unexplained eight-minute dive Tuesday midway through a flight from Spain to Germany, apparently killing all 150 people on board.

From FactCheck.org: Q: Is Sen. Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada, eligible to be the U.S. president? A: Most likely. The legal consensus is that Cruz qualifies because he was born to a U.S. citizen living abroad, making him

The White House says the U.S. will keep its current complement of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015, instead of cutting the number by about half as originally planned.

On Monday, the NBA rescinded a Russell Westbrook rebound from Sunday. The rebound retraction means that the Oklahoma City Thunder enters the stat book as scoring 12 points, dishing 17 assists, and pulling down a mere nine rebounds in the victory over the Miami Heat.

On Monday evening, mainstream media reporters reportedly gave Hillary Clinton a standing ovation after she joked about her private email scandal and took no questions from the press–at an event honoring excellence in journalism.

Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions when Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law approving the method for use when no lethal injection drugs are available, even though he has called it “a little bit gruesome.”

NAPLES, Italy, March 23 (UPI) — A Naples, Italy, pizzeria owner jumped a barrier during Pope Francis’ visit and ran up to the Popemobile to hand off a pizza to the pontiff. The pope told a Vatican Radio interview earlier

Breitbart Executive Chairman Steve Bannon says Glenn Beck is correct in his bill of particulars indicting the GOP.

Despite claims to the contrary, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emailed top State Department aides on their private email accounts regarding official government matters like the Benghazi scandal. The New York Times reported that a review of the roughly 300

President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty may tarnish Loretta Lynch–even if the Senate confirms her nomination–and make it more difficult for her to enact her agenda. Democrats need four Republicans to confirm Lynch, and Politico notes that “If Lynch is confirmed

The Michigan State Spartans upset the #2-seeded Virginia Cavaliers on Sunday. Then the program’s greatest product called the performance “beautiful.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) as a global warming “alarmist” who does not want to confront scientific data that undercuts his preferred narrative

On Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who is expected to be the first candidate to formally enter the 2016 campaign on Monday at Liberty University, called on “courageous conservatives” to help take back the country from elites who place their faith in government instead of the American people.

From Kyle Smith at the New York Post: Tina Fey’s new comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” was rejected by NBC, which commissioned it. That turned out to be excellent news, because the show wound up on Netflix. Netflix doesn’t have a

The leader of a small Hungarian Jewish community says about 20 graves have been vandalized in a Jewish cemetery.