(AP) House GOP to unveil budget blueprintBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONConservative Republicans controlling the House unveiled a budget blueprint Tuesday that combines slashing cuts to safety net programs for the poor with sharply lower tax rates in an election-year manifesto painting
(AP) Santorum: ‘Issue in this race is not the economy’ROCKFORD, Ill.Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says the issue in the presidential race is not the economy but an oppressive government that’s taking away people’s freedom. Santorum made the remark Monday
Critically-panned fantasy adventure film “John Carter” is expected to lose $200 million for makers Disney, dragging its whole movie budget into the red, the studio said. Disney said it would take the huge operating loss on the movie, made by
(AP) Illinois: Romney looks to pull away from SantorumBy DAVID ESPO and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressSCHAUMBURG, Ill.Backed by a crushing television ad advantage, Mitt Romney sought a strong Illinois primary victory Tuesday to solidify his lead over Rick Santorum in the
With Friday marking the two year anniversary of the passage of Obamacare, one might think Mr. Obama would be eager to laud his singular legislative achievement. Not so, said White House spokesman Jay Carney during a Monday press conference. When
(AP) 2 shot in disturbance after Tyga concert in Omaha OMAHA, Neb. Two people have minor injuries after a shooting following a rowdy concert by rapper Tyga (TY’-guh) in Nebraska. Authorities say heated words were exchanged between members of Tyga’s
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos announced on Monday that he is resigning his government job after being elected on Sunday to head the Socialist party PASOK, in the run-up to elections. “In the next few weeks, up to the elections,
Tens of thousands of loyalists of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied in south Iraq Monday decrying poor services and rampant graft on the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. Protesters flooded the centre of the southern port city
(AP) Gunman kills 4 outside Jewish school in FranceBy JOHANNA DECORSEAssociated PressTOULOUSE, FranceA motorcycle gunman opened fire Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two small sons and one other
(AP) LEWISVILLE, Texas – The comedian Gallagher is telling jokes after being taken out of a medically induced coma that doctors put him in following his heart attack last week in Texas. Doctors slowly woke up Gallagher on Sunday morning.
Judicial Watch recently announced a major new campaign to stop leftist activists and their allies in the Obama administration from undermining the integrity of the elections in 2012. As the nation heads into another presidential election season, our 2012 Election Integrity Project
(AP) NYC activists differ on Occupy’s directionBy KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated PressNEW YORKA day after police broke up a rally at Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park and arrested dozens, Occupy Wall Street protesters said Sunday that their movement for economic justice would pick up
(AP) Republican Catholics cool so far to Rick SantorumBy RACHEL ZOLL AND KASIE HUNTAssociated PressSAN JUAN, Puerto RicoAt El Sendero De La Cruz evangelical church, Rick Santorum sought prayers along with votes. He told the San Juan congregation that he
(AP) Confident Romney calls for unity, looks to Ill.By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressVERNON HILLS, Ill.Mitt Romney’s increasingly confident campaign is intensifying calls — publicly and privately — for his Republican opponents to concede defeat in the presidential nomination battle, even before
(AP) GOP voters’ passion uneven for Romney, SantorumBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONMitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own
(AP) Romney wins Puerto Rico, GOP campaign continues By PHILIP ELLIOTT and BEN FOXAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Mitt Romney scored an overwhelming win Sunday in Puerto Rico’s Republican presidential primary, trouncing chief rival Rick Santorum on the Caribbean
(AP) Syrian state news agency: explosion in AleppoDAMASCUS, Syria Syria’s state news agency says an explosion has gone off between two residential buildings in the in northern city of Aleppo. The report Sunday by SANA gave no information on casualties
An Al-Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility Sunday for shooting dead an American teacher in Yemen, saying he was a Christian missionary, a statement by the jihadist group said. Fighters of Ansar al-Sharia, or Partisans of Sharia, “killed an American Christian missionary”
Britain is winding down its aid programme to India, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell told The Sunday Times. Britain has spent £1 billion ($1.6 billion, 1.2 billion euros) on aid programmes in India over the past five years, with another
(AP) Romney, Santorum head to Ill., next battlegroundBy KASIE HUNTAssociated PressBAYAMON, Puerto RicoLooking toward the critical primary in Illinois, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney wrapped up a shortened campaign trip to Puerto Rico on Saturday as he prepared for more
Mar 18 – Dozens have been arrested during a day of protests to mark the six-month anniversary of the Occupy movement. Paul Chapman reports.
(AP) 4 Republican justices control fate of health lawBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONHere’s a thought that can’t comfort President Barack Obama: The fate of his health care overhaul rests with four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices. His most sweeping domestic achievement could
