A certified new vote count from Iowa shows Republican Rick Santorum — and not his rival Mitt Romney — won the state’s crucial caucuses, but results from eight precincts are missing, a local newspaper reported Thursday. A final total shows
From Politico: Rick Perry is expected to drop out later this morning at an 11 a.m. press conference and endorse Newt Gingrich, two sources confirmed to POLITICO. The news was first reported by CNN. It gives the surging Gingrich a
Today, in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born.
The Obama administration is expected to reject the controversial Keystone Pipeline this afternoon, according to Fox News. The State Department is expected to vote against the pipeline this afternoon. Transcanada will however be allowed to reapply with an alternate route
(Reuters) – Solyndra LLC failed to attract any bids on Tuesday from buyers who could have restarted production, brought back some laid off staff and kept the bankrupt solar panel maker operating, according to a company adviser. Solyndra, which owes
Today, in 1943, was the first uprising of the Warsaw Jewish ghetto. If only this had happened everywhere–at the same time.
OLYMPIA — State government stores money at Bank of America, buys goods with U.S. Bank cards and distributes welfare aid through JP Morgan Chase ATMs. Supporters of cutting such ties to big banks say the first step is to create
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: That annoying cellphone ringtone? There really ought to be a law. What’s a guy gotta do to get a tax break on shipping his remains into lunar orbit? And hasn’t Virginia waited long enough for a
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Supporters of an unprecedented effort to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office said they will turn in more than enough signatures Tuesday to force the Republican into a recall election barely a year into his
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) Romney did say that while he might be willing to release his tax returns, he wouldn’t do so until tax filing time in April. And the multimillionaire former businessman didn’t get much gratitude from his rivals
Mike Flynn, Editor, BigGovernment: At last, days before what everyone in the media claims is the “final” primary contest before Romney’s inevitable capture of the GOP nomination, we had our first real debate. Not only was there back-and-forth among the
And, then, there were five. Tonight, 9pm EST on FoxNews. Co-hosted with The Wall Street Journal.
Today, in 1979, the Shah fled Iran. Its been crazy town ever since.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Jon Huntsman will withdraw Monday from the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Campaign officials tell The Associated Press Huntsman will endorse Mitt Romney at an event in South Carolina on Monday morning. The former Utah governor
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has received a powerful shot in the arm as top US evangelical leaders endorsed his White House bid ahead of a crucial South Carolina primary. The endorsement came after about 150 influential Christian conservative leaders
Today, in 2001, Wikipedia was launched.
The White House on Friday sent more internal documents to Republicans investigating the $535 million loan guarantee to failed solar firm Solyndra, arguing that the cache of emails should satisfy GOP investigators. The emails show senior White House aides discussing
Today, in 1943, FDR and Winston Churchill met in Casablanca to discuss the future course of the war.
(Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro- zone countries, stripping France and Austria of their coveted triple-A status but not EU paymaster Germany, in a Black Friday the 13th for the troubled single currency area.
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Virginia on Friday refused to order that candidates Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman be added to the ballot in the state’s March 6 Republican presidential primary election after they failed to qualify.
Today, in 1968, Johnny Cash performed live at Folsom Prison.
Keeping his oath to the public trust Rand Paul returned money he didn’t need to the U.S. Treasury. Critics will contend that this is a drop in the bucket, but many drops can help fill up that bucket. From today’s
President Obama has officially requested an increase to the statutory debt limit. The formal request gives both chambers 15 days to vote on whether to approve of the $1.2 trillion hike. The House plans to vote on this request on
The U.S. Coast Guard will escort the first ship coming to the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview this month, and the Occupy movement and local labor groups say they are planning to greet the vessel with a
Today, in 1737, John Hancock was born.
