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What could the White House possibly have meant when it said that on Election Night, President Obama wasn’t watching the returns? No matter how you interpret that it doesn’t look good. Did the president not care? Was he so confident of victory — or defeat? Did he consider the voice …

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani made the argument for the terror trial to be held in New York when he said of the verdict in the World Trade Center bombing trial, “the verdict demonstrates that New Yorkers won’t meet violence with violence, but with a far greater weapon …

The higher Newt Gingrich flies, the more flak he gets. Some of it comes with the turf of being the GOP front-runner, but in Gingrich’s case, it’s also true that his past is gaining on him. His history of self-aggrandizement, influence peddling and the hypocrisy of carrying on an affair …

As the House prepares to launch on Thursday a rare, public ethics inquiry into alleged misdeeds by New York Rep. Charlie Rangel, it is clear that Rangel remains defiant. He is fighting the House Ethics Committee tooth and nail, claiming that he wants to “make certain, before this election, people …

Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. John “Jack” Murtha was certainly controversial but for the people in his district he did what congressmen are supposed to do – which is, to provide as many goods and services for his constituents as possible. He became the symbol of pork barrel spending in Washington but …

Ahhh… the Miss USA pageant. It’s the same show that’s spawned such controversies as Caitlin Upton’s “some children don’t have maps” flub and of course Carrie Prejean’s infamous “same-sex marriage and opposite marriage” answer to last year’s controversial question. The trend continued this year as Morgan Elizabeth Woolard was put …

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the new book “Promise Me” by former Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker. My waking memories of my sister have grown hazy over the years, but Suzy still passes through my dreams as animate and vivid as a migrating butterfly. Her face is fresh …

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani made the argument for the terror trial to be held in New York when he said of the verdict in the World Trade Center bombing trial, “the verdict demonstrates that New Yorkers won’t meet violence with violence, but with a far greater weapon …

The right to own and use private property is fundamental to freedom and integral to the pursuit of happiness. The U.S. Constitution guarantees that right and obligates the government to protect it. James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, stated that “As a man is said to have a right to …

Sun, 10 May 2009 08:30:00 +0000 – By Michael GoodwinNew York Daily News Columnist/FOX News Contributor Watching President Obama and Hillary Clinton conduct their mini-summit with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, I flashed back to their bitter campaign last year. As they sought to outbid each other on who …