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House Republicans unanimously elected their nominee for speaker of the House in the 112th Congress on Wednesday. While Republicans were meeting to select their leader, House Democrats were doing the same. For Democrats, however, their meeting was reportedly contentious and fiery, with outgoing House Speaker Pelosi pulling out all the …

First in a series of reports from Afghanistan by “War Stories” host, Col. Oliver North (ret). Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan – This Forward Operating Base, “twenty miles from nowhere” may be the fastest growing military installation in the world. In the six months since our Fox News team was …

The Supreme Court issued a ruling last week on the campaign finance that is still being discussed all over the country. In fact, it was even mentioned by President Obama at Wednesday night’s State of the Union address. The high court invalidated its own 20-year-old ruling — which had upheld …

The White House initially conceived of Thursday’s six-hour summit as a way to force Republicans to submit to its plan for a national health care system. In the words of one unnamed Democratic officeholder, the expectation was that the summit would “give a face to gridlock, in the form of …

This year’s first big summer movie, “Iron Man 2,” reprises the adventures of Tony Stark, the iron suit-wearing industrialist who fights off evil-doers. The media have had fun outing the fictional billionaire as a rarity in Hollywood movies – a capitalist hero. Actually, Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., is …

They are crossing the border illegally and violently displacing the indigenous population whose homes and possessions they either destroy or occupy. They are attacking the young, the elderly, and especially the girls and women, whom they kidnap, forcibly convert, or traffic into brothels. The locals are terrified of them. The …

While Congress considers sweeping new legislation to permanently institutionalize the bailouts and federal control of our financial system (right on the heels of their health care takeover, of course) several other sweeping power grabs are going on outside the spotlight of legislative debate. Indeed President Obama seems to believe that …

Since last September the federal government has been spending money like a drunken greenhorn cowboy on a Saturday night. Bank bailouts, stimulus spending that ain’t done much stimulatin’, and taking over automobile companies all have added up to a federal deficit soaring to a record $1.42 trillion — the highest …

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:00:29 +0000 – By Dan GainorVice President, Business Media Institute, Media Research Center My 2009 Wish List * Hollywood gives up on movies based on “graphic novels” and decides to embrace something radical — plot. * To quote George Bush the elder, “no new taxes.” * …

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:07:48 +0000 – By LaToya FosterPolitical Commentator/Host, “In The Know” As the country continues to ride the momentum wave of hope and new beginnings, I can’t help but find myself thinking about the historic nature of what I witnessed this week. I can still see so …