President Obama and his family attended Easter Day services at the historic St. John's Episcopal Church, just across Lafayette Park from the White House. A detailed account from White House pool report, however, created some discord on an otherwise peaceful day - warranting headlines in the Drudge Report, The Weekly Standard and The Blaze, among other news outlets. Published March 31 2013
The 30,000 guests attending the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday may not get much presidential pomp and circumstance. But spectacle? Oh, yes indeed. Published March 29 2013
White House archives reveal that once upon a time, the Easter dinner menu for President George W. Bush and his family on April 7, 2007, consisted of Texas grapefruit, avocado and mozzarella salad; fire-glazed ham; green chili cheese grits souffle; roasted orange molasses sweet potatoes; roasted asparagus; Brazos Valley cheeses; fresh yeast rolls and coconut cake with Blue Bell ice cream. Published March 29 2013
The current front-runner, according to a number of sources, is Tom Wheeler, the managing director of a venture capital fund based in Washington, says Russ Choma, an analyst with the Center for Responsive Politics. Published March 28 2013
A match made in heaven? Well, maybe. Tucker Carlson, who has been both an MSNBC and CNN correspondent in recent years, has joined up with Fox News Channel. Published March 27 2013
Here comes the long arm of a certain New York official, reaching all the way to the heart of Dixie, or thereabouts. Mayors Against Illegal Guns has begun to broadcast advocacy ads in Arkansas, demanding that Sen. Mark Pryor - a Democrat - take action to pass "commonsense" gun reforms in his state. Published March 27 2013
"As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on two same-sex marriage cases, and with several other high-profile cases on its docket, the court's favorability rating remains close to an all-time low," says a Pew Research Center survey, which also revealed that just 9 percent of Republican conservatives say the court steered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is actually conservative. Published March 26 2013
It will be out in the fall. That would be "Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge" - penned by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, with a little help from a former Bushie. Published March 26 2013
Mark the calendars, get out the noisemakers. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared Thursday to be the "National Day to Demand Action." Published March 25 2013
NBC's "Today" show has gotten mixed reactions Monday after airing some audio-only recordings of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, produced from a recent jailhouse interview by conservative filmmaker and talk radio host John Zeigler as part of a larger film project on the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Published March 25 2013
A week ago, CBS broadcast an episode of "The Amazing Race" that used an unwise prop: a B-52 that had been shot down over Vietnam in 1972. This week's show opened with an apology. Published March 24 2013
The 2.4 million-member American Legion is mighty vexed with one CBS reality TV show for using the wreckage of a B-52 shot down in Vietnam - as a prop. Published March 23 2013
Sarah Palin speech at CPAC, in which she used a Big Gulp as a prop to mock NYC's Mayor Bloomberg and his soda regulations, went over well with the crowd. Now, Texas Senator Cruz is following suite; he proposed a "Big Gulp Amendment" to limit the federal government's ability to enact similar legislation. Published March 22 2013
"When did it become okay to teach our children that the United States is to blame for the September 11th terrorist attacks?" asks Kara Sands, whose son took a quiz suggesting just that, following a classroom video on 9/11. Published March 22 2013
More than 30 years later after John Lennon was shot and killed in New York, President Obama used his official Twitter account to link the shooting to the ongoing gun-control debate by retweeting a photo of the blood-stained glasses Lennon wore when he died. Published March 22 2013
For those who can't stay awake as the politicians drone on and on, it's "Death Wish Coffee," which contains 780 mg of caffeine — about three times as much as the typical brew. Published March 21 2013
Yes, President Obama is following the NCAA tournament, for better or worse. Published March 21 2013
Partisan divides on Israel continue to emerge in opinion polls. Published March 20 2013
C-SPAN first went on the air 34 years ago on Tuesday. And it is of note that viewers of roughly the same age are tuning in to a network where no-frills cameras are trained on lawmakers, policy wonks and pivotal election. Commentary and glitzy package is a minimum. Published March 19 2013
We've got chubby canines. More than half of all American dogs - 53 percent - are overweight, says a new veterinary survey. That's about 37 million plump pooches waddling around the nation. But some are plumper than others. Published March 19 2013
By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution