



By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times
Enlisted personnel and civilian military employees are donating more to presidential campaigns than in previous elections, and they overwhelmingly prefer two candidates: Ron Paul, the long-shot Republican presidential contender opposed to using U.S. forces as the “world’s police,” and President Obama. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Conservatives gathered in Washington this week are increasingly relishing the prospect that the Republican presidential nomination fight will extend for months, and could even lead to a brokered convention in Tampa this summer. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
House Republicans accused the White House on Thursday of stonewalling a congressional probe into the failed $535 million loan guarantee to bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC, and threatened to issue subpoenas later this month to secure interviews with “key administration staff.” Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
The Obama administration and 49 states announced on Thursday a record $25 billion mortgage settlement with the nation’s five largest banks - the president’s latest attempt to help homeowners and halt the still-sagging housing market’s drag on the economy. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
updated 20 minutes ago
Disdain for President Obama’s controversial new mandate that religious institutions pay for their workers’ birth control emerged as a unifying rally cry at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Thursday, suggesting Republicans will hit the president hard on the issue during this year’s presidential campaign. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
In one of her first speeches since dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Rep. Michele Bachmann on Thursday ripped President Obama’s foreign policy agenda, saying the White House has fostered the spread of radical pro-Islamists and offended key ally Israel. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
A certain melancholia can descend upon conservatives who just can’t get to the annual CPAC gathering. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
President Obama told supporters at a gay fundraiser Thursday night that the public “readily accepts” his administration’s efforts to grant equal rights to gay citizens. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
The U.S. Postal Service lost more than $3 billion during the last three months of 2011 as continued declines in volume of first-class mail wiped out good news about the shipping and packaging business. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Matthew Daly - Associated Press
The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, isn't backing down from his decision to block $20 million a year in new funding for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, despite pleas from museum officials who also had family members die in the attack. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
The Republican chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Thursday released the final two pieces of his reform agenda, designed to replace the widely criticized and decade-old No Child Left Behind federal education law. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Bob Christie and Paul Davenport ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times
PHOENIX - Ron Barber, a top aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was shot in the leg and face in the Tucson rampage that also left the congresswoman severely wounded, said Thursday that he will seek to replace her in a special election. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Larry Margasak - Associated Press
The House on Thursday passed a bill banning Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading, but it brushed aside a provision aimed at reining in those who pry financial information from Congress and sell it to investment firms. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Two senators say the campaign finance system is so broken that a constitutional amendment is needed to rein in runaway spending in elections. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Nancy Benac - Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. | Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services. Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Associated Press
Sen. John McCain on Thursday said the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American "boots on the ground." Published February 9, 2012 Comments
By Julie Watson - Associated Press
Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops. Published February 9, 2012 Comments

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
The Pentagon announced Thursday that it is keeping its longtime ban on women serving as ...

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times
updated 46 minutes ago
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation banning insider-trading on Thursday, sending it to a conference where ...

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Ten states were given an exit from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind ...