Politics

Gas boom may stop at coast of Maryland

Cove Point in Southern Maryland has become the latest flash point in the fight between the fossil fuels industry and its longtime foes in the environmental movement.

Citing a unique Carter-era agreement, the Sierra Club says it will veto plans by energy giant Dominion to build the first natural gas ...

Strassel: The President Has a List

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
Barack Obama attempts to intimidate contributors to Mitt Romney's campaign.


William Tucker: Tales for the Superhero Generation

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is the start of a new genre.


Elizabeth Scalia: The Vatican's Corrective to Liberal Catholics

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
A three-year inquiry ends with a sharp but measured assessment of unorthodox religious practice in the U.S.


Michigan board blocks Nov. vote on takeover law

LANSING, Mich. — A state board Thursday deadlocked on a proposal to put Michigan's contentious emergency financial manager law on November's ballot for possible repeal, dealing a major blow to a petition drive sparked in part by the state's deal to fix Detroit's troubled city finances.

The Michigan Board of ...

ACLU sues Border Patrol over its traffic stops

SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops, saying people are being pulled over and questioned "without reasonable suspicion."

The lawsuit stems from tensions between immigrants and the expanded presence of Border Patrol agents ...

Eric Rosengren: Money-Market Funds Still Need Reform

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
More than 60 prime funds held securities in Dexia in 2011, the same year the troubled French bank needed government support.


Paul Light: Perp Walks and the Broken Bureaucracy

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
Between 1961 and 2009, the number of executive layers—or ranks by title—at an average cabinet-level agency jumped from seven to 18.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
Joel Kotkin, Mark Schill and Ryan Streeter on the economic revival of the Midwest.


Navarro: How Romney can win over Latinos

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
Ana Navarro says the GOP candidate can't reverse his immigration positions but can change his tone, focus on economy
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

'Crucify Them'

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
An EPA bureaucrat lets the mask slip.


Senate renews Violence Against Women Act

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
The U.S. Senate voted to renew a law designed to combat domestic abuse Thursday after Republicans stepped back from what was becoming a politically risky fight over some of the expansions they oppose to the Violence Against Women Act.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Magic Johnson

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
The flap over Fannie Mae's maestro and the Goldman board.


Ex-Edwards aide: Donors' cash went into NC house

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- John Edwards' ex-aide acknowledged Thursday that much of nearly $1 million in campaign supporters' cash went to build his North Carolina dream house, not to buy the silence of the presidential candidate's pregnant mistress....

Lawyers in Solyndra case rack up billings

One month after the chief restructuring officer for failed solar panel maker Solyndra reported no wrongdoing by the company, documents show federal investigators have remained busy in recent months scouring the company's financial documents, internal emails and computers.

The activity surrounding the criminal probe into Solyndra was revealed in bankruptcy ...

Supreme court moves to center of presidential race

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court, suddenly at the heart of presidential politics, is preparing what could be blockbuster rulings on health care and immigration shortly before the fall election....

In speech, Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. That was Vice President Joe Biden's message for Republican Mitt Romney in a campaign speech Thursday that blended a robust defense of President Barack Obama's foreign policy record with a harsh attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's positions....

In speech, Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. That was Vice President Joe Biden's message for Republican Mitt Romney in a campaign speech Thursday that blended a robust defense of President Barack Obama's foreign policy record with a harsh attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's positions....

In speech, Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. That was Vice President Joe Biden's message for Republican Mitt Romney in a campaign speech Thursday that blended a robust defense of President Barack Obama's foreign policy record with a harsh attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's positions....

In speech, Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-07 03:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. That was Vice President Joe Biden's message for Republican Mitt Romney in a campaign speech Thursday that blended a robust defense of President Barack Obama's foreign policy record with a harsh attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's positions....
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