Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.Helms died at 1:15 a
Today, the House passed legislation that will cut the Medicare Advantage program by 13.8 billion dollars over the next 5 years.We need your urgent action now!Follow link here to email your Senators and ask them to stop the cuts to Medicare Advantage.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday the death penalty cannot be imposed for child rape, its first decision in more than 30 years on whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution.In its second major capital punishment ruling this yea
Even as millions of people are anxiously checking their mailboxes and bank accounts for their stimulus payments, others have received more than their fair share.Through June 6, the U.S. Treasury had sent 66.6 million payments totaling about $56.8 billion.
A day after Barack Obama sealed the Democratic nomination for president, a corruption scandal involving a fundraiser who once bankrolled his campaign resurfaced to slightly dampen the festivities.Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko, 52, was convicted
Democratic stalwarts from across Florida will appeal for political relevance Saturday when they try to persuade the national party to give them a say in the presidential nominating contest.
The Supreme Court has upheld criminal penalties for promoting child pornography.The court, in a 7-2 decision, is brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or innocent e-mails that
Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting.The exhumations removed 67 skeletons from the parched desert s
Christopher Gearhart, 35, of Cape Coral served nearly 14 years in the military -- including three tours of duty in Iraq, two with the Navy and one with the Army.He would have put in more time were it not for a hospitalization, a diagnosis and a discharge l
Three high-ranking Mexican police officers were arrested on allegations of buying weapons and ammunition at a gun show in Phoenix in violation of a law barring noncitizens from purchasing firearms, a U.S. official said Wednesday.The three had crossed the
