Domestic Policies December 20, 2015 Planned Parenthood head apologizes for official’s fetal organ comments, as fallout grows Planned Parenthood’s president apologized Thursday for comments made by the group’s medical research director in a secretly recorded conversation about collecting fetal body parts, as outrage over the graphic video mounted on Capitol Hill where lawmakers are launching several investigations.
Appeals December 20, 2015 Denver court rules against Little Sisters of the Poor in contraception coverage case A federal appeals court in Denver ruled on Tuesday against a group of Colorado nuns who challenged a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires employers to provide insurance policies covering contraception.
State and Local December 20, 2015 Former FBI director alleges agency concealing evidence in anthrax case An ex-director of the FBI’s anthrax investigation says the agency is hiding evidence that casts doubt on its conclusion that Army scientist Bruce Ivins sent the anthrax-filled letters that killed five people and sickened 17 others in 2001.
State and Local December 20, 2015 Pa. high court nominee in hot seat over 'Christmas' email A white county judge nominated for Pennsylvania's highest court apparently forwarded a racially insensitive email showing a black couple talking through glass via a jailhouse phone under the heading, "Merry Christmas from the Johnsons."
State and Local December 20, 2015 Federal judge orders Alabama county to wed gay couples A federal judge in Alabama has ordered Mobile County to start issuing gay marriage licenses.
STATE AND LOCAL December 20, 2015 Federal court weighs in on Alabama county's refusal to wed gays A federal judge in Alabama should make it "crystal clear" that gay marriages should be allowed across the state, an attorney for same-sex couples said Thursday.
State and Local December 20, 2015 Federal prosecutors in Chicago drop drug charges against 27 people in stash house sting cases The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago has quietly dropped dozens of serious narcotics conspiracy charges stemming from undercover stings involving fictional drug stash houses, a federal law enforcement technique critics contend amounts to entrapment and displays racial bias against minorities.
State and Local July 1, 2015 Ten Commandments: Madness strikes in Oklahoma Texas has a monument to the Ten Commandments at its State Capitol.
Pentagon May 7, 2015 What I saw with Karl Rove on election night I blurted out to Chris Wallace and Karl Rove, “Do they understand the implications of that call?” I felt calling Ohio was tantamount to calling the presidency and thought we would be seeing blazing graphics declaring Obama reelected.
Pentagon May 7, 2015 How gays in Ohio could have won the election for Romney There has been a lot of talk about the Republican party needing to move to the modern era and include a broader demographic in the make up of the party.
State and Local May 6, 2015 Indiana and religious freedom: Shooting themselves in the foot The turmoil over the efforts by the State of Indiana to make lawful the decisions by operators of public accommodations to decline their services based on their stated religious views has died down because the legislature amended the offending parts of its legislation so that the new law prohibits denying services based on sexual orientation, yet its affirmations of religious liberty are meaningless.