Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks  —  Cited stress facing Muslims Hasan spoke at Walter Reed in 2007  —  The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid “adverse events,” …

Political eyes on Republican Scozzafava after conservatives urge her to quit  —  It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction  —  GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech.

WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon  —  Washington (CNN) - White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports suggesting President Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 …

Obama's Surprise Video Address to Berlin on Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall  —  collect this video  —  recent videos from  —  what people are saying  —  I was waiting for a stunning announcement that “Luke I am Your Father”.  His pointing out that he is the first African-American president …

Obama: Health Care Bill, Not an Abortion Bill  —  President Says Still More Work to be Done on Legislation Passed by House  —  President Obama said today that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend.

Obama Seeks Revision of Plan's Abortion Limits  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them.

Sanders would support reconciliation to break Republican filibuster  —  A leading Senate Independent on Monday stressed he would support using reconciliation to break a filibuster and bring healthcare reform to a conclusive vote.  —  That affirmation, offered Monday night by Sen. Bernie Sanders …

Carrie Prejean confirms ‘sex tape,’ but...  Carrie Prejean, some might remember, is the California beauty queen who gained instant ignominy in some circles by agreeing with President Obama's ridiculous notion that marriage is a union between one man and one woman.

South Korea Fires on North Korean Warship Near Border  —  Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — South and North Korean warships exchanged fire off their western coast after the North's vessel crossed a disputed sea border and ignored several warning shots, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Seoul.

Dems brace for another recess  —  The last time Congress returned home for an extended break in August, health care reform proponents lost ground that took weeks to regain — but not again, Democrats insist as they head into the Veterans Day recess.  —  The landscape is a bit different this time.

Rep. Jim Cooper: House health care bill was ‘one of the best votes I ever cast’  —  Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) knows as much about health-care policy as anyone in Congress.  He teaches the subject back home in Tennessee, promoted his own plan (to the anger of many Democrats) in 1994 …

Not all bubbles present a risk to the economy  —  There is increasing concern that we may be experiencing another round of asset-price bubbles that could pose great danger to the economy.  Does this danger provide a case for the US Federal Reserve to exit from its zero-interest-rate policy sooner rather …

Ingraham: Pelosi did everything but “sell her body” on health vote  —  Right wing talk show host Laura Ingraham — who, as far as I recall, wasn't at Saturday night's health care vote in the House — seems to have discovered a heretofore unrevealed insight into Nancy Pelosi's lobbying tactics.

Connecticut Governor Won't Seek Re-election  —  Gov. M. Jodi Rell of Connecticut, who rose to the state's highest office five years ago after her predecessor resigned amid a corruption scandal, said on Monday that she would not seek re-election.  —  In a surprising announcement, Mrs. Rell …

Despite ban, Holder to speak to CAIR-linked group  —  Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization.

Surprise: Obama addresses Berlin on the fall of the Wall  —  I'm giving you two versions, the unedited BBC transmission and the censored version that ran on Russian state television (which omits the passage about the Declaration of Independence but not, curiously, the one about the Iron Curtain) …