Congress, Up In Arms  —  There seems to be a strong sentiment in Congress that the only constitutional right suspected terrorists have is the right to bear arms.  —  “I think you're going too far here,” said Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday.

Students punished for wearing American flags on Cinco de Mayo  —  Five students at a California high school were forced to leave school and then face disciplinary action yesterday for the crime of wearing clothing printed with American flag designs.  —  If you're wondering how being patriotic …

Supreme Court Upholds Freedom Of Speech In Obscenity-Filled Ruling  —  WASHINGTON—In a decisive and vulgar 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court once again upheld the constitution's First Amendment this week, calling the freedom of expression among the most “inalienable and important rights that a motherf**ker can have.”

U.S. Plans New Broadband Rules  —  WASHINGTON—In a move that will stoke a battle over the future of the Internet, the federal government plans to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks.  —  The decision, by Federal Communications …

Rove, GOP plot vast network to reclaim power  —  The Republican Party's best-connected political operatives have quietly built a massive fundraising, organizing and advertising machine based on the model assembled by Democrats early in the decade, and with the same ambitious goal — to recapture Congress and the White House.

While Oil Slick Spread, Interior Department Chief of Staff Rafted with Wife on “Work-Focused” Trip in Grand Canyon  —  Though his agency was charged with coordinating the federal response to the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland …

As Britain goes to polls, shake-up in Parliament is forecast  —  LONDON — Britain's Conservative Party was pressing for an outright victory as voters went to the polls here Thursday, following a hard-fought campaign that could produce this nation's most fragile government in a generation.

The Right and Journalism  —  Laura McGann has an interesting story in The Washington Monthly about conservative efforts to get into the reporting game: … To ruin the punchline, though, the subhead asks of these new outlets “can their reporting survive their politics?” and the answer seems to be “no, it can't.”

National Day of Prayer to go on despite ruling  —  Washington (CNN) — Some 58 years after President Truman signed a bill proclaiming a National Day of Prayer, Thursday's observance may be one of the last to be officially recognized by Washington.  —  A federal judge declared the law unconstitutional …

Kentucky Poll: Paul holds commanding lead; Mongiardo ahead  —  FRANKFORT — A new Kentucky Poll shows novice political candidate Rand Paul with a commanding 12-point lead over Trey Grayson, the Republican Party establishment's choice in the GOP race for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.

Freddie Mac asks U.S. for $10 billion as losses pile up  —  Freddie Mac, the bailed-out mortgage-finance giant, reported Wednesday that it continues to lose money and needs an additional $10.6 billion in assistance from U.S. taxpayers.  —  The most recent earnings report follows three straight quarters …

Nashville Flood 2010: The Disaster You May Not Have Heard About  —  A great American city is currently buried under a sea of water, but you may not know much about it given all the attention media have given to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the failed car bomb attempt in New York's Times Square.

Arizona governor: Boycott is misguided  —  Jan Brewer, the governor of Arizona, responds to calls for sports boycotts of her state  —  In my 28 years of public service, I have made a lot of tough calls.  But with a federal government unwilling to secure our border for years and years, Arizona is left with little choice.

Brownie's back  —  As the Obama administration continues to wrestle with the Gulf oil spill, some have attempted to draw links between the administration's response to this catastrophe and that of President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina.  —  “This could become the Hurricane Katrina …

If Only the Tea Partiers Were More European  —  Sitting at breakfast last week in Oslo, I opened the newspaper Dagbladet and did a Tex Avery-like double take.  Is that a photograph of Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity and professional tax-hatin' bogeyman of the Rachel Maddow show, in a Norwegian newspaper?

In Afghanistan, the clock is ticking  —  The ticking clock does not disturb the preternatural serenity that Gen. David H. Petraeus maintains regarding Afghanistan.  Officially, the U.S. Central Command is located here; actually, it is wherever he is, which is never in one place for very long.

Cancers from Environment ‘Grossly Underestimated’  —  Daily Exposures Cause Far More Cancers Than Once Thought, a Presidential Panel Says  —  Environmental carcinogens are responsible for a far greater number of cancers than previously believed — a fact that suggests eradicating …

GOP mulls pay-go challenge to Wall Street reform legislation  —  Senate Republicans are plotting a budget point of order against the financial reform bill because it no longer complies with pay-as-you-go rules.  —  “This issue will undoubtedly be raised,” Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) told The Hill.