Donald Trump drops F-bombs on Las Vegas crowd  —  Donald Trump on Thursday dropped a barrage of F-bombs at a massive Las Vegas rally where he blasted the president repeatedly and slammed politicians as “blood suckers.”  —  “Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people,” …

Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia  —  The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots.  And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights.  —  White House officials have banished one of the best political reporters in the country …

Titles announced for Prince William and Catherine Middleton  —  THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN  —  The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince William of Wales.  His titles will be Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.

Exclusive: New Democratic money group to take on Republicans  —  Democrats with ties to the Obama White House on Friday are launching a two-pronged fundraising effort aimed at countering deep-pocketed GOP groups in 2012 — and adopting some of the same policies on unlimited …

Deferments Helped Trump Dodge Vietnam  —  How the presidential aspirant avoided fighting for his country … Despite Donald Trump's claim this week that he avoided serving in the Vietnam War solely due to a high draft number, Selective Service records show that the purported presidential …

In U.S., Negative Views of the Tea Party Rise to New High  —  Republicans and conservatives are the most positive  —  PRINCETON, NJ — About half of Americans, 47%, now have an unfavorable image of the Tea Party movement, the highest since it emerged on the national scene.

How the journalist prom got out of control  —  On Thursday, the Washington Post editorializes that Donald Trump has been campaigning on “bogus” issues and that he should “cease and desist.”  An article in the news pages the same day reports that the great orange charlatan's “simply wild speculation” has “almost no basis in fact.”

Obama's Silence on Boeing Is Unacceptable  —  The president's appointees have moved to block the company from building planes in my state.  He owes us an explanation.  —  In October 2009, Boeing, long one of the best corporations in America, made an announcement that changed the economic outlook …

Debt ceiling: More Democrats threaten to vote against raising borrowing limit  —  A growing number of Democrats are threatening to defy the White House over the national debt, joining Republican calls for deficit cuts as a requirement for consenting to lift the country's borrowing limit.

Video: Paul Ryan Gets Standing Ovation at Town Hall Meeting  —  Greenfield, Wisc.  —  Paul Ryan received a standing ovation Thursday afternoon during the Q&A part of his meeting with constituents at a high school auditorium in a suburb of Milwaukee.  —  Ryan faced a larger number of hecklers …

Patrick defends House health bill  —  Governor Deval Patrick chided labor leaders yesterday for comparing the House plan to curb collective bargaining rights to a tougher law passed recently in Wisconsin.  —  “It's very important that we dial down the rhetoric,” he said.  “This is not Wisconsin.

Obama's Approval Ratings Down In Latest Poll  —  NH Voters Would Pick Romney Over Obama  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — A struggling economy and concerns over health care are taking their toll on President Barack Obama's job approval numbers in New Hampshire.  —  According to the latest WMUR …

What is it about twin girls born day after Obama?  —  Today, Barack Obama blinked - releasing birth records he has hired lawyers to prevent the public from seeing, even at the expense of allowing U.S. Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin to be court-martialed and sent to prison for having dared ask questions …

Huckabee decision will shape GOP presidential race  —  Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork  —  The shape of the Republican presidential race depends on Mike Huckabee.  The primary season will be one kind of contest with the former Arkansas governor in the race, and another without him.

Storms Kill Over 250 Americans In States Represented By Climate Pollution Deniers … “Given that global warming is unequivocal,” climate scientist Kevin Trenberth cautioned the American Meteorological Society in January of this year, “the null hypothesis should be that all weather events …

Conservative Congressman's Star Power Extends Beyond Florida District  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Often, the most interesting thing about a person is the characteristic that lies beneath, that hidden thing that bobs up along the waves of time.  —  But the most compelling part …

The Campaign Waiting for Mitch Daniels  —  After Indiana's legislature gavels to a close today, Mitch Daniels will enter the final phase of his decision-making process about whether to run for the presidency in 2012.  But unlike some of the contenders who decided against a run in part …

VIP crowd heads to shuttle launch  —  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL — Despite a patch of stormy weather that pushed back operations late Thursday night, the Space Shuttle Endeavour is on track for a 3:47 p.m. launch, with hundreds of thousands of onlookers packed into Brevard County for the shuttle program's penultimate launch.

Joe Stiglitz and Joe Gagnon Debate QEII  —  During the Future of the Federal Reserve event there was an interesting back-and-forth between Joe Stiglitz and Joe Gagnon in their respective talks and the Q&A about the merits of QEII.  I edited down their remarks into this video:

CBS Reporter Recounts a ‘Merciless’ Assault  —  Lara Logan thought she was going to die in Tahrir Square when she was sexually assaulted by a mob on the night that Hosni Mubarak's government fell in Cairo.  —  Ms. Logan, a CBS News correspondent, was in the square preparing a report for …