Cain, Gingrich blast Occupy Wall Street protests  —  Herman Cain charged Sunday that groups sympathetic to President Obama were ginning up the Occupy Wall Street protests to take attention away from the administration's policies.  —  Cain, the GOP presidential candidate …

Could this time have been different?  —  (KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS) Christina Romer had traveled to Chicago to perform an unpleasant task: she needed to scare her new boss.  David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top political adviser, had been very clear about that.

American Spectator Editor Admits to Being Agent Provocateur at D.C. Museum  —  The following photograph taken by opednews.com shows a confrontation in the lobby of the National Air and Space Museum between two individuals and an officer shortly before video shows officers …

Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen, found that it would be lawful only if it were not feasible to take him alive …

Brown signs California Dream Act  —  The law grants illegal immigrants access to state aid at public universities and colleges.  It is one of 50 education-related bills weighed by the governor.  —  Reporting from Sacramento— Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday granted illegal immigrants access …

Perry's immigration problem  —  It's safe to say Rick Perry has given up his perch as the Republican presidential frontrunner.  In fact, the apparent collapse happened rather suddenly, with a debate in Florida marking the pivot point.  Almost immediately, the question in GOP circles went from …

Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home  —  Guns illegally purchased under the ATF operation were found in April hidden in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, court records show.  —  Reporting from Washington— High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under …

An Ugly Forecast That's Been Right Before  —  LET'S face it: economic forecasting is an act of sheer hubris.  Which, of course, only incites people to do it.  —  Multimedia  —  The stock market offers its predictions, and, occasionally, it's even right.

200 suicide bombers ‘planning attacks in UK’  —  At least 200 potential terrorists are actively planning suicide attacks while living freely in Britain, intelligence chiefs have warned ministers.  —  Court artist's impression of Irfan Nasser, left, and Irfan Khalid, right, who were arrested over an alleged UK suicide bombing plot

The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good  —  David Leonhardt is The New York Times Washington bureau chief.  —  UNDERNEATH the misery of the Great Depression, the United States economy was quietly making enormous strides during the 1930s.  Television and nylon stockings were invented.

Values Voter straw poll organizers suggest a fix in Ron Paul's win  —  Rep. Ron Paul scored a decisive victory Saturday in a mock presidential election at the Values Voter Summit, trouncing fellow Texan, Gov. Rick Perry, but an organizer of the straw poll suggested ballot-stuffing may have skewed the results.

What to do with a ‘top-tier’ candidate  —  Republican Herman Cain boasted the other day that he's a “top-tier” presidential candidate, and the rest of the GOP field is afraid “that this long shot may not be a long shot any longer.”  —  At a certain level, I suppose there's some truth to this.

Eco-friendly festival can't sustain itself  —  The New World Festival of Eco-Friendly Science and Technology in Santa Monica shuts down after lackluster attendance.  Vendors are worried they won't get paid.  —  It was the first New World Festival of Eco-Friendly Science and Technology and quite possibly the last.

Cain: Racism doesn't hold blacks back  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain argued that racism is not a professional barrier for African-Americans on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday.  —  His answer came in response to a question in which host Candy Crowley suggested that Cain …