Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In  —  An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly-esteemed) Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation, the world's leading breast-cancer research advocacy group …

Romney poised to roll, poll shows  —  A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP caucuses.  —  Romney wins support from 45 percent of Nevada Republicans who said they plan to participate in the caucuses …

Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?  —  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.  But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran militarily over the next few months.

Obama: I Pushed Dodd-Frank And Health Care Reform Because Of Christ  —  At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama grounds his controversial policies in the Bible.  Tax hikes for rich “[coincide] with Jesus's teaching.”  —  Source: cache.daylife.com  —  President Barack Obama has been taking lumps …

Why Obama should be worried  —  To hear Democrats (and much of the media) tell it, President Barack Obama is a man on the rebound.  The president turned in a strong State of the Union speech, picked a smart political fight over taxing the rich and authorized another heroic Navy SEAL mission in terrorist territory.

For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider  —  RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.

Rep. Shuler to retire, faced tough 2012 race  —  Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will not run for reelection to the House, three sources with knowledge of his plans confirmed to The Hill.  —  One of the last remaining members of the Blue Dog Coalition, Shuler was hit by congressional redistricting …

A failed ‘Fast and Furious’ whitewash  —  Today's Capitol Hill hearing on the “Fast and Furious” mess promises drama that may well rival the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings or gangland chieftain Frank Costello's memorable 1951 testimony in front of Sen. Estes Kefauver's hearings on organized crime.

Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, 6 more weeks of winter  —  At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa.  —  According to folklore, Phil's sighting …

What does Obama do all day?  —  What does he do all day?  Are you impressed with the impression of President Obama left by Ryan Lizza's “Obama Memos” piece in the New Yorker?  His decision-making method-at least as described in the piece-seems to consist mainly of checking boxes on memos his aides have written for him. ...

Military cuts would be spared under GOP senators' pitch  —  Senate Republicans on Thursday offered a plan to delay for a year more than $1 trillion in mandatory cuts - half of which would come from the Pentagon — by trimming the federal workforce and extending a pay freeze for federal employees imposed by the Obama administration.

Why Obama Is Right to Withdraw From Afghanistan Early  —  Hastening America's exit will be painful, and undercuts years of U.S. efforts, but it's our least bad choice in this doomed war.  —  Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands during a joint news conference in Kabul / Reuters

White House: No Plan to Change Policy on Birth Control Coverage  —  The White House said Thursday it has no plans to reverse course on its decision to require that all employers cover contraception in their insurance plans, despite a wave of criticism from Republicans and Catholic leaders.

Indiana Smites Unions  —  Yesterday, with Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature, Indiana became the 23d state, and the very first (other than Indiana itself during a brief period ending in 1965) in the industrial northeast and midwest, to enact “right-to-work” legislation—or as folk in the labor movement call it …

Have Democrats Succeeded in Pre-Destroying Romney?  —  Inside the left's little-noticed, relentless, brutally effective campaign to tear down the Republican front-runner in advance of the general election.  —  Tuesday's installment of the left's crusade to destroy Mitt Romney began like this …

GOP highway spending bill ‘the worst,’ Ray LaHood says  —  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday the House GOP's highway spending plan is “the worst transportation bill” he's seen in decades.  —  “This is the most partisan transportation bill that I have ever seen,” LaHood said in an exclusive interview with POLITICO.