Murkowski's gay marriage views ‘evolving’  —  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowsk (R-Alaska) talks to a constituent before entering the Bear Mountain Grill in Eagle River on Wednesday, March 27 in Eagle River, where she addressed the Chugiak-Eagle River Chamber of Commerce.

How Gay Marriage Won  —  Eager to be eyewitnesses to history, people camped for days in the dismal cold, shivering in the slanting shadow of the Capitol dome, to claim tickets for the Supreme Court's historic oral arguments on same-sex marriage.  Some hoped that the Justices would extend marriage rights …

The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare’  —  And why the fight is far from over.  —  A few minutes after the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding President Obama's health care law last summer, a senior adviser to Mitch McConnell walked into the Senate Republican leader's office to gauge his reaction.

Newtown gunman Adam Lanza fired 155 bullets in less than five minutes, prosecutor says  —  Adam Lanza fired 155 bullets in less than five minutes on the day he killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, investigators said Thursday in the first detailed account …

Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers  —  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.

Boehner: House GOP deserves credit for Senate Keystone vote  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is making the case that House Republicans pushed the Senate into last week's symbolic vote supporting the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.  —  Boehner issued a memo Thursday listing …

What the GOP Autopsy Proves  —  The RNC's report on the state of the Republican Party was resoundingly on point.  Stuart Stevens, Mitt Romney's chief 2012 strategist, on how to fix the phony debates and the troubling influence of corporate money.  —  The Republican National Committee's …

Report: Right-Wing Extremists Are ‘Highly Engaged’ With GOP On Twitter  —  A new report out Thursday finds that right-wing extremists on Twitter are “highly engaged” with the mainstream conservative movement and the Republican Party and highlights the role the GOP has to play in countering their more violent fans.

Steubenville's Former NAACP President Says Rape Victim Was Drunk And Willing [EXCLUSIVE]  —  This story has been corrected.  Royal Mayo is no longer the president of the Steubenville chapter of the NAACP, a post he left in late 2010.  He is currently a member of the group's Ohio executive committee …

A nation suckered  —  Bilking billions from the government  —  No doubt you were shocked, shocked to learn that Jeffrey Hillman, the “barefoot beggar” who famously received a free pair of boots from a kindly NYPD cop, turned out to be a scam artist who preys on the kindness of strangers …

Most Say Illegal Immigrants Should Be Allowed to Stay, But Citizenship Is More Divisive  —  OVERVIEW  —  A new survey finds that seven-in-ten Americans (71%) say there should be a way for people in the United States illegally to remain in this country if they meet certain requirements …

A Michigan RNC Committeeman Wants You to Know the Truth About “Filthy” Homosexuality  —  Parade goers dance prior to the start of the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on March 2, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.  —  Dave Agema is a Republican National Commiteeman from Michigan …

U.S. says it sent B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea  —  The United States said Thursday, March 28, that it flew stealth bombers over South Korea to participate in annual military exercises amid spiking tensions with North Korea.  Pictured, a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over South Korea's western port city of Pyeongtaek.

Gone nuts: Dale Peterson, gun-toting ag commission candidate, stole cashews in Hoover, cops say (video)  —  HOOVER, Alabama - The tough-on-crime former Republican candidate for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner is in trouble with the law - for the second time in less than six months.

Obama finding ways to wield power without executive orders  —  President Obama could wind up issuing fewer executive orders than any two-term president in a century, records show.  —  Obama has often exerted the power of his office in pursuit of his agenda, drawing charges from Republicans …

A Republican Left Turn?  —  If the Republican Party concedes defeat in the culture war, as a number of commentators on the right and the left argue it should, what what will happen to the conservative coalition?  Can hard-line stands on social issues be set aside?

Laffer and Moore: The Red-State Path to Prosperity  —  Blue states with high taxes are struggling to compete for businesses and workers.  —  You can tell a lot about prosperity in America by observing the places people are moving to and where they are packing up and moving from.