The Cruz Campaign Against ObamaCare  —  The freshman Texas Senator volunteers House Republicans for duty on his implausible defunding gambit.  —  So House Republicans have passed and sent to the Senate a budget that includes no funding for the Affordable Care Act, setting up a political showdown …

‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful  —  It could leave up to 500,000 children without coverage and cost some families thousands of dollars.  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON — A “family glitch” in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars …

Boys suspended for airsoft guns in yard  —  Has zero tolerance gone too far?  —  (1/7)Andy Fox reports on zero tolerance incident at VB middle school  —  (2/7)Andy Fox reports on VB 7th grader facing expulsion  —  (3/7)Andy Fox reports on zero gun tolerance at VB schools

Facing government shutdown, Obama's party can't bank on 1996 mythology  —  Convention says Republicans got blamed for the last shutdowns, helping Clinton win in 1996.  In reality, it was the economy, stupid  —  We are less than a week from a possible government shutdown …

Police: Missouri House staffer left loaded gun in Capitol restroom  —  • By Elizabeth Crisp ecrisp@post-dispatch.com 573-556-6186  —  A Missouri House staffer allegedly left a loaded gun in a public restroom in the state Capitol last week.  —  According to a Capitol Police incident report …

Nancy Pelosi Confuses Constitution With Declaration of Independence  —  Speaking last Wednesday at the Center for American Progress (CAP), Democratic Leader of the House Nancy Pelosi became a little confused at one point, stumbling over her words and flipping through her notes while referencing …

Obama Says He Will Pursue Diplomacy on Iran and Syria  —  President Obama said on Tuesday that Iran's diplomatic overture in recent weeks could provide a foundation for an agreement on its nuclear program, but he warned that “conciliatory words will have to be matched by actions that are transparent and verifiable.”

AIG CEO: Anger over AIG bonuses ‘just as bad’ as lynchings  —  AIG's CEO Robert Benmosche — who came in to rescue the company after the 2008 financial crisis — told the Wall Street Journal that the outrage over the bonuses promised to AIG's members was just as bad as when white supremacists …

Rubio Withdraws Support for Gay Black Judge's Nomination to the Federal Bench  —  MIAMI — The nomination of a gay black Miami judge to the federal bench will not move forward after Senator Marco Rubio announced he was withdrawing his support over concerns about the judge's actions in two criminal cases.

Trader Lost Millions Apparently Trying To Manipulate Intrade Data To Favor Mitt Romney  —  A new study reveals that a single trader may have been responsible for making the race seem closer than it really was in the final stretch to Election Day.  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses …

Engineering Bigotry?  —  The articles in Prism, the magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education, focus on new research and teaching ideas.  And the magazine periodically writes about efforts to diversify engineering.  —  Many readers of Prism were shocked this month …

Catholic College Rescinds Invitation to Speaker Defending Same-Sex Marriage  —  Providence College, a Roman Catholic school in Rhode Island, has canceled a lecture in support of same-sex marriage on Thursday by a gay philosophy professor, citing a church document that says that …

Did Lynne Cheney tell Alan Simpson ‘shut your mouth?’  —  Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney and mother of U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney, on Saturday night told former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson “shut your mouth” about his support for her daughter's opponent …