Paul Ryan: Inner City Comments Had “Nothing to Do Whatsoever With Race”  —  ** EXCLUSIVE ** Ryan: Poverty Discussion Had Nothing to do with Race.  After comments Wednesday morning on Bill Bennett's radio show Morning in America, Rep. Paul Ryan explained Wednesday afternoon that his discussion with Bennett had “nothing” to do with race.

Karl Rove: GOP, Beware of Tuesday's Victory  —  David Jolly's Florida win shows that opposition to ObamaCare alone won't be enough in November.

Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours  —  Engine Data Suggest Malaysia Flight Was Airborne Long After Radar Disappearance, U.S. Investigators Say  —  U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for about four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location …

2 dead after car crashes into SXSW crowd  —  According to Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, an APD officer who is part of a DWI task force attempted to stop a driver of a gray Toyota sedan at a Shell gas station on the Interstate 35 frontage road.

Despite vows of help, White House withholds thousands of documents from Senate CIA probe  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has been withholding for five years more than 9,000 top-secret documents sought by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for its investigation into the now-defunct CIA detention …

So how many have paid ACA premiums?  —  'I can't tell you because I don't know that.  We don't collect it,' Sebelius says.  AP Photo  —  Close  —  The White House insists it doesn't know how many people are fully enrolled in Obamacare, but insurers say they've handed over enough data …

Longer mandate delay for some who saw health plans canceled  —  The Obama administration is allowing some people with canceled health plans to avoid penalties under the individual mandate for an additional two years.  —  The little noticed change, first reported by The Wall Street Journal …

Business groups stunned as Obama gives millions overtime  —  Business groups and congressional Republicans are blasting regulations President Obama will announce Thursday that could extend overtime pay to as many as 10 million workers who are now ineligible for it.

Americans Stick With Obamacare as Opposition Burns Bright  —  President Barack Obama's health-care law is becoming more entrenched, with 64 percent of Americans now supporting it outright or backing small changes.  —  Even so, the fervor of the opposition shows no sign of abating …

Russia Massing Military Forces Near Border With Ukraine  —  MOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry announced new military operations in several regions near the Ukrainian border on Thursday, even as Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany warned the Kremlin to abandon the politics of the 19th …

Release Detail  —  March 13, 2014 - Clinton Up As Obama, Christie Crash In Iowa, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Democrat Braley Leads In U.S. Senate Race  —  In an early look at the 2016 presidential race in Iowa, Secretary Clinton leads Gov. Christie 48 - 35 percent, reversing a 45 …

Missouri Man Who Accidentally Shot Himself Sues Police For Taking His Guns  —  A Kearney, Mo. man who accidentally shot himself in November decided to sue the town's police department for seizing his firearms, the Kearney Courier reported Thursday.  —  Terry Coleman accidentally discharged …

Piers Morgan's guest explains to him why he lost his CNN show: because he was rude  —  There's been a lot of debate about why Piers Morgan lost his CNN talk show.  A couple of days ago the comedian Chelsea Handler gave him a definitive explanation.  Piers was “interviewing” her …

Rescue Effort in East Harlem Yields Only More Victims  —  Firefighters worked through a bitterly cold night searching for survivors in the wreckage of two buildings in East Harlem that were leveled in a powerful explosion, but as dawn broke on Thursday, the rescuers had found only more victims.

In narrow vote, Senate backs ending early voting on weekends  —  By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison — After being blocked by Democrats a day earlier, Republican state senators narrowly approved bills Wednesday to end weekend voting before elections …