Health Secretary Resigns After Woes of HealthCare.gov  —  WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, is resigning, ending a stormy five-year tenure marred by the disastrous rollout of President Obama's signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act.

CBS Declares War on Heartland of America  —  RUSH: Do you really care what I think about that? (interruption) Do you care what I think of Colbert getting Letterman's gig? (interruption) You really care about what I think about that? (interruption) Well, I'll give you the short version.

Anger over last year's filibuster fight rekindles on Senate floor  —  Washington (CNN) - Fallout from last year's fight over filibuster rules in the Senate is still being felt on Capitol Hill.  —  Senators had hoped to finish their work and begin a two week spring recess Thursday but instead ran …

Why House conservatives will never topple John Boehner  —  Reason number one: They are terrible at this whole politics thing  —  H  —  ouse conservatives are apparently plotting another coup attempt against Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).

Miss. Republican Senate Candidate's Thoughts On Gays, Drugs, Libertarians  —  Mississippi Republican state senator Chris McDaniel, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran in GOP primary made these comment on his radio show The Right Side circa 2005 and 2006.

The Next Target: Condoleezza Rice  —  Having won a victory against one brilliant black woman, the Tolerance Brigade is now moving onto another.  Enter the “Drop Dropbox” campaign: … This campaign makes pretty much no sense.  The authors start out by explaining that “Condoleezza Rice is both an …

Memo to John Kerry: Stay strong on the Middle East  —  Wading into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not for the weak-hearted.  —  Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, and Secretary of State John Kerry speak to the media before meeting privately at the U.S. State Department.

When the French clock off at 6pm, they really mean it  —  A new labour agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses' work emails once they are out of the office and relaxing at home - even on their smartphones  —  Just in case you weren't jealous enough of the French already …

Nobody Blames Doctors for High Medical Costs.  That's About to Change.  —  Policy wonks across the country were pretty excited on Wednesday.  You should be too—particularly if you think health care in America has gotten too expensive.  —  The reason for the celebration was a massive release …

Tax Revenue Rockets Up, Helping Lessen the Deficit, Treasury Department Says  —  The economy may be plodding along.  But business is booming for Uncle Sam.  —  The Treasury Department said on Thursday that the federal budget deficit for the first half of the 2014 fiscal year totaled $413 billion …

Reports: ‘Shoe’ thrown at Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas  —  Hillary Clinton is a pro at ducking 2016 questions.  She's apparently also good at ducking shoes.  —  A woman threw what appeared to be a shoe at the former secretary of state in Las Vegas, but the potential presidential contender moved …

Here's What I Would Have Said at Brandeis  —  We need to make our universities temples not of dogmatic orthodoxy, but of truly critical thinking.  —  On Tuesday, after protests by students, faculty and outside groups, Brandeis University revoked its invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive …

China Waits for an Apology  —  BEIJING — In 1970, when China was in the grip of the Cultural Revolution, Zhang Hongbing, a 16-year-old in Guzhen, a county in Anhui Province, made a fateful decision.  During a family debate that year, his mother, Fang Zhongmou, had criticized Mao Zedong for his cult of personality.

Justice Dept. Accuses Albuquerque Police of Excessive Force  —  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — At least 37 times in the last four years, police officers here have responded to threats with bullets, killing 23 people and injuring 14 others.  On Thursday, the Justice Department weighed in with a scathing assessment …