Faith Groups Seek Exclusion From Bias Rule  —  WASHINGTON — After a setback in the Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case, President Obama is facing mounting pressure from religious groups demanding to be excluded from his long-promised executive order that would bar discrimination against gay men …

Untamed Cruz refuses to play nice with GOP campaign arm  —  GOP hopes of corralling Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during the 2014 primary season are officially dead.  —  The defiant Republican's brutal criticism of Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-Miss.) reelection campaign on Tuesday …

Exclusive: Clooney responds to ‘Daily Mail’ report  —  I want to speak to the irresponsibility of Monday's Daily Mail report.  I seldom respond to tabloids, unless it involves someone else and their safety or well being.  The Daily Mail has printed a completely fabricated story …

Sarah Palin just joined the ‘impeach Obama’ crowd.  That's bad news for the GOP.  —  Sarah Palin on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of Republicans calling for the impeachment of President Obama, writing in a Breitbart op-ed that the influx of young illegal immigrants over the southern border …

Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On  —  The National Security Agency and FBI have covertly monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-Americans—including a political candidate and several civil rights activists, academics, and lawyers—under secretive procedures intended …

Why the GOP is holding its convention early  —  Republicans will hold their 2016 national convention more than a month earlier than their 2012 event for one simple reason: money.  —  Two years ago, Mitt Romney raised $1 billion but found himself out of cash that August due to campaign finance laws …

Spying Case Left Obama in Dark, U.S. Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — When President Obama placed a call to Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany last Thursday, he had a busy agenda: to consult with a close ally and to mobilize wavering Europeans to put more pressure on Russia to end its covert incursions in Ukraine.

The Bear meets a horse  —  The bear was on the loose on Tuesday evening — this time in Colorado.  —  President Barack Obama greeted supporters on a walk following dinner in downtown Denver, a night that resulted in shaking hands with a man in a horse mask, and shooting pool and drinking beers during …

Violent MS-13 Gang Members Leave Graffiti on Bathroom Walls of Nogales Border Patrol Processing Center  —  4.6K  —  SHARES  —  An internal Border Patrol executive summary obtained by Townhall confirms that at least 16 unaccompanied illegal minors (those under the age of 18 …

Man dies in Custer hot dog eating contest  —  What should have been a fun way to kick off the Fourth of July weekend quickly turned tragic for a Custer man who choked to death while trying to speedily eat hot dogs during a competitive eating contest.  —  The crowd at Way Park in Custer …

Four good reasons to watch Louisiana race this season  —  Lately it seems like every time I look around, the political news I am seeing is five myths about blank, five reasons for this and five things we learned about that.  God knows why there are never four or six — five seems to be the preferred number.

Yea, Oops, Nay: Voting Mistakes in Congress  —  If you make a mistake in the voting booth, chances are good that no one will ever know, unless you say so.  Members of the House of Representatives not only make voting errors, but they also own up to them in public to avoid the political fallout for taking an unpopular position.

A Window Opens Onto the Left-Wing Conspiracy  —  The Democracy Alliance is not a famous organization, but it deserves to be.  The Alliance consists of approximately 100 rich liberals who have taken upon themselves the task of coordinating America's many left-wing organizations to promote a single radical agenda.

Snowden applies to extend asylum in Russia - lawyer  —  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has filed an official petition to extend his asylum in Russia for another year.  He has been living in the country since taking 1.7 million intelligence files from various US agencies.

The Boehner Lawsuit Against Obama Is Beginning to Take Shape  —  A vote on the resolution to authorize the legal action is set for the week before August break.  —  Starting next week, House Republicans will launch a highly visible—and likely tumultuous—three-week process of bringing …

MENENDEZ ACCUSES CUBANS OF PEDDLING SCANDAL AS FBI CLOSES IN  —  The scandal surrounding Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) roared back to life late Monday evening with a new report from the Washington Post in which the senator's attorney accuses the Cuban government …