White House intruder was tackled by off-duty Secret Service agent  —  The man who jumped over the White House fence and sprinted through the main floor of the mansion could have gotten even farther had it not been for an off-duty Secret Service agent who was coincidentally in the house and leaving for the night.

BREAKING: Republican Judge Orders Obamacare Defunded  —  Much of the Affordable Care Act must be defunded and millions of Americans must lose their health insurance, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Judge Ronald A. White, an Oklahoma federal judge appointed to the bench by George W. Bush.

CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US  —  The United States has its first confirmed case of the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, marking the first domestic appearance of the deadly virus that has ravaged swaths of continental Africa.

Mitt Isn't Ready to Call It Quits  —  “Hey, Ann, can you come here a sec?”  Mitt Romney called out, sinking into the cushions of a walnut-colored easy chair, his legs outstretched on a matching ottoman.  Romney's blue work shirt was tucked into faded jeans; sockless ankles peeked out from his New Balance sneakers.

Referees flag Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for celebration penalty after slide and prayer in endzone  —  Husain Abdullah is a devout Muslim.  He's also a safety for the Chiefs, and he made a promise to himself if he ever did find himself in the end zone.  —  “If I get a pick …

FCC sacks NFL blackout rule  —  The FCC dumped the sports blackout rule Tuesday, dealing a blow to the NFL at a time of growing scrutiny for the league in Washington.  —  In a unanimous 5- vote, the commission eliminated the decades-old regulation, which prevents cable and satellite TV …

This Is What's the Matter With Kansas  —  Sam Brownback tried to create a conservative utopia.  He created a conservative hell instead.  —  The midterm elections of 2010 were good for Republicans nearly everywhere, but amid the national Tea Party insurgency, it was easy to overlook the revolution that was brewing in Kansas.

Reid, Daschle feud erupts  —  Simmering tensions between Harry Reid and Tom Daschle are erupting into an all-out feud.  —  Daschle is expressing frustration with the Senate majority leader (D-Nev.) for refusing to endorse Rick Weiland, a former Daschle aide who is running for the South Dakota seat held …

White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths  —  The White House has acknowledged for the first time that strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes will not apply to U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq.

My Gun Range is a Muslim Free Zone  —  The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range is now a a MUSLIM FREE ZONE.  —  To understand why I arrived at this decision, you must first take in to consideration the nature of my business.  —  This is not a coffee and donut shop.  This is a live fire indoor shooting range.

How Americans' Lives Have Turned Into All Work And No Play, In 3 Charts  —  American workers are putting in more and more hours each week, as the supposedly 40-hour workweek has stretched to 47 hours.  At the same time, they're getting very little paid time off of work to recharge.

The new campus sex puritans  —  Sixty years ago, sexual behaviour among the young caused deep alarm among the puritanical religious right.  Today, it causes deep alarm among the puritanical progressive left.  Like their forebears, they are doing their best to restrict and regulate it.

Why it might be time to sell that Rand Paul stock  —  Sen. Rand Paul's best window for winning the 2016 Republican presidential nomination increasingly looks like it has passed.  —  A lot can happen over the next 18 months, but the renewed focus on foreign policy — and more specifically …

Large Oil Company Bolts From ALEC  —  Occidental Petroleum is cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council amid backlash against the organization's stance on climate change.  —  A large oil and natural-gas company is parting ways with the American Legislative Exchange Council.

The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil  —  Paglia is the author of Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars.  —  Young women today do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature  —  The disappearance of University …

Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound  —  Abstract  —  This paper re-examines government debt management policy in light of the U.S. experience with extraordinary fiscal and monetary policies since 2008.  —  We first document that the Treasury's decision to lengthen …