Why are Americans confused about Obama's religion?  —  Fresh from a controversy over his views on evolution, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is now involved in a controversy over his views, or lack of them, on President Obama's religion.  On Saturday, two Washington Post reporters asked Walker …

Oscars speeches filled with political activism, pet issues  —  Much of the chatter going into the Oscars was about the lack of diversity in the Academy's choices, specifically the dearth of nominations for “Selma.”  —  But while there were plenty of references to racial justice during the ceremony …

Concerns Mount as Homeland Security Shutdown Looks Likely  —  WASHINGTON — The notion that Congress might actually shut down the Department of Homeland Security as part of a broader fight over President Obama's immigration policies seemed laughable just a few weeks ago.  —  Literally.

Seven in 10 Americans Continue to View Israel Favorably  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Even as relations between the leaders of Israel and the United States reportedly deteriorate over disagreement about how to handle Iran's nuclear program, Israel has retained its broadly favorable image in the U.S. over the past year.

Obama Derangement Syndrome  —  In 2003, the conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer diagnosed a new affliction in some of George W. Bush's fiercest critics.  He described the condition as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency …

Obama Open to Letting Transgender Americans Serve in Military  —  The Obama administration is open to allowing transgender Americans to serve in the military, the White House said Monday.  —  Press secretary Josh Earnest said that President Barack Obama agrees with his new Secretary …

Patriot Games  —  Glenn Reynolds may be pulling one of the better Poe's Law fast ones here, but it sure looks like the guy is saying (in his always baffling weekly USA Today column, how he keeps that I'll never know) that, rather than questioning President Obama's patriotism …

Rudy Giuliani: My Bluntness Overshadowed My Message  —  Whether you agreed with me or not, I hope this can be the basis of a real conversation about national leadership.  —  There has been no shortage of news coverage—and criticism—regarding comments I made about President Obama at a political gathering last week in New York.

McConnell fails to deliver  —  After a terrible, bone-breaking accident and two eye surgeries, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the former Senate Majority Leader, is scheduled to be back on Capitol Hill this week.  —  Somehow the bruised Reid looks good compared to the new Republican Majority Leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.).

Knowledge Isn't Power  —  Regular readers know that I sometimes mock “very serious people” — politicians and pundits who solemnly repeat conventional wisdom that sounds tough-minded and realistic.  The trouble is that sounding serious and being serious are by no means the same thing …

Special report: Records show Gov. Jindal spent half of 2014 outside of Louisiana; view governor's expenses, activities  —  Frequent flier  —  The day one of Louisiana's levee boards filed an environmental damages lawsuit against 97 oil and gas companies, which would become the biggest issue during …

Walker's anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin  —  KING, Wis. — At the old union hall here on a recent afternoon, Terry Magnant sat at the head of a table surrounded by 18 empty chairs.  A members meeting had been scheduled to start a half-hour earlier, but the small house …

Documents show the expensive tastes of Jeb Bush's low-key wife  —  In 1999, Columba Bush, the famously private wife of then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was detained and fined by federal customs officials for misrepresenting the amount of clothing and jewelry she had bought while on a solo five-day shopping spree in Paris.

The liberal media won't tell people that Joe Biden is a moron  —  If Biden was a Republican, would the media have laughed off his molestation of Stephanie Carter?  —  It was just another Tuesday for the vice president of the United States, and another week in which the mainstream media turned …

Louisiana Governor: ISIS threat reveals Obama's failure as commander in chief  —  President Obama has shown the country that he is incapable of being commander-in-chief of the United States of America.  One of the defining military challenges of our time is the spread of radical Islamist terrorism …

Why People Probably Won't Pay to Keep Their Web History Secret  —  AT&T is conducting an experiment in how much money Americans will pay for privacy.  If consumers in Kansas are willing to pay an extra $30 per month for super-fast fiber-optic Internet access, the telecom giant won't track their online browsing for targeted ads.