Will Boehner risk the Tea Party's wrath over DHS funding?  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is back in a familiar spot: between a rock and a hard place.  —  The Senate appears poised to send the House a “clean” bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), free …

Is the FCC lawless?  —  This Thursday, Feb. 26, will be a fateful day for the future of the Internet.  In the nearly 40 years that I have been involved in communications law and policy, including serving as the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) associate general counsel, this action …

Netanyahu Invites Arab Diplomats to His Big Speech—and Gets Rejected  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to meet with a group of ardently pro-Israel Democratic senators next week in Washington, but he very much wants to see the faces of Arab ambassadors in the audience during his controversial address to Congress.

Rev. Graham: America is ‘Morally Crumbling Within ... We Have Turned Our Back on God’  —  “Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has taken a lot of heat from the media for his remark that he's not sure if President Obama really loves America,” said Rev. Graham in a Feb. 24 Facebook post.

New Clinton Foundation flap for Bill, Hillary  —  Ethics reviews came easy at Hillary Clinton's State Department, exclusive documents show.  —  Less than a year after Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, former President Bill Clinton asked the State Department to approve a paid …

Dr. Fiore is in: Cancer is a fungus that can be flushed out!  —  I think we should start a betting pool on just how many insane effusions will come out of Assemblywoman Michele Fiore's mouth every week.  —  Last week it was the “hot little girls” on campus remark to the paper of record.

Research Shows White Privilege Is Real  —  NEW HAVEN — THE recent reunion show for the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” re-aired a portion of Eddie Murphy's 1984 classic “White Like Me” skit, in which he disguised himself to appear Caucasian and quickly learned that …

Does the US really want another Bush?  —  The 2016 Republican presidential field, we are told, will be made up of adults, as compared to the clown car that was the 2012 field.  But as Roger Simon recently noted, “the Republican Party's clown car has become a clown van.”

University of Colorado settles with student accused of sexual assault  —  A University of Colorado Boulder student has settled with the university after filing a lawsuit alleging mishandling of the investigation into whether he sexually assaulted another student.

Adam Baldwin Could Have Been the Latest Victim of the Censorious Left  —  Mainstream “geek culture” media have been frothing at the mouth this month because Supanova, an Australian convention for sci-fi, comic, anime and gaming fans, has refused to rescind actor Adam Baldwin's invitation to appear …

Can Democrats Ever Win Back State Legislatures?  —  One group is putting $70 million on it happening in the next five years.  —  Caring about the 2016 presidential race is so over; now all the cool kids are watching 2020.  —  Since 2008, Democrats have lost control of 30 state legislative chambers …

Senior State Dept. official arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor  —  EXCLUSIVE: A senior State Department official in charge of federal counterterrorism programs was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor, Fox News has learned.

Behind ‘the Disappeared’ of Chicago's Homan Square  —  The Guardian's Spencer Ackerman published a scathing account of Homan Square in Chicago on Tuesday, detailing a ‘black site’ in which Guantanamo-esque interrogation techniques are used to question suspected criminals.

50 years after Selma, John Lewis on unfinished business  —  Shannon Rae Green, Darr Beiser, Paulo Fugen  —  WASHINGTON — John Lewis rubs the scar, still visible on his forehead, from the blow of a nightstick as Alabama state troopers assaulted the civil-rights marchers he was leading across …

Former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won't run for U.S. Senate  —  Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Tuesday that he would not enter the race for Barbara Boxer's seat in the U.S. Senate, leaving state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris as the only major candidate.

Ron Paul: Black Caucus Only Against War Because They Want That Money For Food Stamps  —  “They are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps for people here.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Former Republican Rep. Ron Paul, the father of potential presidential candidate Rand Paul …

Federal Officials Close Investigation Into Death of Trayvon Martin  —  The Justice Department announced today that the independent federal investigation found insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.