Shutdown of Homeland Security averted as Pelosi comes to rescue  —  A partial government shutdown was narrowly avoided late Friday evening as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a surprise move to back legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for one week.

Peter King: 'I've Had It with This Self-Righteous, Delusional Wing' of the GOP  —  Republican Congressman Peter King said today that he's incredibly frustrated with the “self-righteous, delusional” wing of his party that may shut down the Department of Homeland Security because they're …

Jeb Bush Backers Are Busing Supporters From K Street to CPAC  —  It sounds like Jeb Bush's supporters are taking CPAC pretty seriously this year.  Emails provided to Slate show that backers of the former Florida governor are busing supporters from downtown Washington D.C. to CPAC in National Harbor …

Sheriff Who Fought To Nullify The ACA Raising Money Online For Medical Bills  —  Hello, chickens coming home to roost!  Long-time readers of C&L should be pretty familiar with Richard Mack, crazy Arizona sheriff who was last seen in public visiting the White House, while supporters outside called for President Obama's lynching.

White House Offers Rebuttal Before Netanyahu's Speech  —  WASHINGTON — Just four days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress, the Obama administration sought on Friday to refute the Israeli leader's expected critique, arguing that he has failed …

The Shuttle Enterprise  —  In 1976, NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from the ‘Star Trek’ television series.  —  From left to right they are: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher …

First Photo Of ‘Jihadi John’ As Adult Revealed  —  The first known photograph has emerged of Mohammed Emwazi - the Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” - as an adult.  —  Showing him with a goatee beard and wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap, the image is revealed …

Missouri's Constitution Now Allows Felons To Possess Firearms  —  It was inevitable that this would happen when the Constitution is slanted in order to fit an extreme agenda.  —  It all started in 2014, when the Missouri General Assembly asked voters to approve a constitutional amendment that said …

Former US Rep. Rick Renzi reports to prison for 3-year term  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi reported to a federal prison in West Virginia on Friday to begin serving a three-year sentence for corruption, money laundering and other convictions.

New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden's Secret Ties With Iran  —  This week, prosecutors in New York introduced eight documents recovered in Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan as evidence in the trial of a terrorism suspect.  The U.S. government accuses Abid Naseer of taking part in al Qaeda's scheme …

Snow(den) blind: Libertarians' telling ‘hero’  —  Edward Snowden speaks via video at the 2014 Personal Democracy Forum in New York City.  —  From time to time in American life, the federal government's overreach creates the circumstances for a populist libertarian critique that ends up taking the form of a campaign for the presidency.

Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead  —  A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say.  —  An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin, police say.