Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation as Russians Pressed for Control of Uranium Company  —  The headline in Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir V. Putin's latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when the newspaper served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.”

Obama: ‘I Take Full Responsibility’ For US Operation That Killed Innocent Hostages Held By Al Qaeda … President Obama said today that he takes “full responsibility” for a U.S. government counterterrorism operation that killed two innocent hostages held by al Qaeda.

I'm Holding Firm Against Gay Marriage  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — THE debate over religious liberty in America presents conservatives and business leaders with a crucial choice.  —  In Indiana and Arkansas, large corporations recently joined left-wing activists to bully elected officials …

McCain: Rand Paul ‘Worst Possible Candidate’ On National Security  —  Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Wednesday took a jab at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and his presidential run, declaring Paul to be the worst Republican on security issues.  —  “Sen. Paul is the worst possible candidate of the 20 …

Marco Rubio takes lead in Sheldon Adelson primary  —  The billionaire casino mogul is drawn to the Florida senator's life story and hawkish foreign policy views.  —  Before Iowa and New Hampshire, GOP candidates are competing in the Sheldon Adelson primary, and some will travel …

China Warns North Korean Nuclear Threat Is Rising  —  Pyongyang could double nuclear-weapons arsenal by next year, according to latest Beijing estimates  —  North Korea's nuclear arsenal may be larger than previously thought.  Chinese nuclear experts have revised their estimates on how many warheads that country is building.

Obamacare, Hands Off My Medicare  —  A number of factors underpin the anti-redistributionist shift in public opinion that I wrote about last week.  —  First, and perhaps most important, is the emergence of significant resistance to downward redistribution among the elderly, a major voting bloc.

Final Blow to Campaign Finance Regulation?  —  A lot of observers read about Jeb Bush sending his chief political strategist Mike Murphy off to run his Super-PAC and thought something fundamental, and fundamentally wrong, was happening.  But election law expert Rick Hasen has put it all into perspective …

Should a Christian go to a gay ‘wedding’?  —  Is a refusal to attend a same-sex wedding of a friend or family member an act of hate?  No, on the contrary it is an act of love and genuine compassion.  —  Tweet to @BryanJFischer  —  The short answer to the title question is “No.”

Why Bush and Rubio Can't Count on Florida  —  Changing Hispanic demographics and decline of Cuba-embargo politics could spell trouble for GOP.  —  One of the biggest political stories of the coming 2016 presidential election happened in Florida last week via an explosion that didn't happen.

Iran parades military equipment 9 photos  —  Iranian sailors march in the parade.  —  Hide Caption  —  9 of 9  —  Story highlights  —  Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and was a Middle East negotiator …

LSU drafting ‘academic bankruptcy’ plan in response to state budget crisis  —  LSU President F. King Alexander says LSU is putting together paperwork to declared financial exigency, essentially academic bankruptcy, this week because of lack of progress on the state budget.