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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

What will Patty Murray do?  —  Sen. Patty Murray's two decades in office have been marked by her knack for turning her vanilla-ness into an asset to pass big bills and accrue power.  Lawmakers in both parties say she has a high trustworthiness quotient.  She used it to pull off the budget agreement …