Poll: 69 percent oppose shutdown over Planned Parenthood  —  <p>Nearly seven in 10 Americans — 69 percent — oppose shutting down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood, according to the results of a new national <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/ images/polling/us/us09282015_um96cvr.pd f" …

Trump gets down to business on 60 Minutes  —  Scott Pelley interviews Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who lays out key policy details and reveals a major part of his tax proposal  —  The following script is from “Trump” which aired on September 27, 2015.  Scott Pelley is the correspondent.

Govt. workers have right to refuse gay marriage licenses: pope  —  Pope Francis said on Monday government officials have a “human right” to refuse to discharge a duty, such as issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, if they feel it violates their conscience.

Iran's president suggests openness to prisoner swap  —  Iran will consider releasing a handful of American prisoners in exchange for the release of Iranians held in the U.S., Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on CNN on Sunday, ahead of a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week.

CNN debate criteria would allow Joe Biden to participate  —  (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden will be invited to participate in the first Democratic presidential primary debate if he declares his intention to seek his party's nomination as late as the day of the debate, eligibility criteria released Monday by CNN shows.

Why The Most Urgent Civil Rights Cause Of Our Time Is The Supreme Court Itself  —  The future composition of the Supreme Court is the most important civil rights cause of our time.  It is more important than racial justice, marriage equality, voting rights, money in politics, abortion rights, gun rights, or managing climate change.

Senator Warren's Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate  —  BOSTON, MA - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered remarks today at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, as part of the Institute's “Getting to the Point” speaker series.

Yes, Hillary Clinton broke the law  —  Since there has been much evasion and obfuscation about Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mail use, it seems appropriate to step back and simply review what we know in light of the law.  It's also instructive to compare Clinton's situation to arguably …

‘Murdered’ German woman Petra Pazsitka reappears after vanishing 31 years ago  —  A German woman who vanished 31 years ago and had been registered as dead after a man confessed to her murder, has been found alive and well and living in Düsseldorf.  In 1984, Petra Pazsitka, then 24 …

Almost All US Temperature Data Used In Global Warming Models Is Estimated or Altered  —  We have written many times about the fact that the temperature data used in the alarmists' global warming models are not original data as measured by thermometers.  Rather, they are “adjusted” numbers …

The Blackmail Caucus, a.k.a. the Republican Party  —  John Boehner was a terrible, very bad, no good speaker of the House.  Under his leadership, Republicans pursued an unprecedented strategy of scorched-earth obstructionism, which did immense damage to the economy and undermined America's credibility around the world.

No, 100,000 People Did Not Gather In Peru To Support Kim Davis.  Here's Proof.  —  Embattled Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis was no doubt the guest of honor at this year's Values Voter Summit, with the hosting Family Research Council awarding her a “Cost of Discipleship Award.”

Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S., Driving Population Growth and Change Through 2065  —  Views of Immigration's Impact on U.S. Society Mixed  —  Fifty years after passage of the landmark law that rewrote U.S. immigration policy, nearly 59 million immigrants have arrived in the United States …