Trump to Release Plan Calling for Higher Taxes on the Wealthy  —  The candidate would also rein in companies that pay less tax by moving headquarters overseas  —  Donald Trump is set to release a tax plan Monday that calls for major reductions in levies on middle-income and poor payers …

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" …

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.

‘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 …

How GOP Radicals Made the Speakership Unappealing  —  The speaker of the House is the first constitutional officer mentioned in the American Constitution, well before the president.  In Article 1, Section 5, the Constitution says “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker.”

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.

Nancy Pelosi: Probe anti-abortion group over Planned Parenthood videos  —  Washington (CNN)House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says the group behind the secretly recorded, edited videos that purportedly show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of fetal tissue should be investigated.

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 …

Wondering about NASA's Mars mystery?  We may have found the answer  —  (CNN)NASA says it has big news for us Monday.  “Mars Mystery Solved,” the agency's news release touts without offering even a hint as to what mystery they mean.  —  For those who just can't wait, a little Googling …

It's make or break time for Jeb Bush  —  Jeb Bush is entering a critical phase of his Republican presidential campaign, with top donors warning that the former Florida governor needs to demonstrate growth in the polls over the next month or face serious defections among supporters.

Democrats should embrace Obama economy  —  Who could have predicted that in 2015 it would be the Democrats howling about the Obama economy?  —  In the GOP primary race, the economy is the dog that has not barked.  —  Given low unemployment, low gas prices and low inflation, it is easy to understand the GOP's silence.