By John Lott Published April 29, 2011 FoxNews.com Call it the “excuses recovery.” President Obama and his administration have been warning for the last week that the just announced first quarter GDP growth rate of 1.8 percent would be weak, and they have been quick to blame it on the recent spike prices in oil. [...]

By William Lajeunesse Published April 29, 2011 FoxNews.com Having deflected questions so far regarding how much he knew about a federal project suspected of allowing guns sold in the U.S. to be illegally smuggled to Mexico, Attorney General Eric Holder is under fire again, this time from the National Rifle Association, a conservative group with [...]

by Chad Pergram | April 30, 2011 It was like showing up for game seven of the World Series. And just for good measure, make it Cubs versus Red Sox. In Congressional terms, this was the main event. As high as drama ever gets on Capitol Hill. The United States Senate was about to conduct [...]

By Stephen Clark Published April 29, 2011 FoxNews.com Rep. Paul Ryan, architect of a budget proposal that would revamp social safety-net programs, and other Republican lawmakers have continued to face heckling at town hall meetings this week, prompting at least one GOP aide to accusing liberal groups of orchestrating the disruptions. “I think it’s pretty [...]

Apr 29, 2011 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Republican presidential aspirant Rick Santorum told National Rifle Association members at their annual convention Friday that President Barack Obama doesn’t “understand America,” and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told them the administration is “consistently anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment.” Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, criticized remarks the president [...]

Friday, April 29, 2011 By Edwin Mora (CNSNews.com) — Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federal auditors. The March 2011 audit (released on April 21, 2011) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), [...]

Apr 30, 2011 By SLOBODAN LEKIC Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says it wants Moammar Gadhafi’s forces to end their attacks on civilians before it considers the Libyan leader’s cease-fire offer. A NATO official said Saturday that the alliance wants to “to see not words but actions.” Gadhafi called for a cease-fire and negotiations [...]

Apr 29, 2011 By Jim Forsyth As dry conditions and gusty winds whip up new wildfires in parched Texas, Gov. Rick Perry Thursday blasted the Obama Administration for failing to issue a disaster declaration for the state, widening the growing rift between the White House and the states rights advocate governor, 1200 WOAI news reports. [...]

By Reid Wilson April 29, 2011 | 8:25 a.m. Prominent Democratic strategists, including two former top aides to President Obama, are formally launching independent committees aimed at countering the onslaught of outside Republican organizations expected to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the 2012 presidential campaign. Priorities USA and Priorities USA Action, the two [...]

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Suleiman al-Khalidi AMMAN | Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:56pm EDT (Reuters) – Security forces killed more than 60 people across Syria on Friday during demonstrations demanding the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, and the United States imposed new sanctions on key figures. A medical source told Reuters soldiers in Deraa [...]