May 21, 2011 “When you grow up you find out that life isn’t the way you imagined it, and President Obama means well. I think he’s actually a good guy. He has no f***ing idea what the world is like because he doesn’t have to live there,” KISS vocalist and guitarist told CNBC. “The most [...]

Monday, May 23, 2011 JOPLIN, Mo. • A massive tornado that tore through the southwest Missouri city of Joplin killed at least 89 people, but authorities warned that the death toll could climb Monday as search and rescuers continued their work at sunrise. City manager Mark Rohr announced the number of known dead at a pre-dawn [...]

May 22, 2011 Elisabeth Meinecke The New York Times is reporting China will give Pakistan 50 fighter jets as a result of the Pakistani minister’s recent trip to Beijing. Pakistan has been at best a questionable ally to the United States in the War on Terror, but it looks like they’re more than willing to [...]

May 20, 2011 by Ed Morrissey Welcome to the most transparent Senate evah.  Despite not having produced a normal budget for two years, the Harry Reid-led Senate Democrats will keep their current budget plan under wraps for a while longer. Apparently, Budget chair Kent Conrad is waiting to see whether the White House and House [...]

By Paul Greenberg (Archive) · Sunday, May 22, 2011 Remember our president’s speech in Cairo at the bright onset of his tenure, the speech that was going to change everything? But the Middle East being the Middle East, and Barack Obama being Barack Obama, it changed nothing. Yet some things can change in that part [...]

By George Will (Archive) · Sunday, May 22, 2011 SACRAMENTO — In 1967, five years after California became the most populous state, novelist Wallace Stegner said California — energetic, innovative, hedonistic — was America, “only more so.” Today, this state’s budget crisis is like the nation’s, only more so. Bob Dutton is an island of [...]

Apr 21, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Army Spc. becomes citizen while deployed at FOB Ghazni  Story and photos by Chief Master Sgt. Julie Brummund, TF White Eagle Spc. Rafael Santos receives a flag flown over FOB Ghazni from his plt leader 1st Lt. Mike Mondello, and his plt. sgt., Staff Sgt. Mike [...]

By Bob Dane Published May 21, 2011 FoxNews.com “Are the borders really secure?” is probably not the best set-up for the next Geico commercial. No, they’re really not secure. This president would have us believe otherwise. His immigration speech in El Paso, Texas, bordered as much on deception as it did physically with Mexico, just [...]

By GUDJON HELGASON Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland May 22, 2011 (AP) Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the air. Airport and air traffic control operator ISAVIA said Keflavik airport was closed at [...]

May 21, 11:18 PM (ET) By JULIE PACE and NANCY BENAC WASHINGTON (AP) – Weaving together strands of pomp, policy and summitry, President Barack Obama’s weeklong European tour is all about tending to old friends in the Western alliance and securing their help with daunting challenges, from the political upheaval in the Mideast and North [...]