This ornament, celebrating President Barack Obama, adorns the Capitol Christmas Tree that was officially lighted on Dec. 6, 2011. (CNSNews.com/Terence P. Jeffrey) (CNSNews.com) – The 63-foot Sierra White Fir lighted at the U.S. Capitol Grounds on Dec. 6 as the official 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree includes a prominently displayed ornament paying homage to President Barack [...]

This Oct. 30, 2011 file photo shows the border fence stretching west of Nogales, Ariz. into the Coronado National Forest. An Arizona lawmaker, Republican state Sen. Steve Smith, who is leading an effort to build additional fences near the state’s border with Mexico through donations said he expects to begin construction on more barriers some [...]

Flags of member nations flying at United Nations headquarters in New York City. (U.N. Photo by Araujo Pinto) (CNSNews.com) – The U.N. General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution condemning the stereotyping, negative profiling and stigmatization of people based on their religion, and urging countries to take effective steps “to address and combat such incidents.” [...]

President Barack Obama, outside the White House, on Dec. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (CNSNews.com) – While President Barack Obama has focused his rhetoric in recent weeks on depicting a reckless Wall Street and insufficiently taxed ”millionaires and billionaires” as threats to the American middle class, a newly released Gallup poll indicates that Americans apparently have been coming [...]

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) voted against the $1.043 trillion spending bill. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – Eighty-six conservative House Republicans broke ranks and opposed the $1.041 trillion 2012 megabus appropriations bill on Friday, forcing House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to rely on Democratic support to pass the measure. The bill passed 296-121 with 147 Republicans and [...]

(CNSNews.com) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that extending unemployment benefits would add “600,000 jobs to our economy.” She also said that the money from unemployment benefits creates a “safety net” for the U.S. economy because it “injects demand into the economy — creating jobs.” “Christmas is 10 days away,” said Pelosi at [...]

U.S. soldiers in Iraq at a church service on April 12, 2009. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – Nearly 4,500 members of the U.S. armed forces paid the ultimate price during the war in Iraq, which Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday formally declared over. The official Department of Defense death toll for the conflict which began [...]

This Oct. 30, 2011 file photo shows the border fence stretching west of Nogales, Ariz. into the Coronado National Forest. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow) (CNSNews.com) – Calling the situation along the U.S. border a “threat to national security,” a House committee Thursday took up a bill sponsored by Republican congressmen that would treat [...]

School teachers participating in a demonstration at the Indiana statehouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/A.J. Mast) (CNSNews.com) – Public school teachers receive greater average hourly compensation in wages and benefits than any other group of state and local government workers and receive more than twice as much in average hourly wages and benefits as workers [...]

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) have introduced legislation that would make it a federal crime to publish false or misleading election material in an effort to prevent people from voting. The law, the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011, would [...]