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Instead of celebrating George Washington’s birthday, today we’ve lumped him in together with no-names including Millard Fillmore and William Henry Harrison as we celebrate a generic “Presidents’ Day.”

The bills would provide economic relief to American consumers and businesses who have been forced to pay a $14 billion hidden tax over the past four years alone in order for the federal government to provide a special interest subsidy to sugar producers....

You’re busy. So busy you barely have time to read these words. So why should you care about the U.S. debt? Does it affect your life?

President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda last night. Here are some highlights of our experts’ analysis of his claims, his plans, and his promises....

... our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity ....

...there are millions of Americans who ... have not yet been rewarded....

Tonight, the American people will be watching President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address. How has he done on his promises over the past four years?

How can American foreign policy meet the challenge of radical Islam?  -- By adopting the principles America used to win the cold war, said Senator Rand Paul....

...view state activity, EPA activity, or combined activity....

The next time a cashier asks "paper or plastic?" think of Abbie Schoenwetter. He spent more than six years in federal confinement for shipping lobster in plastic instead of cardboard....

How does cronyism affect your life? Tell us in the comments.... 

 ...we're going to take our arguments to all Americans....

IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped, says the Associated Press....

Both houses of Congress have now voted to suspend the debt ceiling until May 19, buying lawmakers more time to develop a budget. The Senate would put together a budget for the first time in three years....

“Our unilateral president must take his unilateral medicine.” 

The Heritage Foundation has released the following statement....

...school choice advocates—including parents, teachers, schoolchildren and administrators, and many others—will come together to promote educational choice, with more than 3,600 events taking place nationwide....

Let me warn you in advance that I plan to talk big picture here tonight, and I plan to say some things that may challenge your assumptions....

Later today, hundreds of thousands of people will descend on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life.

Think your state has equal representation in the Senate? Well, that could be eliminated soon.

Today, the House will vote on a proposal that would suspend the debt ceiling until May 19....

The purpose of the NPC is solely to advise, inform and make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matters relating to oil and natural gas....

Obama was honest about his intentions to grow government in order to remake our country along his progressive vision....

The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob.  They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.

The politics of division and class warfare, the centerpiece of Obama’s campaign rhetoric, are the antithesis of King’s dream....

Conservative ideas work. Numerous states are demonstrating that low taxes, right-to-work laws, school choice, energy development and other common-sense policies improve the lives of everyone....

The author of this outrageous left-wing fever dream is John Dickerson, the political director at CBS News....

Many small-business owners haven't yet realized that the way they structure their firm in 2013 could determine their status under the law in a year's time....

Thousands of developed U.S. Forest Service recreation areas have utilized this PPP model successfully for more than 25 years....

“Given the weak track record of federal mental health programs, states should exercise primary responsibility for determining appropriate mental health services, which will entail eliminating restrictions currently imposed by the federal government.”

“As we observe Religious Freedom Day, let us remember the legacy of faith and independence we have inherited, and let us honor it by forever upholding our right to exercise our beliefs free from prejudice or persecution.” -- President Barack Obama

...Obama promised to cut the annual deficit in half in his first term. Instead, his budgets include near-trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see....

Attention Hawaii: Can this 'hybrid model' be trusted with Vote-by-Mail?

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announces that its January 17, 2013, public meeting in Washington, DC, will be available via webcast....

According to the data, there were no decreases in emergency admissions or inpatient charges....

...Maui County Office on Aging, will expand ongoing transitions efforts to reduce Medicare hospital readmissions....

Yesterday, President Obama accused his opposition in Congress of threatening to “default” on America’s loans....

What happens when a government program simply does not do what it is supposed to do?

L.A. County MTA "spends almost twice as much on rail to carry about one-fourth as many passengers" as its buses do....

China set a record with its investments around the world in 2012. And in the United States, China shattered its previous investment record.

In 2013, the tax increases in Obamacare will increasingly conspire against kitchen-table family healthcare decisions....

...a South African company, announced its intention to build a 96,000-barrel-per-day gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, LA....

The editorial board of The Washington Post is absolutely right: “Medicare as we know it is not sustainable,” and the “ultimate solution” is structural reform.

the 19th edition of the Index of Economic Freedom, produced by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal....

The Supreme Court's surprise ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has left many observers wondering about the implications of the ruling on the law itself....

NFIB, CATO Instiutute, Owners' Counsel of America, and lawprofs James Ely, David Callies, Todd Zywicki, Randy Barnett, Eric Claeys, and D. Benjamin Barros -- have filed an amicus brief ....

Hobby Lobby gained national attention when its leadership announced they would not bow to the Obama Administration’s violation of their religious liberty....

He is a member of the Hawaii Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, Hawaii Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii’s Military Affairs Council

The deal that Congress and President Obama struck that finally—but only partially—avoided the fiscal cliff resulted in seven tax increases.  Those hikes combined with six tax increases from Obamacare....

With a new study pointing the finger at high fructose corn syrup as a culprit in America’s explosive epidemic of obesity, it is important to remember just why we are consuming so much of this commodity as opposed to table sugar....