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The Democrats’ tireless effort to remove President Trump from office via impeachment will fail. That much, along with death and taxes, is certain. There is no longer a question as to whether the Democrats will lose in their quest to upend 2016, the only remaining unknowns are where, when, and how badly. And, of course, who is to take the blame? If the buzz around Washington is to be believed, it’s Adam Schiff.

Sister Cecilia Gaudette casts a ballot for the first time since 1952.

Pundits are now writing obituaries for Sen. John McCain's sinking campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. I hereby join them with a fundamental question: Does the Arizona senator fulfill our Constitution's eligibility requirements to be president? Like several other prominent American politicians, John McCain was not born in the United States. Article II of the Constitution specifies that "no person except a natural born Citizen . . . shall be eligible to the Office of President." Because of this, California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria in 1947, is ineligible to be president. He moved to the United...

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Gary Maziarz said patriotism motivated him to join a spy ring, smuggle secret files from Camp Pendleton and give them to law enforcement officers for anti-terrorism work in Southern California. He knew his group was violating national security laws. But he said bureaucratic walls erected by the military and civilian agencies were hampering intelligence sharing and coordination, making the nation more vulnerable to terrorists. Details of Maziarz's case emerged after he pleaded guilty to mishandling more than 100 classified documents from 2004 to last year. The overall breach could be far larger: Investigators believe that as far...

That trooper left his loaded gun in her car while having sex, where young children later found it, and also had affairs with two other women.

Dear Mr. McManus: I don't have to tell you that things have changed a lot since the glory days of CBS News when it sat atop the ratings and Walter Cronkite was "the most trusted man in America." Back then there were only a handful of over-the-air broadcast channels and the Big Three networks presided over something of a shared monopoly in early evening news. TV was in its adolescence and viewers were less sophisticated about the medium. Although there were fewer gadgets (not even videotape), newscasts had more substance. Today, the mix of news and entertainment leans increasingly toward...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday that journalists covering the Iraq war no longer want to be embedded with U.S. military units because they viewed American troops as "the other side."

A military insider sounds off against the war and the "zealots" who pushed it Two senior military officers are known to have challenged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the planning of the Iraq war. Army General Eric Shinseki publicly dissented and found himself marginalized. Marine Lieut. General Greg Newbold, the Pentagon's top operations officer, voiced his objections internally and then retired, in part out of opposition to the war. Here, for the first time, Newbold goes public with a full-throated critique: In 1971, the rock group The Who released the antiwar anthem Won't Get Fooled Again. To most in my...

Legislation designed to deliver health insurance to 95 percent of the uninsured that would not only assess a new tax on business, but would also force people in the state to buy health insurance whether they wanted it or not,

(2006-03-10) — Dubai Ports World, the Arab state-owned firm that recently bought control of six major American sea ports, today gave in to pressure from Congress and agreed to sell its U.S. operations to Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores. The giant retailer’s CEO, Lee Scott, immediately addressed lawmakers’ concerns about security by announcing that blue-vested Cargo Greeters would be stationed at close intervals on docks, piers and tug vessels.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two women who said two U.S. Marine Corps recruiters forced them to have sex after they expressed interest in joining the force sued over the incidents on Wednesday. The lawsuit names the Marine Corps, the Navy, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee, Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter and the two recruiters as defendants. It seeks an injunction forcing the Marines to properly train recruiters as well as monetary damages. The women, who were 17-year-old high school students at the time of the incident last year, allege that recruiters Staff Sgt. Joseph Dunzweiler and Sgt. Brian...

A Naval Academy crew team member was dismissed from the school Friday for having what his attorney describes as consensual sex with a female midshipman, but the female was not punished for her part in the matter.

Two Pace University students were questioned by Secret Service officers after they heckled former President Clinton during a speech at the school, a university spokesman said.

AURORA - Patti Allen has spent a good chunk of her life as a staunch supporter and defender of public education. Her dad was a high school English teacher in Illinois who changed careers and later became a member of a local school board. She has been the kind of tireless volunteer and promoter that school districts can be hard- pressed to find. She's served as president of every Parent/Teacher Community Organization

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - President Bush says he wants to diversify the nation's energy mix to end America's dependence on foreign oil, yet some critics are wary of his commitment and point to cutbacks at a government energy laboratory here. Two weeks ago, 32 workers, including eight researchers, were laid off at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden. The lab helps develop the very renewable energy technologies the president is promoting. Then, over the weekend, just before Bush's planned visit to the lab on Tuesday, the government restored the jobs. His trip to the renewable energy laboratory is...

Anti-Abortion Group Backs Fired Pregnant Teacher Group Says Catholic School Is Encouraging Abortion by Firing Woman By JAKE TAPPER and AVERY MILLER Michelle McCusker, 26, got a job teaching pre-school at St. Rose of Lima, a Catholic school in Queens, N.Y... (She) became pregnant. She decided to keep the baby and informed the school early in the school year. /snip The school — backed by the Brooklyn Diocese, which oversees Catholic churches in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens — fired her. McCusker and the New York Civil Liberties Union are suing the school, claiming gender discrimination......

“For me, this is a second betrayal,” said Iraq War veteran Paul Hackett on Monday, announcing his withdrawal from Ohio’s Democratic primary for the seat of Republican incumbent Senator Mike DeWine. “First, my government misused and mismanaged the military in Iraq, and now my own party is afraid to support candidates like me.” How and why this happened reveals much about the puppet masters and special interests who from behind the scenes control today’s Democratic Party.

Even when she's perfecting her tan, Sheryl Crow can't get George Bush off her mind. Last weekend, the folks at Ritz-Carlton hired the Grammy winner to perform at the opening of their 60th hotel, on Grand Cayman. You may recall that Sen. John Kerry blamed the island — where Enron hid its massive debts — for America's tax-evasion problem. Though she campaigned for Kerry, Crow wasn't about to knock her host country, especially since the Ritz-Carlton had treated her to a week of scuba-diving and pina coladas.

Professors find most media 'significantly to the left of the average U.S. voter' People argue a lot about whether the national mainstream media is politically biased, but such arguments are often impressionistic. Earlier this month, professors Tim Groseclose of UCLA and Jeffrey Milyo of the University of Missouri published the results of an investigation using rigorous quantitative analysis

Rafael Palmeiro: He’ll have more than 3,000 hits and 500 homers yet he’s never started an All-Star Game and some – stunningly – question his Hall of Fame credentials.