ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Senate's top Democrat is poised to outline a new health care bill designed to meet President Barack Obama's goal of expanding coverage without adding to the deficit... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Democrat-led Senate squashed Republican efforts to filibuster Judge David Hamilton Tuesday, clearing the way for confirmation of President Obama's first circuit court nominee... (more)

REP. LAMAR SMITH — If we were to listen to the complaints about the Obama administration by advocates of amnesty for illegal immigrants, you might think our nation's immigration laws were actually being enforced. To the contrary, the administration has systematically taken steps to weaken enforcement and encourage even more illegal immigration... (more)

WALL STREET JOURNAL — Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would put off debate on a big climate-change bill until spring, in a sign of weakening political will to tackle a long-term environmental issue at a time of high unemployment and economic uncertainty... (more)

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent nationally for the first time, as Americans worry about the war in Afghanistan, a new poll released Wednesday found... (more)

POLITICO — Mounting evidence that independent voters have soured on the Democrats is prompting a debate among party officials about what rhetorical and substantive changes are needed to halt the damage... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Obama administration on Tuesday had the president's National Security Council take control of congressional briefings on the Fort Hood killings and asked Democratic leaders to delay a probe, as top Republicans said intelligence shortcomings blamed for failing to prevent the 9/11 attacks are re-emerging... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Of all the infuriating aspects of the decision to transfer five 9/11 war criminals to civilian federal court, the one that grates most is the contention that the Obama administration is finally moving forward after "eight years of delay" -- as Attorney General Eric Holder put it at his Friday press conference -- during which the Bush administration managed to complete only three military-commission trials... (more)

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A measure to let voters decide whether to ban same-sex marriages in D.C. cannot go on the ballot because it would violate a city human rights law, the Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday... (more)

SEN. JOHN THUNE — This past August, I held town-hall meetings across my home state of South Dakota. Through all of the heat and frustration, two main themes emerged as my constituents fundamental concerns: costs and control... (more)

DOUG PATTON — One of the most revealing things about liberals is their insistence that only they can define a "real" minority or a "real" woman. In the eyes of the left, Clarence Thomas, Ken Blackwell and J.C. Watts will never be "real" black men. Likewise, Michele Bachmann, the smiling firebrand conservative congresswoman from Minnesota, and Sarah Palin, the popular former governor of Alaska, will never be "real" women... (more)

STEPHANIE HESSLER — As the debate over whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan intensifies, our war efforts could be hindered by an unlikely source: the U.S. judicial branch... (more)

REUTERS — Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality... (more)

MICHELLE MALKIN — President Obama traveled all the way to China to praise the free flow of information. It's the only safe place he could do so without getting heckled. With a straight face, Obama lauded political dissent and told Chinese students he welcomed unfettered criticism in America... (more)

NEWSMAX — The race in New York's 23rd Congressional District was one of the most watched and hotly contested elections Nov. 3 because of the conservative revolt against the Republican Party's handpicked liberal candidate Dede Scozzafava in favor of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman... (more)

CHRISTIAN POST — Darwin was wrong, a group of scientists argued at a conference in southern California. Scientists presented evidence over the weekend refuting Charles Darwin's theory of evolution on many levels -- including fossil record, natural selection and the origin of man -- and his works in geology and other science areas... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Che Guevara supporters with a radical pro-amnesty coalition viciously attacked and bludgeoned tea party protesters at a Florida anti-illegal-immigration rally... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The city council of Tampa, Fla., voted unanimously last week to include "gender identity and expression" as a protected class under the city's human rights ordinance, leading some to fear the council has opened the city's public bathroom doors to sexual predators masquerading as protected transsexuals... (more)

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — America is under siege from within. Our nation has undergone a bloodless coup that required no military action... (more)

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Rudy Giuliani is at his best when he's all fired up. Just as he was "America's mayor" during 9/11, so too -- in a different sense -- is he a hero when speaking out against policies that ignore the lessons of 9/11... (more)