The new evangelical vote

White evangelical voters just aren’t as predictable as they used to be. That’s the news out of Iowa – and it’s bound to be reflected in Repu...

White House calls for modest 0.5% pay raise for federal civilian workers

After a two-year freeze in federal workers’ salaries, President Obama will propose a 0.5 percent pay increase for civilian employees as part...

Falling jobless rate is good news for Obama

The unemployment rate dipped to its lowest level in nearly three years last month, good news that on Friday rippled through rival presidenti...

Is The Post innovating too fast?

One of the things that surprised and heartened me when I came to The Post 10 months ago was the tremendous amount of innovation going on. ...

Fact check: Mitt Romney hits turbulence with Boeing case

A Mitt Romney ad running in South Carolina distorts the truth by claiming that the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing Corp., "Y...

Mo Willems is the go-to author for children — and their parents

The most famous man in the literary world, if you are under three feet tall, has a trim beard and a lean physique and is currently sending t...

200-pound tumor removed from man's leg

A Chicago plastic surgeon has removed a 200-pound, non-cancerous tumor from the leg of a Vietnamese man, according to news reports. The grow...

Apple’s Siri uses three times more data than earlier iPhones

Siri, the sultry-voiced do-it-all software assistant for the iPhone 4S, might be responsible for a flood of traffic hitting wireless network...

Obama visits consumer agency despite legal questions

President Obama visited the headquarters of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday in what amounted to a victory lap just da...

Editorial Board: President Obama’s defense strategy

PRESIDENT OBAMA pledged that the $489 billion in defense cuts he has proposed over 10 years would be governed by a concerted strategy, and o...

The extreme Rick Santorum

Before there was the Tea Party to define the phrase “far-right fringe,” there was Rick Santorum. He’s a nice-guy zealot who should never be ...

Romney pushing for four-state streak to steamroll GOP opponents

TILTON, N.H. — After preparing for a drawn-out nominating battle that would stretch well into the spring, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaig...

Paul vows to contrast his record with rivals

NASHUA , N.H. -- Rep. Ron Paul will spend the next five days in New Hampshire contrasting his record with those of his opponents who he says...

Five myths about the American dream

Few ideas are as central to American self-identity as the “American dream.” Politicians invoke it, immigrants pursue it, and despite unremit...

Jobless rates for young and female vets climbed in late 2011

Growing numbers of young and female veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan remain jobless despite an overall decline in unemployment and an infusi...

Cholera cripples Haiti, two years after quake

Two years after an earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince, Haiti is in the grip of one of the most devasting cholera outbreaks in modern history,...

Sarah Palin: “I’m all in favor of girls with guns who know their purpose.”

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sarah Palin likes girls with guns. In an email to National Review Online, Palin said, “I’m all in favor of girls with ...

NFL playoffs: First round has produced four of past six Super Bowl winners

WWhile much of the conversation about the Super Bowl favorites focuses on the four teams with first-round byes — the Green Bay Packers and S...

Mentally ill man charged in Tucson shooting rampage not likely to be tried in 2012

PHOENIX — The mentally ill man charged in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 othe...

NFL playoffs: First round has produced four of past six Super Bowl winners

WWhile much of the conversation about the Super Bowl favorites focuses on the four teams with first-round byes — the Green Bay Packers and S...

U.S. picks up Iranian hostages, with good timing

For the U.S. Navy, it was like hitting the public-relations jackpot: An aircraft carrier cruising the seas in the Middle East this week stum...

Study: Routine prostate cancer testing does not save lives

Find prostate cancer early, save a life. That message has been pervasive since 1986, when a blood test for prostate cancer first hit the m...

11 dead after hot air balloon crash in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a tower of "sheer flame" Saturday after hitting po...

Freight trains collide in NW Indiana

Three freight trains collided and derailed in northwestern Indiana this afternoon, triggering a massive chemical fire and causing multiple i...

SEC: Settlements with companies found guilty of crimes can’t deny wrongdoing

The Securities and Exchange Commission has modified its controversial policy of letting defendants settle cases without admitting or denying...

Santorum packs them in in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Rick Santorum's campaign appears to have mastered one political art: Book a small room so that people will pack in a...

Study:Car supersizing explains small MPG gains

Cars haven't improved their miles-per-gallon much in recent decades, but fuel efficiency is not to blame. A new study quantifies the rea...

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