Pierre, SD – Next week, America will observe its 56th Veterans Day. It hasn’t always been so. In 1938, Congress declared November 11 — designated Armistice Day — as a federal holiday to commemorate the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when World War …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Private Practice President Obama made a rare Sunday appearance on Capitol Hill to meet with Democrats behind closed doors and talk about health care reform. Arizona Republican Senator John McCain used the private meeting to recall then Senator Obama’s public promise during …

Besides questions on dating and sex, “How do I lose weight?” is the most popular question AskMen.com receives. Two major factors are key in shedding inches off your waistline: a proper diet and a good exercise regimen. You can read more on how to improve your exercise routine and apply …

Normally when you produce something so huge that it’s unreadable, it’s left unread. But what do you get when this strategy of over-delivering backfires? You get politicians who never read the health care bill, faced with people who have. Witness Tuesday’s town hall meeting with Senator Arlen Specter. The folks …

Washington, D.C. – Last week’s brief “Three Amigos” summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, has been all but forgotten in the growing storm over health care reform. That may be what the three North American heads of state — Presidents Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper — …

I was wrong. There, I said it. I was flat-out, no-denying-it, over-the-top wrong. Last spring, I argued on this very show that no way thatJohn Edwards (search)would be John Kerry’s running mate. Edwards was trying too hard, almost looking too smarmy, too suck-up-ish, I said. I remembered that Democratic Unity …

When it comes to Iraq, Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards just don’t get it. If a neutral observer simply listened to the Kerry campaign, he probably would think coalition forces were losing in Iraq. For example, during one of the presidential debates, Sen. Kerry said, “the president made a …

UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report says the world’s number of asylum claims is at its highest in 22 years, with fleeing Syrians and Iraqis leading the way. The report by the U.N. refugee agency released Thursday estimates that applications for asylum in industrialized countries reached 866,000 last …

LONDON – Audio tapes in which the man identified as “Jihadi John” complains about scrutiny from British intelligence services have been broadcast in Britain. The tapes contained a man identified as Mohammed Emwazi describing to the Muslim advocacy group CAGE his encounters with British agents in 2009. They were played …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – An opposition politician in Macedonia who ran in the presidential election last year has filed a lawsuit against the government, claiming he was the victim of a major illegal wiretapping operation. Stevo Pendarovski, and four officials from his Social Democratic and allied left-wing parties, filed lawsuits Thursday, …