RAMALLAH, West Bank – Germany’s foreign minister says he will visit the Gaza Strip — a rare trip to the Hamas-ruled territory by a Western leader. In meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials Sunday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was concerned about the situation in Gaza, which is struggling to recover …

Republicans never win with the media. Nominate a rich, old, white guy and media outlets complain he’s old and out of touch. Have the most vibrant and diverse field of candidates either party might have had in history? It’s a “clown car,” according to liberal and even some more traditional …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Tale of the Tape The McCain camp has now joined those demanding The Los Angeles Times release a 2003 video that shows Barack Obama celebrating with a group of Palestinians hostile to Israel. Peter Wallsten wrote in April about Obama’s association with …

So yesterday, during an ideas meeting, a staffer pitched a story about Sarah Palin, focusing on how little we know about her time in college. My blood pressure spiked, because naturally her history — or lack thereof — is far less murkier than Barack Obama’s. But it didn’t seem to …

Jacko Won’t Come to London | Richard Nixon Conjures Oscar Buzz From Grave | Sequel News: Mamma Mia, Jane Austen, ‘fiction’ Jacko Won’t Come to London Michael Jackson won’t come to London despite being sued by his former pal Prince Abdullah of Bahrain. Yesterday we were the first to report, …

Can you believe Sarah Palin is still getting trashed eight days after the election? Can you believe she’s still getting as much or more attention than President-elect Obama? Something is going on here. Wednesday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd ran yet another analysis of Governor Palin. But why? She …

In Hollywood, they say you never can be too rich or too thin. They don’t say that in Washington. There, you can be at least too rich. Trouble is, defining what’s too rich. Last year Barack Obama said a million bucks made you rich and you should pay more taxes. …

The largest truck to make our list, the Dodge Dakota — sold as the Raider by Mitsubishi — is also the most expensive. New in 2005, the Dakota received a minor freshening for 2008. The standard 3.7-liter Magnum V-6 delivers 210 horsepower while managing an EPA rating of 16 mpg …

The bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth will be honored next year on four new pennies depicting the life of the nation’s sixteenth president. The U.S. Mint unveiled the designs at the Lincoln Memorial on Monday. The new coins will be released beginning on Feb. 12, 2009, and show Lincoln’s Kentucky …

NEW YORK – The racy, historical novel based on the Prophet Muhammad’s child bride that Random House pulled the plug on last month will finally be released, the book’s new publisher told FOXNews.com. Sherry Jones’ controversial work, “The Jewel of Medina,” will be released in Great Britain next month by …