Washington, D.C. – There is no doubt that the terrible earthquake in Haiti — the worst disaster in the history of the Western Hemisphere — is a tragedy of profound proportions. The good news is that the “first responders” on-scene were wearing American uniforms. The U.S. Coast Guard — motto: …

As you watch the president tonight, do not be surprised if he sounds more defiant than you expected. If the president has not fully come to terms with what has happened to him, his political base has not even begun to. The mere mention of a spending freeze covering about …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The Ties That Bind The Republican National Committee has fired the director of its young donors program after she approved an expense at a risqué bondage-themed nightclub in Los Angeles. Hotline OnCall reports Allison Meyers was let go after reports surfaced Monday …

So a city in California — a state that is broke — wants to stop doing business with Arizona; a state that is not. And simply because Arizona is a state not accepting business as usual on illegal immigration. So Arizona cracked down, and now Los Angeles’ city council has …

So Dr. Laura is quitting radio in order to regain her First Amendment Rights. This, after using the N-word repeatedly while arguing with a black woman on her show. The doc apologized, but now says she’s going. Now I don’t get this. How can someone who made millions speaking her …

British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward, a sock puppet in Washington. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Hayward appeared shaky and shaken. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REP. JOHN DINGELL, D-MICH.: Could you tell us how much …

So last month we told you about JournoList, a private e-mail group of liberal journalists who secretly conspired to promote a progressive pro-Obama agenda. Once this group was exposed, it broke up. But now Tucker Carlson and The Daily Caller have their e-mails, some revealing a plot by the hacks …

As local, state and federal authorities beef up security ahead of the G-20 summit in downtown Pittsburgh, several protest groups are claiming that they’ve been targeted in an attempt to silence demonstrators. Law enforcement officials are erecting a security perimeter around the David Lawrence Convention Center, where the leaders of …

I want to talk to you about two Copenhagens. The first is in Denmark, which President Obama leaves for on Thursday, looking to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago and joining his wife Michelle who already made the flight there. But, in doing, so he’s forgetting at least two things: …

Federal immigration officials are reporting a surge in the number of Mexicans crossing the border to seek asylum in the U.S., an increase analysts say is due to the drug violence and criminal activity that claimed a record 5,300 lives in Mexico last year. The surge creates a huge workload …