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Iowa GOP voters say cut military before Medicare or Social Security

Likely Republican caucusgoers sent a strong message to GOP presidential candidates in an Iowa AARP survey released Thursday, showing they’re strongly opposed to cuts to Social Security and Medicare and...

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U.S. Senate approves tax credits for companies that hire veterans

In a rare bipartisan effort, members of the U.S. Senate voted Thursday, before returning to their districts to attend Veterans Day ceremonies, to approve a portion of Obama’s American Jobs Act that...

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VIDEO: Rubio on foreign aid, immigration

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., spoke on Fox News this morning about Republican presidential candidates’ comments on foreign policy, while also answering questions about a potential vice presidential run...

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Arizona’s Russell Pearce explains his defeat

Former Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce — one of the most recognized architects of that state’s immigration enforcement law S.B. 1070, and who recently lost a recall election — writes today that his defeat...

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GOP, presidential candidates attempt to soften immigration rhetoric for 2012

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Photo Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore) GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s recent call for a humane path to immigration enforcement makes him the most...

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Controversial Arizona sheriff endorses, campaigns with Perry

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Photo: Flickr/Gage Skidmore) GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, who has been called “weak” by immigration-enforcement supporters, has picked up the support of Arizona Sheriff...

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Homeland Security launches broad review of immigration court cases

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer (Photo: ice.gov) The Department of Homeland Security recently it will begin reviewing about 300,000 deportation proceedingsto implement prosecutorial...

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Homeland Security severs immigration-enforcement ties with Arizona sheriff

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Photo: Flickr/Gage Skidmore) The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it is immediately terminating its immigration-enforcement agreements with the office of Sheriff...

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Anti-Muslim organization to honor U.S. troops in Florida

Florida Security Council Director Tom Trento (Photo: Facebook) The United West, an anti-Islamic organization, will host an event in Tallahassee on the first day of Florida’s 2012 legislative session...

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Secure Communities task force to Homeland Security: Stop Secure Communities

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (Photo: Flickr/The National Guard) Former members of a task force on Secure Communities sent a letter this week to Department of Homeland...

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