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• Obama Goes After High Earners to Shore Up $3.8 Trillion Spending Plan
  President Barack Obama wants to again rely on the top-earning U.S. households for most of the tax increases he s proposing.Obama s budget plan, released today in Washington, would cap tax deductions for top earners, increase the estate tax, eliminate private-equity managers...
• Boehner Backs Entitlement Moves, Rejects Tax Hikes
  House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama deserves some credit for what Boehner calls incremental entitlement reforms in his budget proposal.But Boehner says he hopes Obama will not hold hostage those reforms in his demand for higher taxes. He says Obama got...
• Trump: 'China Wouldn't Exist Without Us'
  Angry over what he views as U.S. kowtowing to the Chinese, Donald Trump has declared that China is our enemy and "wouldn't exist" without America as the biggest market for its products.
• Rockefeller: Obamacare ‘Most Complex Legislation Ever’
  One of the chief architects of Obamacare, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, has launched a scathing attack on the program, arguing that it is too complex and that program managers could imperil the program's future.
• Royals Will Attend Thatcher Funeral — First for Prime Minister Since Churchill
  Plans for Margaret Thatcher's funeral turned into a security headache and a national talking point on Wednesday as the former prime minister divided Britain in death as she did in life.
• ‘Obama Phones’ Face New Scrutiny in Congress
  The so-called "Obama phone" program, which subsidizes cell-phone service to low-income Americans, is about to come under new scrutiny from Congress.
• Michelle Obama Joins Gun Control Debate
  Michelle Obama is becoming personally involved in the gun control debate, traveling to Chicago Wednesday to appear at an event to help push one of her husband's top agenda items.
• Poll: Christie Job Approval Slips, But Still High
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's overall job approval rating has slipped in recent months, according to a new poll shows.
• Toomey, Manchin Reach Bipartisan Deal on Gun Background Checks
  Two U.S. senators have reached a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks of U.S. firearms purchasers that they plan to announce later today, according to a Senate aide.Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, said yesterday that he was close to a deal with...
• Obama to Pitch Buffett Tax, Killing Corporate Tax Breaks
  
• Fox News Reporter Could Be Jailed for Refusing to Disclose Sources
  A Fox News reporter was due back in a Colorado courtroom on Wednesday for a hearing on whether she should be compelled to reveal anonymous sources cited in a story about the July 2012 massacre of a dozen people in a suburban Denver movie theater. New York-based journalist...
• Obama Budget: $680 Billion in New Taxes
  President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.77 trillion spending blueprint Wednesday that seeks to achieve an elusive grand bargain to tame runaway deficits by raising taxes further on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit programs such as Social Security.The...
• Report: Most Rape Victims in Conflict Zones Are Children
  
  Most victims of sexual violence in conflict zones are children who are suffering rape and abuse at an appalling rate, said campaigners who described the attacks as the "hidden horrors of war."
• Egypt Coptic Pope Slams Morsi Over Christian-Muslim Clashes
  
  Egypt’s Coptic pope criticized Islamist President Mohammed Morsi’s handling of the worst sectarian clashes in months, and demanded stronger action against violence that has deepened the nation’s rifts.
• UK Lawmakers Gather in Parliament to Pay Tribute to Thatcher
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron will lead tributes in Parliament Wednesday to Britain’s only female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, who died two days ago, as lawmakers break from their Easter vacation to consider her legacy.
• Cheney: US in ‘Deep Doo Doo’ Over NKorea
  Escalating tensions with North Korea have put the United States is in deep doo doo, former Vice President Dick Cheney told Republican lawmakers Tuesday. Cheney met for about 10 minutes with GOP leadership, CNN reports. Rep. Steve Southerland of Florida, who was in the...
• Psychoanalyst Heath King: Kim Jong Un Logical, Not Irrational
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is rational and logical, not at all a madman as some have portrayed him, psychoanalyst and author G. Heath King tells Newsmax TV.
• McConnell Accuses Democratic Super PAC of Bugging His Office
  The FBI has been asked to look into whether Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign headquarters was bugged after a recording of a private campaign meeting surfaced in which the senator and aides discussed ways to question the mental health of a potential...
• Theodore Roosevelt IV: GOP Won’t Spin Off Third Party Any Time Soon
  Having grown up in a family where the term progressive was not used by Republicans as a pejorative to describe their political opponents, Theodore Roosevelt IV tells Newsmax TV that he does not necessarily see today s GOP spinning off a third party any time soon. Our...
• Gang of Eight to Announce Immigration Bill
  A tentative deal has been reached to resolve a dispute between agriculture workers and growers that was standing in the way of a sweeping immigration overhaul bill, a key senator said Tuesday. The agreement could smooth the way for release of the landmark legislation...
• Far East Expert to Newsmax: Kim Jong-un Has Pushed SKorea to the Brink
  North Korea s increasingly hostile threats are on the verge of spiraling out of control and could trigger devastating military retaliation by a fed-up South Korea, a leading expert on the Far East says.
• Senate Set for Showdown to Advance Gun Legislation
  Do Democrats in the Senate have enough votes to keep Republicans from blocking a floor debate on gun legislation?
• White House Assistant Chef Says He Will be Furloughed
  Even White House chefs could be feeling the pain of government budget cuts.
• Inhofe: ‘Childish’ PR Stunt to Donate Pay Over Sequester
  Don't expect the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee to join the lead of the White House and other lawmakers in donating part of his salary in solidarity with federal employees hit by furloughs.
• ATF Seeks ‘Massive’ Online Database to Get Personal Info
  The ATF is seeking bids for an online database to more quickly find out stuff about you including who your friends are.

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