Gunmen stormed a school bus last Tuesday and shot a 14-year-old girl in the head. Her crime? Getting an education. This seems almost inconceivable to those of us blessed to live in America, but in some areas of the globe, girls must risk their lives to get a basic education.

"Former Senator Arlen Specter will always be remembered as a tough, independent fighter for causes he believed in. He was a man of the Senate, who understood the special role the Senate has in shaping national policy and maintaining the balance of power. His long career was dedicated to public servi...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong to the Empire State Building, national monuments will be lit in pink to raise awareness.

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U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations bipartisan investigation of the D...

U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, and Science, issued the following statement on the news of the Obama Administration's decision to acquire the Thomson Prison in Illinois:

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Washington in September to receive the Congressional Gold Medal and to make the case on behalf of her country for continued U. S.

The president asserts that the Bush tax cuts, along with deregulation, caused the 2008 economic crisis. Really?