Washington Times By Stephen Dinan The House on Friday rejected a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, falling well short of the two-thirds vote required and signaling a striking slide since the amendment’s high point in the 1990s. T… more »

MSNBC Tom Curry In a rebuff to Republican Gov. John Kasich, Ohio voters have decided to reject curbs on public employees. The Associated Press projected that voters would reject S.B. 5, the law enacted last spring by Kasich and the Republican-con… more »

Sunday: Sarah Palin arrives at the beginning of Rolling Thunder at the Pentagon during the Memorial Day weekend in Washington.  Sarah Palin could win the Republican nomination and defeat President Obama, Sen. John McCain said Sunday as his former vic… more »

Bloomberg By Laura Litvan Senate Democrats defeated a Republican effort to repeal the U.S. health-care overhaul in a test of their continuing support for the law amid court challenges and signs public support for it may be slipping. The Democratic-… more »

 The XM25, designed by Minnesota's Alliant Techsystems, has been in development for about seven years and the first prototypes have been doled out to combat units in Afghanistan earlier this month. The 12-pound, 29-inch system, which costs up to $35,… more »