If I Were President: Obamacare, One Year In  —  If I were president, on Day One I would issue an executive order paving the way for Obamacare waivers to all 50 states.  The executive order would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and all relevant federal officials to return …

The damning contradictions of Obama's attack on Libya  —  Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone  —  Let's imagine that all goes well in Libya.  The rebels, protected by airstrikes, recapture lost territory and sweep into Tripoli.  Moammar Gadhafi and his sons one way or the other disappear.

Obama Tests Well at Start of Reelection Run  —  No Frontrunner in Slow-Starting GOP Race  —  Barack Obama currently fares as well against a generic opponent in the upcoming presidential election as George W. Bush did in April 2003, a time when Bush's job approval rating was much higher than Obama's is today.

Kristol: Palin probably won't, shouldn't be nominee  —  Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol was among Sarah Palin's earliest Washington admirers, and helped bring her to the national stage, but he said this week that while he still admires her, he questions her choices and doesn't think she …

Who's in charge?  Germans pull forces out of NATO as Libyan coalition falls apart  — Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated  — No-fly zone called into question after first wave of strikes ‘neutralises’ Libyan military machine

Bomb explodes in central Jerusalem; 1 dead, more than 30 hurt  —  Blast caused by explosive device placed next to telephone pole; three people seriously wounded; entrance to the city has been closed.  —  A bomb exploded Wednesday at a crowded bus stop outside the International Convention Center …

Hollywood Icon Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79  —  Elizabeth Taylor Dies Following Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure  —  Oscar winning actress Elizabeth Taylor died today at Los Angeles, Calif.'s Cedars-Sinai Hospital.  She was 79-years-old.  —  “She was surrounded by her children …

Glenn Beck Contemplates Starting Own Channel  —  The possibility that Glenn Beck will exit the Fox News Channel at the end of the year has prompted a big question in media circles: if he leaves, how will he bring his considerable audience with him?  —  Two of the options Mr. Beck has contemplated …

Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says  —  Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas  —  In the UK, Wales has the highest proportion of religiously “non-affiliated”  —  A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers.

Trump to Iowa in June  —  (CNN) - Donald Trump's headed to Iowa, another sign that the businessman, real estate giant, and reality TV star is seriously considering a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn announced Wednesday morning that Trump …

NOW defends Palin against Maher attack, but says ‘We are on to you, right-wingers’  —  In the wake of Bill Maher's tasteless slur against Sarah Palin Friday night, in which he called the former Alaska governor a “twat,” the National Organization for Woman (NOW) has not only denounced the use …

Dana Milbank  —  Obama's quick trip from tyrant to weakling  —  After two years of being called a tyrant and a dictator, President Obama returns to Washington from a five-day overseas trip to find that he has become a weakling.  —  Would-be opponents such as Mitt Romney …

4 Times Journalists Held Captive in Libya Faced Days of Brutality  —  As the four of us headed toward the eastern gate of Ajdabiya, the front line of a desperate rebel stand against the advancing forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, a car pulled up alongside.  —  “They're in the city!” the driver shouted at us.

Detroit Census Confirms a Desertion Like No Other  —  Laying bare the country's most startling example of modern urban collapse, census data on Tuesday showed that Detroit's population had plunged by 25 percent over the last decade.  It was dramatic testimony to the crumbling industrial base of the Midwest …

Fight of the Valkyries  —  They are called the Amazon Warriors, the Lady Hawks, the Valkyries, the Durgas.  —  There is something positively mythological about a group of strong women swooping down to shake the president out of his delicate sensibilities and show him the way to war.

Where are the health care all-stars?  —  Democrats are under siege as they mark the first anniversary of health care reform Wednesday — and they won't get much help from the star-studded, $125 million support group they were once promised.  —  Wal-Mart Watch founder Andrew Grossman unveiled …

Fox News' Steve Harrigan Tears Into Nic Robertson: ‘Dull,’ ‘Has A Screw Loose,’ Does ‘Bullsh-t’ Reporting … A Fox News correspondent who was singled out by an incensed CNN reporter spoke out on Tuesday about the attack—and was just as heated in his response.

Senate to hold hearings on Muslims' rights  —  Just weeks after House Republicans held a hearing looking at the dangers of radical Muslims in the U.S., Senate Democrats are countering with a hearing of their own, scheduled for after Congress returns from a 10-day vacation, to examine Muslims' civil rights.