Federal bureaucrats and politicians often define common terms in strange ways. “Budget cut” means a funding increase, “tax reform” means raising taxes, and “volunteers” are paid. To the Bush administration, “freedom” and “service” apparently mean the same thing. This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service started a “Presidential …

Veteran newscaster John Gibson hosts Fox News Channel’s newest primetime show The Big Story with John Gibson Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. ET, with expert legal analysis from Judge Andrew Napolitano and reports from correspondent Heather Nauert. Here’s a review of the rundown for Wednesday, June 5: Are calls …

BOSTON – The accounting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers filed Mitt Romney’s taxes incorrectly two years in a row by listing him as a Utah resident, but Romney shouldn’t be blamed for their mistakes, his attorneys argued in legal documents filed on Monday. Romney, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, gave only his financial …

DENVER – Two jets packed with military personnel pretending to be civilians took off from airports in the West on Tuesday in a twin hijacking drill designed to improve coordination among American and Canadian agencies. About a dozen fighter jets from the North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled to respond …

LAKE GEORGE, Colo. – Fire crews took advantage of favorable weather to make progress for a second straight day against a fire that has burned 102,000 acres southwest of Denver. Firefighters managed to contain about 30 percent of the blaze by Friday night, and about 100 people were allowed to …

NEW YORK – House lawmakers put the final touches on last-minute legislation before departing Washington Friday and calling the 107th Congress adjourned. But as lawmakers scattered to the winds, the headlines theyleft behindshow that the 107th was more than just a legislative term. Despite all the charges of gridlock, the …

NEW ORLEANS – When people saw water sloshing about in ponds, bayous and pools, an earthquake more than 3,000 miles away seemed an unlikely culprit. “My neighbor actually thought there was an alligator in the pond,” said Dan Musmanno, 51, of the New Orleans suburb Belle Chasse. “My neighbor’s son …

For the first time in my lifetime, the Republicans control both the executive and the legislative branch of government. OK, I know, I know. The question on everyone’s mind, that no one is talking about–what does this election result mean for space policy? OK, well maybe not on everyone’s mind. …

Terrorism is a serious problem for America. But when our elected representatives vote for telephone book-sized laws they have not read, it also represents a serious problem. That’s just what happened when Congress passed the “Homeland Security Act,” a 484-page law most House members did not even read. And that …

NEW YORK – Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) will slash about 11 percent of its work force in a move to combat a nearly two-year-old slump in microchip demand, the chip equipment giant said Monday — stokingfearsthat the beleaguered sector may not rebound soon, and plunging Big Tech issues under a …