CBO: By 2019, Taxpayers Will Pay $196 Billion A Year for Obamacare, But 24 Million People Will Remain Uninsured

By 2019 taxpayers will be paying $196 billion per year to subsidize other people's health insurance coverage but there will still be 24 million uninsured people in America, according to the Congressional Budget Office. [Links] [Related]

Obama Administration to Fine Employers as GOP Pushes to Replace Illegals with U.S. Workers

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton are cracking down on businesses that employ illegal immigrants and recognizing those that use the government's e-verify system. [Links] [Related]

Army Limits Media Access at Palin Book-Signing at North Carolina Base

A Fort Bragg spokesman initially said the Army would ban the media from Palin's book signing next week, fearing it would turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama. After media outlets complained, the post said it would permit restricted media access. [Links] [Related]

Pelosi Won't Say Whether Osama Bin Laden Should be Told He Has the Right to Remain Silent and Get a Lawyer

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that if the United States were to capture Osama bin Laden, Americans should not worry about how his prosecution would be handled.  [Links] [Related]

Leading U.N. Critic Sees Political Agenda Behind U.N.’s Decision to Bar Her

After being denied access to United Nations headquarters for two weeks, one of U.N.'s most forthright critics will find out Friday if her confiscated entry pass will be returned to her – and under what conditions. [Links] [Related]

Evangelicals Give Away 170,000 Copies of Darwin’s Book With ‘Special Introduction’ to College Students

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Holder Can’t Say Whether Osama Bin Laden Would Be Tried in Civilian or Military Court

Attorney Gen. Eric Holder, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his decision to bring  suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shekh Mohammed to the U.S. to be tried in a civilian court, couldn't say what the U.S would do with Bin Laden if he is captured.  [Links] [Related]

Decision to Try KSM in Civilian Court is 'Asinine' and Has Terrorists ‘Laughing At Us,' Says Republican Member of Judiciary Committee

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told CNSNews.com that the Obama administration's decision to prosecute 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in civilian court is an "asinine approach" for which terrorists "the world over" are "laughing" at the United States. [Links] [Related]

In May, Obama Said He’d Use Military Commissions to Try Terrorists ‘Who Violate the Laws of War’ and to Protect Intelligence Sources and Trial Participants

Six months before his administration decided to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court, President Obama said he would use military commissions to try terrorists who "violate the laws of war" and to protect intelligence sources and methods as well as the safety of those who would need to participate in such trials. [Links] [Related]

Health Care Bill As Important As Civil Rights Act, Creation of Social Security, Senator Says

Sen. Patrick Leahy said "months of arduous drafting and redrafting and honing" (by Democrats, working without Republicans behind closed doors) has produced a Senate health care bill worthy of debate. [Links] [Related]

Obama, Home From Asia, Faces Showdowns on Health Care, Afghanistan, Jobs

A president's job is always busy. But Obama's plate is piled so high that Thanksgiving seems to have come early at the White House. [Links] [Related]

GOP Governors Push for 2010 Party Rebirth

Republicans boast of a strong crop of gubernatorial candidates who could be future party leaders, $25 million in the bank a year before the midterm elections and a difficult environment for Democrats. [Links] [Related]

Small Iowa Town Makes Itself A Hub for Electric Cars

The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of charging stations -- if an electric car can make it there. [Links] [Related]

Dumbo Univeristy

As George W. Bush famously asked, "Is our children learning?"  Apparently not in the twin capitals of liberalism, Washington, D.C., and New York. [Links] [Related]

Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Cluster Reported in North Carolina

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S. [Links] [Related]

Wilmington Diocese Will Pay Retirement Benefits to Pedophile Priests

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington says it is obligated to keep paying retirement benefits to six priests who church officials have confirmed are pedophiles. [Links] [Related]