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He’s a modest man. He’d probably would hate the fact I’m writing about him, so I’ll keep it to first names: David. He’s modest, but rich — very, very rich. You wouldn’t know it, of course. Frankly, he dresses like an absent-minded professor. The threads on his suits are worn. …

Hi folks. Once again, a busy breaking news day — one requiring us to dip in and out of 11th hour press conferences. We did try to bring you all the news, with a ribbon of entertainment sewn throughout the hour. This tends to raise the ire of some of …

A coalition of sympathetic media and open border activists has counterattacked effectively, as Congress tries to hammer out a bill that would get illegal immigration under control. Millions of demonstrators are on the march, demanding U.S. citizenship for illegal aliens. And overall, the media is very sympathetic to the demonstrators, …

The Bush presidency, a crossroads. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” President Bush could go down in history as another Ronald Reagan (search) or another Warren Harding (search). We’ll know over the next few months. As you may know, the president’s job approval rating is dropping …

WASHINGTON – Though Christopher Flickinger calls himself “dean” and poses in parodistic photos waving a small American flag and looking stern, he says he’s never been more serious about eliminating what he claims is pervasive anti-conservatism on college campuses today. “When I was on campus, I had no help,” the …

The battle over illegal immigration heats up: that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” First of all, our condolences to the families of Denver detectives John Bishop and Donald Young, both shot, apparently, by a 19-year-old illegal alien who confessed the crime to his girlfriend. The man, …

WASHINGTON – Political maneuvering in the House and Senate has forced the budget process to a near standstill, with lawmakers afraid to make tough spending decisions before the November election. But observers say the taxpayer is the only real party that stands to lose in this war of wills. “How …

PRAGUE – Pope Benedict XVI begins a three-day pilgrimage Saturday to the Czech Republic, where people increasingly have become cool to religion since overthrowing a communist regime that ruthlessly persecuted the Roman Catholic Church. Scores of pilgrims poured into Prague on the eve of the nation’s first papal visit in …

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. – A judge has cleared professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle of charges he violated a protection order and illegally possessed human growth hormone. Police in suburban Pittsburgh stopped Angle last month after he allegedly violated the protection order his then girlfriend, Trenesha Biggers, had …

JERUSALEM – Israeli President Shimon Peres was discharged from a Tel Aviv hospital on Sunday, a day after fainting on stage during a talk. The 86-year-old Peres passed out briefly Saturday, then revived on his own a few seconds later. Initially he had resisted hospitalization, but later agreed and was …