Tea Party Favorite Rand Paul Under Fire for Criticizing Civil Rights Act
Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul scrambled to explain his
criticism of the landmark U.S. Civil Rights Act, which outlawed racial
discrimination, saying he agrees with its goals but questions the federal
government imposing its will on businesses.
The political novice and Kentucky candidate issued a statement
Thursday amid the fallout from a series of interviews in which Paul said he
would have opposed forcing businesses to integrate under the law.
Democrats seized on the comments to argue that Paul holds
extremist views and shouldn't be the choice of voters for the U.S. Senate.
This is slightly off-topic, but it's too cool to ignore.
Scientists create artificial life: World first as genome pioneer makes designer microbe from scratch
Scientists have created artificial life in a laboratory, leading to
accusations they are 'playing God' and tampering 'with the essence of life'.
In a world first, Craig Venter, a maverick biologist and billionaire entrepreneur, has made a synthetic cell from scratch.
National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair Resigns
National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair has resigned, Fox
News has confirmed through senior congressional sources.
President Obama is interviewing candidates to replace Blair,
according to ABC News, which first reported the story.
Blair's resignation comes after a series of intelligence
failures in the Fort Hood shooting, the failed Christmas Day bombing plot and
the attempted Times Square bombing.
A retired Navy admiral, Blair is the third director of national
intelligence, a position created in response to the 9/11 attacks.
Blair's tenure as the overseer of the nation's intelligence
agencies was marked by turf battles with CIA Director Leon Panetta and
controversial public comments in the wake of the Christmas Day airliner bombing
attempt.
Views are mixed on the job President Obama is doing, and for
the first time his approval rating has dipped below 80 percent among Democrats,
a Fox News poll finds.
In all, 45 percent of voters approve and 46 percent disapprove
of the president's job performance. Earlier this month 48 percent
approved and 43 percent disapproved. A year ago, 60 percent approved and 30
percent disapproved (12-13 May 2009).
Seventy-nine percent of Democrats approve and 12 percent
disapprove. That's a record low approval for Obama among his party faithful.
Republicans remain solidly in the disapprove column, as 84
percent give the president a negative rating and 12 percent approve. More
independents disapprove (48 percent) than approve (39 percent) -- and that's
been true for about two months.
The poll followed up the presidential job rating question with
an open-ended question that allowed voters to say in their own words why they
approve or disapprove.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has been ripping into
Arizona's immigration law as he tours Washington -- while appearing to disregard
the way his own country cracks down on immigrants along Mexico's southern
border.
Mexico repeatedly has been cited by human rights groups for
abusing or turning a blind eye to the abuse of migrants from Central America.
Until recently, Mexican law made illegal immigration a criminal offense --
anyone arrested for the violation could be fined, imprisoned for up to two years
and deported. Mexican lawmakers changed that in 2008 to make illegal immigration
a civil violation like it is in the United States, but their law still reads an
awful lot like Arizona's.
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