“Dianne Feinstein” on The Daily Caller

On Monday, The Daily Caller began revealing its Ranking of America’s 50 Best Colleges. We encourage you to check out our methodology and the reasons why our college ranking is uniquely definitive. (more)

The 10 nastiest Senate races (more)

Moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, just told reporters she will not support proceeding with debate on a campaign finance bill, known as the DISCLOSE Act, a move that signals the end of the road for this legislation for now. (more)

A Democratic push to limit campaign spending in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision is under siege in the Senate. (more)

At least two Democratic senators have been victims of false reports of their deaths in the past two days, prompting the Capitol Police to open an investigation into the matter. (more)

If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Press… and This Week… and Fox News Sunday… and Face the Nation… (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan maneuvered carefully through tough Republican questioning on military recruitment at Harvard Law School, gun owners’ rights and free speech Tuesday, drawing strong praise from Senate Democrats who command the votes to confirm her. (more)

A growing number of Democratic lawmakers have begun to make noise in recent days about raising taxes on the middle class and discarding President Obama’s promise not to increase the tax burden on those making $250,000 a year or less. (more)

War funding. Medicare payments. Unemployment insurance. A Democratic Congress cannot pass spending bills into law that until now have been considered a lock for approval because of concerns over the nation’s deficits and debt. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events, lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography, according to an Interior Department report alleging a culture of cronyism between regulators and the industry. (more)

In terms of old geezers, this Congress is setting all kinds of records. (more)

If you’ve looked at online, print or broadcast news in the past 48 hours, you’ve probably seen coverage of the President’s Cancer Panel report that hypes potential environmental causes of cancer. To not notice alarming headlines like, “Cancers from Environment ‘Grossly Underestimated,’” “Americans Bombarded with Cancer Causes,” and “‘Grievous Harm’ Posed by Unchecked Chemicals,” it would take a stock market crash, an attempted terrorist attack in Times Square, and a huge oil spill, all in the same week. (more)

The GOP says immigration reform won’t happen this year, but New York Democrat Chuck Schumer and other Democrats unveiled the framework for comprehensive immigration legislation they say can be passed with Republican help. (more)

Americans consistently have said controlling health costs is their number one priority for reform. But Washington didn’t listen, and President Obama and congressional Democrats muscled through a 2,700-page bill that will actually cause health costs to soar even higher. (more)

On Tuesday evening, the Senate rejected an amendment to reauthorize the Opportunity Scholarships program, which provides private school tuition vouchers to 1,300 poor D.C. children. (more)

How pitiful our political system has become—how completely it has veered from the intentions of our Founders—when the leadership of Congress can ignore the votes of members in order to pass a bill widely rejected by the American public while at the same time, a U.S. Senator’s attempts to reauthorize a successful, popular education program are reduced to amending an aviation bill. (more)

At least, according to this fundraising letter she does: (more)

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday to push his request for $6.9 billion in federal dollars to help plug California’s $20 billion budget gap. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party chairman on Sunday accused Democrats of a double standard by accepting Sen. Harry Reid’s apology for racial remarks about Barack Obama instead of demanding Reid’s ouster as majority leader. (more)

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: (more)