“Federal” on The Daily Caller

For many Americans, March 21, 2010, is a date that will live in infamy. Unlike Pearl Harbor or the September 11, 2001, attacks, which offended nearly all Americans, the health care legislation only angered a significant proportion of the population. However, those of us who are outraged are motivated to wage a long fight, and out aims go much further than rolling back this one bill. (more)

Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit hit an all-time high for the month of December, and the red ink for the first three months of the current budget year is rising at a more rapid pace than last year’s record clip. (more)

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter used his annual State of the State speech to pick on one of his favorite targets: the federal government. (more)

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A slain Las Vegas federal court guard was eulogized Monday as a dedicated police officer and public servant who loved his family, horses, crossword puzzles and doughnuts, and who didn’t hesitate to do his duty even in the face of an armed gunman. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage gets under way in San Francisco on Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses. (more)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a gunman shot dead in a gunbattle after killing a courthouse security guard and wounding a federal marshal in Las Vegas had a “lengthy” criminal history in Tennessee and California. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials say the suspect in the Las Vegas shooting at a federal building was upset over losing a lawsuit over his Social Security benefits. (more)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a federal building in downtown Las Vegas on Monday, killing one court officer and wounding a second before he was shot to death. (more)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man dressed in black walked into a federal building Monday in downtown Las Vegas and opened fire with a shotgun, killing a court security guard and wounding a U.S. marshal before he was shot to death in a running gunbattle. (more)