“Oklahoma,United States” on The Daily Caller

Heritage Action for America, the Heritage Foundation’s grassroots advocacy spin-off, is urging congressional leaders to sign on to Iowa Rep. Steve King’s discharge petition, aimed at repealing Obamacare. (more)

There’s not a single black Republican in Congress today, but Allen West could change that if he wins his election this November. The Sarah Palin-backed veteran running for Florida’s 22nd House district says, however, that this fact is not very important. (more)

Dr. Patrick Wolf spoke to a packed audience in the Capitol Visitors Center last Monday. (more)

OMAHA, Neb. — Whit Merrifield’s RBI single with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning gave South Carolina its first baseball national championship with a 2-1 victory over UCLA in the College World Series on Tuesday night. (more)

Our own government has quietly admitted that America needs foreign help to handle the oil spill—almost two months after pushing that help away. (more)

Imagine being gang-raped. Imagine the pain it causes, the shame it inflicts and the endless trauma it bears. Now, imagine being told just months later that you’ve contracted HIV as a result. This is the story of Elizabeth Shepherd. (more)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Looking for the savior of the Big 12? Follow the money. (more)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Staring at extinction, the Big 12 is once again in play. (more)

Colorado joined the Pac-10 on Thursday, marking the first addition to the conference since the Arizona schools joined in 1978. Now Cal, Stanford and their West Coast colleagues are asking: Who’s next? (more)

For the legions of Harry Potter fans expected to descend on Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter this summer, riding roller coasters is only part of the draw. Just as important is the ability to sip a butterbeer ($3), sample a chocolate frog ($10) and be outfitted with a magic wand ($29). (more)

Forty-three Memorial Days ago—four wars ago now—I was a second lieutenant artillery observer with the 9th Infantry Division’s Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam. The day I set out for that incredible combat zone five months earlier, I began a journey to an unknown destination, a place inside myself I had not yet discovered. (more)

“Overburdensome and unnecessary federal regulations can choke the life out of small businesses by imposing costly and often-ineffectual remedies to problems that may not exist.” (more)

WASHINGTON—In a 60-34 vote, Democratic senators on Monday overcame Republican opposition to an extension of unemployment benefits and health-insurance subsidies for jobless people. (more)

Extremism occurs among the political left and the political right. But to listen to some media, you would think that the violent-prone are all conservatives. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans learned early Thursday that they will be able to kill language in a measure altering President Barack Obama’s newly enacted health care overhaul, meaning the bill will have to return to the House for final congressional approval. (more)

Whether it’s a correctly called a movement, a backlash or political theater, state declarations of their rights — or in some cases denunciations of federal authority, amounting to the same thing — are on a roll. (more)

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – New soldiers are grunting through the kind of stretches and twists found in “ab blaster” classes at suburban gyms as the Army revamps its basic training regimen for the first time in three decades. (more)

Now that the Olympics is over, and I have gotten a chance to watch the NFL Scouting Combine on NFL Network. I am ready for my initial mock draft of the first round. Where mine differs from others; I am going to tell you based on my knowledge and observations who I think each team should take. I am not going to attempt to predict what corporate executives will do for their own reasons. (more)

HAMMON, Okla. — Authorities say at least five homes and a barn owned by the county government were destroyed in a tornado in western Oklahoma. (more)

Democratic California Rep. Pete Stark, whose own political career has hardly been devoid of scandal, will take over the gavel on the House Ways and Means Committee from Rep. Charles Rangel following the New Yorker’s temporary departure over ethics complaints. (more)