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Congress must make Chemical Safety Act live up to its name

The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century has a nice ring to it. Named for the late, longtime New Jersey Senator who passed away in 2013, the bill, championed in the Senate by Republican David Vitter…

Car-size salamander with toilet-seat head ruled ancient rivers

(Steve Brusatte/Richard Butler/Octavio Mateus/Seb Steyer) A small-car-size “super salamander” with a toilet-seat-shaped head may have perished some 220 million to 230 million years ago alongside hundreds of its kin when its lake home dried up, researchers say. An international team…

All-Star panel: Ted Cruz shakes up 2016 race

This is a rush transcript from “Special Report,” March 23, 2015. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIPS) SEN. TED CRUZ, R-TEXAS: I believe in you. I believe in the power…

Scientists tout breakthrough in chemical weapons battle

File photo. Mustard gas-filled 155mm projectiles are seen inside a chemical storage igloo, at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) in Pueblo, Colorado. (REUTERS/U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity/handout via…

Hillary Clinton In Trouble, Again: Are we watching a cheap spy movie or a presidential campaign?

At what point do Democrats give up on Hillary Clinton? We must be getting close. The most recent revelation – that Hillary used an untraceable personal email account during her tenure as Secretary of State — should be a tipping…

At CPAC, Jeb Bush does his best to reestablish conservative credentials

Feb. 27, 2015: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. (AP) Potential 2016 White House candidate Gov. Jeb Bush made the most of his opportunities this week to assure attendees at…

Jeb Bush stands firm on controversial immigration, education policies at CPAC

Jeb Bush stood firm at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, defending his position on immigration reform and Common Core before a sometimes skeptical crowd of voters who don’t always see eye to eye with his policies. Energetic and composed,…

Violence on Television: Women’s lives matter except in primetime

In this image released by The CW, Gina Rodriguez appears in a scene from “Jane the Virgin.” Rodriguez and America Ferrera, of “Ugly Betty” have more in common than being the only Latina women to have won Golden Globes for…

Europe, US must confront homegrown Islamic terror threat before more die

France has a big problem. So does Great Britain. So does the rest of Europe. And so does America. The problem is the several thousand young, native-born Islamist extremists who travel abroad to fight for ISIS in Syria and Iraq,…