Sen. Rand Paul, shown last month, led opposition on the Senate floor Monday, arguing that the Patriot Act's provisions allow the government to peer too deeply into Americans' private lives. Senators vote overwhelmingly to extend the anti-terrorism law for four years despite objections of a coalition of conservatives and liberals. The House is expected to follow suit. The Senate voted overwhelmingly... 

The Senate gave its final approval to a $600 million border security bill Thursday. The Senate briefly suspended its month-long summer recess to give final approval to a $600 million border security bill Thursday, fulfilling President Barack Obama’s request for reinforcements on the Southwest border — and allowing both parties to claim they’ve made progress in addressing border security, ahead... 

Obama US government will be handed the power to seize control of a failing bank and derivatives trading will be subject to new controls. Wall Street banks face their toughest clampdown since the Great Depression after the US Senate passed Barack Obama’s banking reform bill. In a historic change, the US government will be handed the power to seize control of a failing bank to avoid a collapse... 

Audit The Fed The Senate voted unanimously to peer into Federal Reserve decision-making Tuesday, authorizing an examination of the central bank’s emergency lending to financial institutions in the months surrounding the 2008 financial crisis. Separately, Democrats rejected a Republican plan to end the government’s support of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — a financial rescue... 

Glenn Beck Faith, hope and charity: We used to seek God’s blessings on the country, we used to pursue maximum freedom to solve problems and we’d rely on one another in times of need. Now we’re being pushed towards what progressives have always found hope in: Dependency on regulations and administrations. Average Americans find that approach to be red tape. Our Founding Fathers found... 

President Obama has chosen former astronaut Charles F. Bolden to head NASA. If confirmed by the Senate, Bolden would become the first African-American NASA administrator. Word of Obama’s choice came Saturday in statements from NASA and the White House. The president also tapped former NASA official Lori Garver, who headed Obama’s space transition team, to become deputy administrator. “These...