The most important news for Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009.....
A freshman Democrat Congressman from Alabama has announced that he is switching parties and will be joining the GOP.
Russia and the United States are on the verge of agreeing to a deal that would require unprecedented cuts to the nuclear arsenals of each side.
There is a report that intelligence officials from Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the U.S. held a meeting last week to discuss specific responses to Iranian retaliatory attacks during a potential war with Iran.
The FBI is probing a computer security breach targeting Citigroup Inc. that resulted in a theft of tens of millions of dollars by computer hackers who appear linked to a Russian cybergang.
The Senate has scheduled a vote on final passage of its health care overhaul bill for around 8 AM on Christmas Eve.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says that the foes of the health care reform bill are birthers, right-wing militias and those belonging to aryan groups.
Will the health care reform bill being pushed by Democrats reduce the health coverage choices of most Americans to almost nothing?
A new poll reveals that almost two-thirds of all Americans are against the health care reform bill.
One analysis had identified at least 19 new taxes in the health care reform bill.
It turns out that the former head of the CDC has landed a lucrative job as the president of Merck's vaccine division.
The WHO gets approximately 81 percent of its funding from private corporations.
The White House wants Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to take seriously a year-end deadline over its nuclear program.
Barack Obama has rolled up his sleeve and has taken the H1N1 swine flu vaccine.
USA Today is attacking celebrities who speak out about the dangers of vaccines and other health issues.
Ron Paul is calling Ben Bernanke the "greatest counterfeiter" in the world.
Is the U.S. economy on the verge of a total collapse?
In 1980, the average U.S. household held $670 in credit card debt. That number today is up to $7,800.
According to a study released on Monday, U.S. banks that spent more money on lobbying were more likely to get government bailout money.
Almost 50 percent of Detroit's working-age population is unemployed.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, taxpayers will pay almost $900 million over the next 10 years to extend federal employee benefits to homosexual couples.
Will a new law essentially outlaw evangelical Christianity and Roman Catholicism in the U.K.?
Global warming? Winter has only just begun and 50 percent of the U.S. is covered in snow.
Global warming? The death toll from winter storms across Europe has risen to at least 80, as arctic temperatures and heavy snow continue to plague the continent.
Did a British scientist and Wikipedia administrator rewrite more than 5,000 unique articles on Wikipedia to cover traces of a medieval warming period?
One Canadian news source says that the climate change movement needs a "Pearl Harbor moment".
Are we quickly turning our children into Orwellian eco-spies?
A powerful volcano in the Philippines has gotten louder and could erupt at any time.
A house dating back to the time of Jesus has been found in Nazareth.
Mexico City has become the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.
Is the theory of evolution just a very old pagan idea?
A new YouTube video paints a very dark vision of the future of society.
Large amounts of prescription drugs were found in Brittany Murphy's bedroom when paramedics were called to her Los Angeles home on Sunday.
A new study has found that residents of New York are the unhappiest people in the United States.
An Anglican priest in the U.K. is being accused of encouraging poor people who are desperate for cash to go forth and shoplift from major stores.
Lastly, it turns out that Barack Obama recently had time to make a prank call to a talk radio show. He identified himself as "Barry from D.C." before making his real identity known.
