Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) today issued the following statement regarding the Labor Department's announcement that the National Unemployment Rate has dropped to 4.4 percent. This number is the lowest it's been since May 2001. Read more…

> The Church of the Heavenly Rest in association with Beverly Vanessa Hill present "A Gala Benefit Concert" for Habitat for Humanity, New York City. All performers for the evening are graciously donating their time and talents and all proceeds will benefit Habitat for Habitat for Humanity, New York City. The concert program will span best loved opera and oratorio excerpts from Mozart, Puccini, Offenbach and Verdi; songs of Schubert, the moving spirituals of Hall Johnson and Florence Price, and several scenes from Gluck's beautiful "Orfeo and Euridice". Read more…

A former employee of a construction company that has contracts with the U.S. Air Force in Iraq, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan to a one-count criminal information, the Department of Justice announced today. Read more…

As part of the kickoff festivities surrounding the announcement of Mount Holyoke's $300 million campaign, the Dorothy Rooke McCulloch and Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. Center for Global Initiatives was dedicated in a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the college. Read more…

The National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI) announces that its ground breaking web portal, http://www.humantraffickingsearch.net is now multilingual and includes online videos through its Human Trafficking TV. Read more…

Today, www.Vote-USA.org, unveils a new non-partisan, free information tool that provides voters with customized ballots and candidate authored comparisons. The fact that all of the information is provided by the candidates guarantees that the information accurately represents their positions. Read more…

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is today calling on the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has violated FEC regulations and Federal Election Campaign laws by advocating the election of federal candidates in communications to the general public. Read more…

The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) will hold its public meeting Nov. 28, in Washington, D.C., the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today. The meeting notice is scheduled to be published in the Nov. 6, Federal Register. Read more…

Focus on the Family Action issue analysts will be available for live television, radio and print interviews on Election Night, Nov. 7. Among the topics group executives and analysts will be ready to address from a socially conservative perspective are Read more…

NAACP President & CEO Bruce S. Gordon today officially opened seven NAACP Election Day command centers to coordinate a statewide campaign to defeat Proposal 2, a ballot initiative that would eliminate affirmative action programs in the state government and institutions of higher learning. Read more…

An op- ed by Kenneth Pasternack of Californians for Population Stabilization Read more…

Sheila Harris, who was convicted by a federal jury in July on one count of theft of government property and one count of bank burglary, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 12 months and one day, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas. She was ordered to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on Dec. 1. Read more…

Coalition Forces and the Government of Iraq have joined together to establish a common operational picture of reconstruction efforts in Baghdad, as part of the Baghdad Security Plan. Read more…

What do the Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Arizona Republic, and the Las Vegas Review Journal all have in common? They all agree that the minimum wage ballot initiatives in their respective states are bad policy and have urged voters to reject them. Threats to privacy, costly record keeping for businesses, and dangerous annual increases cemented in state constitutions are among the reasons that over 40 newspaper editorial boards from six states are encouraging voters to say no to their wage hike measures on election day. Read more…

In all that has been said about the coming election, one largely overlooked fact is that the voting experience of the blind will be private for the first time in history, National Federation of the Blind says. Read more…

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this afternoon on Congressman Bob Ney resigning from Congress Read more…

Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today that a jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico found two defendants guilty of conspiracy, extortion, and fraud in connection with a public corruption investigation into a construction project in Puerto Rico known as Superaqueduct. The Honorable Jose Antonio Fuste scheduled the sentencing for Jan. 18, 2007. Read more…

Chew on this... A mere one in 10 dog owners believes that dental health is the most important health issue, despite recent research indicating that oral disease is the number one diagnosed disease in pets. What's more, eight in 10 dogs show signs of gum disease by age three. Read more…

Watching the Towers Fall and Moving Beyond Stuck-On-Stupid! As a voter, is there a more important issue to research and understand than this one - What Our Troops Want - during wartime? Read more…

Timing is everything when it comes to a big purchase like buying a house - and getting your timing wrong can be very expensive. Steven Cook of the National Association of Realtors says consumers should consider some very simple economic facts about the real estate market beforehand. Read more…

Country poised for big changes in Congressional Elections. Read more…

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and European Union Officials to Hold Press Conference Regarding An Agreement To Improve Joint Efforts To Fight Transnational Crime Read more…

Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for Nov. 5 from the U.S. Census Bureau Read more…

United States Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey will deliver the Democratic Hispanic Radio Address this Saturday, November 4, 2006. This will be the last radio address before the November 7 elections. Menendez will discuss what's at stake in these elections, contrasting the stay the course policies of the Bush Administration and Republicans in Congress with the New Direction Democrats offer America on everything from the Iraq War, to raising the minimum wage, to strengthening the middle class. Read more…

Senators Harry Reid, Carl Levin, Joe Biden, and Jay Rockefeller today sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte asking him to review the national security consequences for the posting of sensitive nuclear weapons design materials on the Internet. The senators also asked for the origins and purpose of the overall publication program. This program was set up under pressure from Congressional republicans. The full text of the letter follows. Read more…