A poll released on Wednesday revealed that President Barack Obama was enjoying a surge of popularity after American forces killed terrorist Osama bin Laden.

The poll from Ispos found Obama getting more than 50 percent against every single one of a host of Republican challengers. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee came closest in the poll but still lost, with the president getting 51 percent support of those surveyed while the Republican was behind him with 39 percent. Obama led former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, 51 percent to 38 percent.

Republicans who control the House are advancing three bills -- which the House leadership has dubbed the American Energy Initiative -- that would expand offshore energy production, and they insist that this will lead to relief for Americans plagued by high gas prices.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who may be gearing up for another shot at the Republican presidential nomination, weighed in on Tuesday on the debt ceiling.

A poll released on Tuesday from Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, showed that Republicans have increasingly turned against billionaire and reality TV star Donald Trumps presidential ambitions. While Trump led the Republican pack in Aprils version of the PPP poll, he was a distant fifth in the May poll.

NASA announced on Tuesday that their technicians had closed up the aft compartment and that the space shuttle Endeavour, which was supposed to launch its last flight in April, should be taking off on Monday. The 16-day final mission is scheduled to begin at 8:56 on Monday morning.

While the crew -- which is commanded by the husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who is still recovering from being shot earlier in the year -- is still in Texas, they will be heading back to Florida on Thursday.

Conservative leader Gary Bauer weighed in late Monday on Chinese-backed efforts to drill for oil off the shore of Cuba -- and called for America to do the same thing.

In an e-mail sent out to supporters, Bauer, who led the Family Research Council and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, argued that offshore drilling could lead to lower prices at the pump.

Has the speculation around Donald Trumps presidential campaign boomeranged and smacked the Donald in the face?

The billionaire businessman suffered a bit of a blow on Sunday as the ratings came out for Sundays three-hour episode of "Celebrity Apprentice."

Sen. Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, unleashed a scathing attack on Gov. Rick Scott Monday after it was announced that the $2.4 billion in high-speed rail funds he rejected is being dispersed among 15 other states.

Altman, who joined Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, in a lawsuit designed to block Scott from rejecting the funds earlier this year, said he "misled the people of Florida" by claiming the rejected money helped a deadlocked Congress reach a budget deal.

Is former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson planning on a comeback? Thats the question Alex Isenstadt is asking over at Politico in a fascinating article on what the liberal former congressman, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Webster last year, is up to even as he continues to fund-raise. The article reveals that Grayson has his eye on the redistricting process -- and Central Florida is poised to get an extra congressional seat.

If you lost your shirt on Mucho Macho Man at the Kentucky Derby this weekend (what were you thinking?), there is still hope of a turnaround.

The oddsmakers over at bookmaker.com have determined that the odds of Donald Trump committing to a presidential run are 48 percent. Keep in mind, though, that the chances of him not running are placed at 65 percent.