Reflexively attacked by Democrats, Rep. Paul Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" budget isn't getting an overwhelmingly warm reception from conservatives, either.

Though the Wisconsin congressman touts nearly $6 trillion in cuts over 10 years, he measures his numbers against President Barack Obama's projected outlays. Which is to say, they're not so much actual cuts as they are reductions in the rate of increase.

Conservatives say that spreading the spending blueprint over 10 years will bring little, if any, immediate relief.

President Barack Obama announced Thursday he will meet with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos,now that the two leaders have reached a free-trade agreement.

Every day Floridians are targeted by individuals seeking to use them as pawns in schemes to defraud and collect millions, and it is costing Florida families as much as $100 in higher auto insurance premiums every year. Its called personal injury protection (PIP) fraud and efforts are under way in Tallahassee to protect Floridians and give law enforcement officers the tools they need to stop it before it occurs.

Despite apocalyptic scenarios painted by some members of the Democrat-media complex, a U.S. government "shutdown" looming on Friday would affect barely one in four workers.

But it's President Barack Obama's call.

If Obama follows the direction set by Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton in previous shutdowns, less than half of the 2.1 million federal workers subject to a shutdown would be forced off the job.

School-choice advocates hailed this week's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Arizona's tax-credit scholarship program.

The 5-4 ruling affirmed a 2002 high court decision for a Cleveland voucher program, and gives added support to the 10-year-old Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC) program which awarded $106 million in private tuition grants to 28,927 last year.