CHICAGO, Illinois - April 25, 2010 - Two state representatives called on Governor Pat Quinn Sunday to deploy the Illinois National Guard to safeguard Chicago’s streets.

PADUCAH, Kentucky - April 23, 2010 - A 63-year-old grandfather, a Sunday school teacher and member of the Rotary Club, was enjoying a quiet evening at home with his wife when Paducah Police "blew open the door" of their house "with an explosive charge," and "viciously assaulted and brutalized" them, breaking two of the grandfather's ribs with "a boot in his back," the grandparents say. The police were looking for their adopted son, who was not at home, but who "peacefully and voluntarily surrendered" when police called him on the phone, according to the federal complaint.

PHOENIX, Arizona – April 21, 2010 - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vowed to sign SB 1070 to bring sweeping change to the illegal immigration crisis in that desert state. At the same time, because the bill proves very effective, illegal aliens and their advocates condemned it with much name-calling.

RICHMOND, Virginia - April 21, 2010 - The Virginia General Assembly has directed the state's Board of Education to develop course materials for teaching gun safety to elementary school children that incorporate the guidelines of a National Rifle Association program.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia - April 20, 2010 - Dozens of Second Amendment rights activists holstered their handguns and slung unloaded rifles over their shoulders Monday at a gun rights rally in Northern Virginia, while hundreds of like-minded but unarmed counterparts converged in the nation's capital.

PHOENIX, Arizona - April 20, 2010 - Law enforcement officials from the Arizona counties hardest hit by illegal immigration say they want U.S. troops to help secure the border, to prevent the deaths of more officers at the hands of criminals who enter the country illegally.

WASHINGTON - April 19, 2010 - Nearly one out of three Amerikans view the U.S. government as a "major threat" to their freedoms, and four out of five say they don't trust Washington to solve their problems, according to a new poll out Monday.