Updated: 6:02 PM President Barack Obama sent Congress a nearly $4 trillion budget on Monday. The President says this budget will pour money into the fight against unemployment. The deficit this year would surge to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion.

Updated: 7:53 PM Secretary of State Trey Grayson is touting a list of his own endorsements. Twenty-seven state lawmakers are throwing their support behind Grayson in his bid for the U.S. Senate.

Posted: 7:23 PM Sarah Palin endorsed eye surgeon Rand Paul in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race, saying he wants to “shake up the status quo” in Washington.

Posted: 1:29 PM Republicans say President Obama’s administration has a “blind spot” when it comes to fighting terrorism. Maine Senator Susan Collins says the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day should have been treated as an enemy combatant, not an “ordinary criminal”.

Updated: 1:04 PM President Obama says he would like to see Congress reinstate the “pay-as-you-go” rules that produced budget surpluses in the 1990’s. While the President says jobs is his top domestic priority this year, he says trimming the deficit is just as important to sustaining the economic recovery.

Posted: 12:20 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the Governor’s proposed budget for 2011-2012.

Updated: 7:14 PM Here is the reaction from some of our Kentucky Congressional Delegation following President Obama’s State of the Union Address.

Updated: 5:39 PM Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell discussed the President’s State of the Union Address this morning on FOX NEWS.

Posted: 10:50 AM In case you missed it, here is President Obama’s first State of the Union Address. I am also including the text for my hearing impaired friends.

Posted: 11:38 AM We’ve heard a lot from the critics and politicians about what the President should say tonight. Now, I would like to hear what you would say if you were standing in his shoes. You can post your comments on this blog or send me an email. I’ll post your “State of the Union Address” on the blog.

Posted: 5:47 PM The Senate's top Republican said he hopes the President tells Congress to put health-care reform legislation on the shelf and instead focus on the economy and boosting jobs. That from Senator Mitch McConnell as the President prepares for his upcoming State of the Union address.

Posted: 5:05 PM Senator Mitch McConnell discussed health care reform, jobs and the economy during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press. Here’s the interview in case you missed it.

Posted: 8:50 PM The House Republican leader says a political rebellion is brewing over the direction Democrats are trying to take the country, especially in terms of health care.

Posted: 8:23 PM President Obama is blasting last week’s Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions. Meanwhile, Republicans are calling it a victory for free speech.

Posted: 7:49 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or “LIHEAP”. The program helps families pay their energy bills, particularly during the coldest and hottest months of the year.

Posted: 7:49 PM Republicans are basking in the afterglow of an epic upset that turned the political world on its head. Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward Kennedy, leaving President Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt.

Updated: 6:12 PM Republicans are calling on the Afghan government to match the U.S. commitment to stabilize the country.

Updated: 5:59 PM President Barack Obama says if banks can afford millions of dollars in executive bonuses, banks can afford to pay back taxpayers who bailed out the financial institutions.

Updated: 5:14 PM In case you missed it, here is the transcript of Governor Beshear’s “Budget Address” to the General Assembly last night.

Posted: 2:41 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is “The State of the Commonwealth”.

Posted: 6:08 PM The Society of Professional Journalists is the latest group to call on Congress to remove the shroud of secrecy involving the on-going health care debate.

Posted: 12:57 PM A new CBS News poll shows President Obama's approval rating has fallen to 46%, that is an all time low.

Posted: 4:23 PM The top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee says the United States needs to let friend and foe alike know that it “will stop at nothing” to protect itself.

Updated: 4:22 PM President Obama is trying to play up the brighter side of the health care overhaul that he hopes to sign into law in time for his State of the Union address. In his weekly radio and Internet address, the President admits some provisions will take years to implement, but he says dozens of protections go into affect this year.

Posted: 3:18 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic this week is “Law Enforcement”.