Following a testy exchange during Wednesday's briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.

Sen. Bob Casey, who calls himself pro-life Democrat, is now a proponent of "common ground," a phrase that President Obama also uses. on Wednesday, Casey said the issue of abortion should not bog down passage of a health-care reform bill.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) received $50 million from the United States government this year, despite accusations from the Population Research Institute that the world body facilitates forced abortions and sterilizations in China.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that he is directing the Pentagon's top lawyers to look for ways to reinterpret the 1993 law that bars homosexuals from serving in the military. Gates said he was looking to make enforcement of the law more "humane."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) won't give the public a week to review the final text of the health-care reform bill before the House votes on it.