The House will consider… a proposal to give the United Nations more control of the Internet.
It’s an unpopular idea with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Congress, and officials with the Obama administration have also criticized it.
“We’re quite concerned,” Larry Strickling, the head of the Commerce

A California District Court judge has ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional…, and she’s the third one to do so.
Claudia Wilken, a district court judge for the northern district of California, ruled on Thursday that congress acted unconstitutionally in discriminating against gay couples in the 1996 Defence

Hugvie is the phone that hugs you… while you talk so you don’t feel so alone.
The Hugvie is a pillow-like robot shaped in a minimal, genderless human form and featuring a pocket to hold your mobile phone. The device includes a microcontroller and vibrators that are designed to match

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, tells Alan why he’s opposed to the indefinite detention of terror suspects within the US.…

Mitt Romney and Rand Paul met together… Wednesday.
The one-on-one conversation in the nation’s capital lasted 30 minutes. Sources say the tone was cordial but it wasn’t meant to be an exchange of pleasantries. The Kentucky Republican focused his questions on policy.
Senator Paul is one of the GOP’s rising

• Five years ago, a man who was admitted to the hospital for a kidney stone received surprising news: test results revealed that he had female sex organs. Stevie Crecelius and Stevie’s wife Debbie Crecelius share their amazing story.
• Alan has a hilariously indescribable chat with legendary lounge …

From Thursday night’s radio show.…

Politifact looked at the claims made by Rex Nutting… that the rate of spending is slower than it’s been in 60 years, and found it to be true.
Like Nutting, we used historical data from the Office of Management and Budget along with projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Alan speaks with MarketWatch’s Rex Nutting, who debunks Romney’s claim that there has been a spending binge under Obama.…

• The Ranking Member the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), discusses the dangers of allowing the government to detain terror suspects without trial.
• Is President Obama “attacking capitalism…“? Alan responds to the accusation.
• Then & Now: Alan compares Mitt Romney’s policy positions