Estonia showcases way to fix long voting lines
TALLINN, Estonia — In his victory speech, President Barack Obama acknowledged millions of voters' frustration when he said that it was time to fix the long lines at voting stations that have become an...
View ArticleBoehner faces backlash on immigration overture
House Speaker John A. Boehner's overture to Democrats and President Obama on immigration reform is already drawing fire from within the GOP, where lawmakers say he's writing checks that his fellow...
View ArticleChanging times: Politicians' tears more common now
It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his re-election.But Barack Obama isn't the only world leader...
View ArticlePRUDEN: Let’s have a little perspective on the election, please
ANALYSIS/OPINION:Woe is us. But next time, the woe will be for the other guys. Keeping that in mind is the secret of surviving the morning after.Losing an election always hurts; winning hurts the other...
View ArticleRising number of states seeing one-party rule
Divided government still rules in the nation's capital after last week's Tuesday's vote, but unity is increasingly the name of the game in cities such as Annapolis, Topeka, Concord and Little Rock.In a...
View ArticleThe negotiation begins: Obama, Boehner dig in on taxes
After sending signals this week that compromise was possible, both Barack Obama and John Boehner on Saturday reiterated their opposing positions on Saturday, with the president insisting on higher...
View ArticleObama wins Fla., topping Romney in final tally
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic...
View ArticleRepublicans: Sooner or later, Petraeus must answer congressional questions on...
One day after President Obama accepted the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, Republicans say the general is still expected to answer congressional questions about the Obama administration's...
View ArticleSchumer, Graham resurrect bipartisan immigration reform
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham, co-authors of a stalled bipartisan comprehensive immigration plan that includes a "path to citizenship" for the country's estimated 12 million illegals, said...
View ArticleOfficial: Petraeus paramour emailed woman in Fla.
WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. military official says the author who had an affair with David Petraeus sent harassing emails to a woman who was the State Department's liaison to the military's Joint...
View ArticleObama lays wreath in Arlington, honors veterans' sacrifice
President Obama observed Veterans Day on Sunday by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery and promising the post-9/11 generation of veterans and their families that...
View ArticleCongress wants answers from FBI, CIA on Petraeus, Benghazi
WASHINGTON — The career of David Petraeus, the CIA director and renowned general, was derailed by allegedly vicious emails his paramour sent to another woman. Now the CIA, FBI and White House face...
View ArticleFeinstein: Obama right to accept Petraeus resignation
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that President Obama was right to accept the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, who stepped down Friday after...
View ArticleMinnesota GOP reassessing after slap-down at polls
Two years after their party made historic inroads in a traditionally deep-blue state, Republicans in Minnesota find themselves again looking at a period of rebuilding.Voters last week rebuffed the GOP,...
View ArticleAnother Bush ponders run
DALLAS — George P. Bush, a nephew of former President George W. Bush and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has made a campaign filing in Texas that is required of people planning to run for state...
View ArticlePolicies seen through partisan prism, study finds
Many Americans have blind spots when it comes to how well they know recent controversial policies, and Democrats are in the dark more than Republicans, according to a new comprehensive survey of voters...
View ArticlePicture this: Cabinet portraits for big bucks
It's not always easy to tell who's coming or going as the Obama administration starts its second term, but multiple agencies have quietly commissioned artists to paint official portraits of Cabinet...
View ArticleInside Politics: Obama’s press conference to be full one after 8 months
President Obama will hold his first full-fledged press conference in more than eight months Wednesday, the White House announced.White House press secretary Jay Carney said Friday the president will...
View ArticleEthics: What It Means to Be An Officer and a Gentleman
The military has always been adamant that we cannot tolerate adultery in our ranks, at any level. That is why it is an article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice — Article 134, the "good order and...
View ArticleSick veterans wait for Obama's promise
It was one of the simplest, most poignant promises Barack Obama made in 2008 in his first campaign for the White House: He would fulfill "a sacred trust with our veterans" by significantly reducing the...
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