HURT: Whole gaggle ‘wasn’t looking’ during presidential election
ANALYSIS/OPINION:BOCA GRANDE, Fla. — During this time of Thanksgiving, it is altogether fitting and appropriate that we stop to give thanks for one of our most important and cherished freedoms in...
View ArticleIllinois works on driver's licenses for illegals
Illinois' top leaders said Tuesday that they will push to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants — testing federal strictures and becoming the latest sign that the pendulum has swung away from...
View ArticleWest concedes in Fla. House race, leaves one black GOP lawmaker
Rep. Allen B. West’s concession Tuesday that he lost his bid for re-election means the 113th Congress will open in January with only one black Republican in either chamber — a rough end to a year when...
View ArticleAt Asia summit, Obama tries to avoid dispute over South China Sea
After talking tough on China during the election, President Obama pressed ahead with his message of fostering greater U.S. political and economic ties to Asian nations during a meeting of South Asian...
View ArticleU.S. sends Clinton on mission to stem Israeli-Hamas conflict
The White House sent Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Jerusalem, Ramallah and Cairo Tuesday in an effort to quell the violent clashes between Israel and Hamas.The decision was made after a...
View ArticleObama sends Clinton to Mideast amid Gaza crisis
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Barack Obama dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East on Tuesday as the U.S. urgently seeks to contain the bloody conflict between Israel...
View ArticlePRUDEN: The ill wind blowing past Benghazi
ANALYSIS/OPINION:It's an ill wind that blows nobody good, and that evil wind from the Middle East comes just when Barack Obama needs a distraction most. Just when the mainstream media finally discovers...
View ArticleIndiana justices weigh vouchers
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Supreme Court justices weighing the legality of the nation's largest school-voucher program made clear during a packed hearing Wednesday that the program's fate may rest on...
View ArticleFederal employees say they’ve done their part to dodge ‘cliff’
Federal employee unions and their allies on Capitol Hill are drawing a line in the sand against potential efforts to solve the "fiscal cliff" crisis on the backs of the federal workforce, saying the...
View ArticleSolyndra lawyers reap green, but not energy
Bankrupt solar-panel company Solyndra LLC and the criminal investigation into its downfall have faded from public view, but the law firm representing the company in a grand jury probe quietly has...
View ArticleRoosevelt’s movable feast sparked outrage in year of ‘Franksgiving’
The year was 1939, and American businesses, still reeling from the previous year's recession, decided they wanted an extra week of Christmas shopping. The solution? They asked President Roosevelt to...
View ArticleChallenges to public prayer increase
It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract approvals and...
View ArticleNewark mayor will live on food stamps for a week
NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he and a Twitter follower will try living on food stamps for at least a week.The idea stemmed from a back-and-forth conversation between Mr. Booker and a...
View Article5 Mexicans ‘patrolling’ when border agent killed
A Mexican national who pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent — whose 2010 death led to a congressional probe of the botched "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation — was...
View ArticleRice defends Benghazi remarks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice says her early account of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi was based on the initial...
View ArticleInside Politics: Myanmar grants nuclear concession
Little noticed during President Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether that nation's powerful military pursued a clandestine nuclear weapons...
View ArticleTurkey with side of politics can be unpalatable
Ah, Thanksgiving. A little turkey, some cranberry, maybe apple pie with ice cream, some football on TV. Getting together with the cousins. Catching up beside the fire. Togetherness.On second thought:...
View ArticleInside the Beltway: The pies have it
"Oysters on half shell, cream of chicken soup, fried smelts, sauce tartare, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, baked squash, boiled onion, parsnip fritters, olives, chicken salad, venison...
View ArticleObama gives one lucky bird second chance
While pardoning a couple of lucky birds Wednesday at the White House's annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, a smiling President Obama, accompanied by his daughters, managed to work in...
View ArticleJesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress
After a long struggle with medical and legal problems, Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress on Wednesday, citing failing health as the reason he is stepping down after 17 years but adding...
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