Families want to know what happened in Benghazi
The father of a former Navy SEAL killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, says he learned the details of his son's bravery not from the Obama administration,...
View ArticleHURT: Washington’s financial miscreants sucker us
ANALYSIS/OPINION:Only in a town like this would criminally reckless and penniless grifters still be at the bargaining table as their debtors and creditors pick through the rubble of the financial ruin...
View ArticleInside Politics: Obama may name Vogue’s Wintour to ambassadorship
President Obama may have placed some limits on lobbyists serving in the White House, but he has had no problem continuing the timeworn Washington practice of doling out coveted diplomatic posts to...
View ArticleSenate orders study on U.S. no-fly zone in Syria
The Senate voted Tuesday to order President Obama to study what military options the U.S. would have if it wanted to get more deeply involved in the revolt against Syrian leader Bashar...
View ArticleHouse GOP seeks Watergate-style probe of Benghazi attack
House Republicans introduced a resolution Tuesday to set up a Watergate-style investigative committee to probe the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the Obama...
View ArticleObama's FOIA lag draws fire from left and right
Lawmakers of both parties blasted President Obama on Tuesday for failing to live up to his promise of open government, after a report found that nearly two-thirds of his administration’s agencies are...
View ArticleTea party group chief quits, cites internal split
WASHINGTON — Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential GOP fundraiser, former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left a conservative Tea Party group,...
View ArticleAdvocates to pressure Obama on birth control
Pro-choice activists said Tuesday they are preparing another push to lobby the Obama administration to loosen restrictions on "emergency contraception" for women of any reproductive age.Some 40...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush opens conference on immigration
DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush says as the U.S. debates immigration policy, he hopes "we do so with a benevolent spirit and keep in mind the contribution of immigrants."Bush on Tuesday opened...
View ArticleObama: GOP budget offer doesn't go far enough
President Obama flatly rejected Republicans' offer on avoiding the fiscal cliff Tuesday, saying that it doesn't go far enough in raising taxes to reduce the budget deficit significantly over the next...
View ArticleSenate rejects U.N. disabilities treaty
Conservatives' deep-seated suspicion of the United Nations was on high display in the Senate Tuesday, when Republicans blocked ratification of a U.N. treaty aimed at ending discrimination against the...
View ArticleStudy: Drug coverage to vary under health law
WASHINGTON — A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.That's because states get to set benefits...
View ArticleObama in 2011: Tax increase not needed for budget deal
In arguing for higher tax rates for the wealthy, President Obama has insisted that it's the only way to find enough revenue to drive down the nation's deficit over the next decade.Republicans cannot...
View ArticleJack Brooks, longtime Texas politician, dies
HOUSTON — Jack Brooks hounded government bureaucrats, drafted President Nixon's articles of impeachment and supported civil rights bills in a congressional career spanning 42 years. But for most of the...
View ArticleProtection for former presidents advances
The House voted Wednesday to grant all ex-presidents lifetime Secret Service protection, arguing that in a world of terrorist threats, such a precaution has become necessary.The measure passed by voice...
View ArticleDemocrats block quick vote on Obama 'fiscal cliff' plan
Senate Republicans forced their Democratic counterparts to block a vote on President Obama's own "fiscal cliff" budget proposal Wednesday — a move that GOP lawmakers said exposed the weakness of the...
View ArticleInside Politics: British tabloids take aim at Wintour talk
LONDON — Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams and now Anna Wintour?A report suggesting that the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue is one of the candidates being considered for the top...
View ArticleRepublican leaders hear it from conservatives
House Republicans voiced displeasure with their leaders in a closed-door meeting Wednesday after some conservatives were kicked off plum committees this week in retaliation for bucking party leadership...
View ArticleTerrorism fight included buying a hog catcher
The Homeland Security Department paid for an underwater robot in a Midwest city with no major rivers or lakes nearby, a hog catcher in rural Texas and a fish tank in a small Texas town, according to a...
View ArticleClapper widens audience for Benghazi tape
The Obama administration's intelligence chief on Wednesday held a classified briefing on Capitol Hill in which he showed House members security camera footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the...
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