Senate approves Kerry's nomination for secretary of state
The Senate confirmed the nomination of John F. Kerry to be secretary of state by a near-unanimous vote on Tuesday, with just three Republicans refusing to join an otherwise bipartisan chorus of support...
View ArticleLaHood to step down as secretary of transportation
President Obama is losing another trusted member of his Cabinet with the announcement Tuesday that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is leaving the administration.Mr. LaHood, 67, the last Republican...
View ArticleMcConnell warns Obama against partisan immigration speech
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had strong words of warning for President Obama on Tuesday regarding his scheduled speech on immigration: Don't be partisan.United Press International reports the...
View ArticleChick-fil-A CEO and gay leader make peace
Dan Cathy, the head of Chick-fil-A, and the leader of a national gay rights group have made peace, according to various media reports.In 2012, Mr. Cathy told a radio host that the United States was...
View ArticleLimbaugh vows fight on immigration
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is digging in on immigration, denouncing the bipartisan bill now before Congress and pledging a one-man show of force — if need be — to beat back amnesty and...
View ArticleDrone training ratchets up in preparation for FAA guidelines
Flight training schools have taken a tip from the Federal Aviation Administration's estimates that 10,000-plus commercial drones will be operational in the United States in the next few years, and...
View ArticlePapa John's pizza firm implores bloggers: Stop the misquotes
Papa John's pizza has been hounded by the media for comments supposedly made in response to Obamacare — that food prices were on the rise, that franchises would face closure due to escalating health...
View ArticleTim Robbins explains his campaign contributions to Republicans, tea party...
"I don't vilify all Republicans, I don't believe all Republicans are evil, I believe there are lots of good people who just believe differently," Tim Robbins told a packed audience last week in Santa...
View ArticleSen. Sessions calls for firing of ICE director
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, in Tuesday floor remarks, called for the firing of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement head for failing to uphold and enforce border laws."What purpose is served to pass...
View ArticleChicago gun deaths, confiscations belie claims of gun-control activists
Chicago police reported the seizure of 7,400 guns used in crimes, or that were unpermitted, in the past year — nearly double the 3,285 reported for New York City for the same time frame. That's despite...
View ArticleClinton confirms memoir, fueling talk of White House run
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fueled rumors of a 2016 presidential run again, when she confirmed her post-office plans include sleep — and writing a book.At a global town hall meeting on Tuesday,...
View ArticleMcCain: Obama-Clinton '60 Minutes' interview not Biden's 'happiest day'
A top Senate Republican joked Wednesday that Vice President Joseph R. Biden probably had some additional heartburn after President Obama showered his outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with...
View ArticleBrace for more IRS paperwork: Obamacare costs in new W-2 tax forms
Internal Revenue Service W-2 forms are in the mail, and recipients this month will see something new: The total costs the employer pays for health care coverage.It's in Box 12, and it's a mandated...
View ArticleBiden to talk arms control with top Russian envoy
Vice President Joseph R. Biden will discuss arms control Saturday with Russia's top envoy, a meeting that could shed light on President Obama's unguarded comment last year that he would have more...
View ArticlePoll: Obama unites Texans — on impeachment
The left-leaning Public Policy Polling has found an overwhelming support from Texas Republicans to impeach President Obama.What's even more intriguing is the amount of minorities who support the idea,...
View ArticleHagel backtracks on 'Jewish lobby' comments during hearing
Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel was challenged during his confirmation hearing on Thursday by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham to name "one person in your opinion who is intimidated by the...
View ArticleJustice tries to halt Budweiser beer merger
The Department of Justice has turned its attention to the beer industry and is trying to halt the merger of Budweiser maker, Anheuser-Busch InBev, with Mexican brewer, Grupo Modelo.DOJ filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleDems turn to NFL, NBA for help with climate change
One of the first actions of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that Democrats set up last week?A letter to National Football League and National Basketball Association officials, asking for...
View ArticleSource: Obama went skeet shooting twice at most
President Obama has only been skeet shooting twice at most, according to a source who has been to Camp David on at least a half-dozen trips with President Obama."The only time he shot skeet was for...
View ArticleLost in Spanish translation: Obamacare 'exchanges' now 'marketplaces'
The Obama administration recently announced that the mandatory health care exchanges by states as part of the the Affordable Care Act will officially be referred to as "online marketplaces." What...
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