FEC: 2012 elections cost $7 billion
Candidates in the 2012 presidential election spent a record $7 billion during the race — a record-setting figure that surpassed all expectations, according to the Federal Election Commission.FEC...
View ArticlePRUDEN: Immigration reform that won't reform
ANALYSIS/OPINION:The righteous cheers and applause for the latest amnesty schemes from the U.S. Senate and the White House recall the famous gathering of mice convened to deal with the cat. The cat was...
View ArticleMassachusetts GOP reaching out to Romneys for a Senate run?
Casting about for a viable GOP candidate for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Republicans are looking to two key members of Team Romney who dramatically raised their...
View ArticleWhite House produces photo of skeet-shooting Obama
After a week of skepticism about the president's claim that he shoots skeet at Camp David, the White House on Saturday unexpectedly released a photo of Mr. Obama, gun to shoulder, getting in some...
View ArticleBiden does damage control with European leaders after Hagel's policy flub
Vice President Joseph R. Biden assured European leaders Saturday that the U.S. is not pursuing a policy of "containment" toward Iran, two days after U.S. Defense secretary-nominee Chuck Hagel...
View ArticleGOP's Rep. Susan Brooks: Washington could learn from Indiana's balanced budget
Rep. Susan Brooks, a first-term Republican congresswoman from Indiana, said her state could teach Washington lawmakers a lot about balancing the budget.Delivering the weekly GOP Internet and radio...
View ArticleObama defends spending, blames slowing economy on ‘bad decisions in Washington’
President Obama, offering what is likely a preview of his Feb. 12 State of the Union address, blamed this week’s disappointing economic news – U.S. gross domestic product shrunk unexpectedly in the...
View ArticleGibbs: Hagel 'unimpressive and unprepared' at hearing
Former Obama White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he wasn't too impressed with former Sen. Chuck Hagel's performance at his confirmation hearing to become secretary of defense."The...
View ArticleKerry calls foreign officials on first day on job
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Secretary of State John F. Kerry had a busy first weekend on the job, calling Palestinian, Israeli, Turkish, Canadian and Mexican officials.In his conversation Sunday with...
View ArticleHouse Dems hit Army's battlefield intel system
Four House Democrats are asking fellow party members to consider blocking funds for the Army's battlefield intelligence processor, citing the system's huge costs and failed operational tests.The four...
View ArticleCURL: On 100th birthday, income tax still going strong
ANALYSIS/OPINION:"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or...
View ArticleKerry to face Clinton's ongoing popularity at State Department
When he arrives at Foggy Bottom on Monday, Secretary of State John F. Kerry will face a wide slate of foreign policy challenges, from Iran's nuclear ambitions and Washington's shaky relations with...
View ArticleCongressional staff jobs provide 'dreamers' a leg up to citizenship
Two immigrants have gone from illegal to congressional in a matter of months.Erika Andiola and Jose M. Quintero gained tentative legal status under President Obama's non-deportation policy for young...
View ArticleDominican lawyer dismisses Menendez prostitution reports
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A lawyer in the Dominican Republic is dismissing allegations that he and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, attended parties with underage...
View ArticleOutrage after McCain tweet compares Ahmadinejad, monkey
Sen. John McCain came under fire Monday after posting a tweet that compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the monkey the Iranian government allegedly launched into space last week."So...
View ArticleObama's skeet photo is one of many acts of high-profile photo theater
Did he or didn't he?When the White House released a photograph Saturday that supposedly shows President Obama shooting skeet at Camp David on Aug. 4, it was intended to back up Mr. Obama's previous...
View ArticleWatchdog group sues Fla. county elections chief over West recount
Elections watchdog group True the Vote has filed a federal lawsuit against St. Lucie County Elections Supervisor Gertrude Walker for failure to comply with federal law after the congressional race and...
View ArticleCollege presidents oppose more guns on campus
College presidents and university officials on Monday rejected the idea of arming students and faculty on college campuses, saying the best solution to combat gun violence is to enact President Obama's...
View ArticleMurkowski rolls out energy-policy reforms
The Senate energy committee's top Republican rolled out a plan Monday for broad policy reforms that call for increased domestic oil drilling and loosening federal regulations, an effort designed to...
View ArticleOhio GOP Gov. Kasich backs federal Medicaid expansion
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Republican governor announced Monday he will push for expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law, a move that would give many more poor people access to...
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