Sequestration may force Obama to make climate change compromises
An internal U.S. Energy Department memo says that workers may face furloughs and other cuts if planned sequestration measures go forth in March — and if they do, that means the president may not get...
View ArticleReports: Jesse Jackson Jr. agrees to plea deal
Embattled former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois faces jail time as part of a plea deal with federal authorities investigating accusations the Illinois Democrat misused campaign money, Chicago news...
View ArticleWhite House threatens to cut education, food safety
Seeking to build political pressure on Republicans, the White House on Friday laid out some of the costs of looming spending "sequesters," saying the administration would cut 70,000 youngsters from...
View ArticleRepublicans to White House: Unions' Obamacare demands are unlawful
Thirty-one Republican senators have sent a letter to the White House, warning that union demands to expand Obamacare subsidies are unlawful and urging the president to put a halt to the effort.As Fox...
View ArticleAnti-Rove movement grows: Ex-lawmaker forms pro-tea party PAC
Rep. Joe Walsh — the former Illinois congressman known for bluntly calling on President Obama to "quit lying" in a 2011 video about the nation's looming default — has found a new enemy: Karl...
View ArticleHacker gains access to George H.W. Bush family emails, photos
A criminal investigation has begun to identify the hacker who accessed personal emails and photographs passed among family members of George H.W. Bush.The hacker, dubbed "Guccifer," was able to access...
View ArticleSyria secret: Panetta reveals rejected Pentagon plan to send weapons to...
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has revealed that he and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey originally backed a plan to send weapons to rebels fighting to overthrow...
View ArticleSeattle mayor orders police to back off drone use
Seattle's mayor, reacting to widespread complaints and concerns from residents, has ordered the city's police department to drop plans to use two drones it purchased via a federal grant."Today, I spoke...
View ArticleConservative Dr. Ben Carson speech upstages Obama at prayer breakfast
Move over President Obama. Conservatives are not talking so much about the president's address at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, but rather remarks from Dr. Benjamin Carson, a black pediatric...
View ArticleFeds deny Mississippi plan for state-run health exchange, citing divisions
Federal health officials have denied Mississippi's request to set up a state-run health exchange under President Obama's health care law, settling an unusual political dispute in which the Republican...
View ArticleKerry skirts question on arming Syrian rebels
Secretary of State John F. Kerry brushed aside questions Friday about why President Obama refused to embrace a plan from top advisers to send weapons to rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President...
View ArticlePelosi: Federal government doesn't have a spending problem
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Sunday downplayed concerns about federal spending levels, arguing that Republicans' laserlike focus on budget cuts is misplaced."It isn't as much a spending...
View ArticleDick Cheney blasts Obama's 'second-rate' national security team
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday night that President Obama has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates for key Cabinet posts and by...
View ArticleState of the Union sets up next round of debate on gun-control legislation
The next battlefield in the gun-control fight will be Tuesday's State of the Union address, where President Obama's allies have invited more than two dozen gun-crime victims to sit in the public...
View ArticleA Saudi-inspired all-faiths hub
The underappreciated power of prayer is a prime motivating force behind a new Saudi-inspired interfaith center in Austria that seeks to become the place for world religious leaders to meet, solve...
View ArticleRon Paul looks to U.N. for help in website fight
Former Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has turned to the United Nations — an agency he's criticized for years — for assistance in taking back the domain names RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org from...
View ArticleTop celebs join Sierra Club, urge Obama to address global warming
The Sierra Club released a letter Monday with 30 names in the entertainment industry who are urging President Obama to make good on his promise to address global warming during his second term."Your...
View ArticleObama's State of the Union a wish list for liberals
The first State of the Union address of President Obama’s second term is shaping up as a conservative’s nightmare come true.In his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, Mr. Obama is certain to demand...
View ArticleFormer Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha awarded Medal of Honor for bravery in...
President Obama presented the Medal of Honor to an Army veteran Monday in a White House ceremony attended by the military's top leaders.Former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha was honored for his courageous...
View ArticleFox News chief Ailes: Obama too busy getting 'everybody to hate each other'
Fox News Channel chief Roger Ailes gave an interview to The New Republic over the weekend, mostly to talk about the channel, the Republican Party and the Latino vote, but he also added in some staunch...
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