Ex-FISA Court judge disputes Inspector General report
By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/30/13 06:55 PM
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has disputed parts of the National Security Agency Inspector General?s draft report charging that as Chief Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance report she collaborated with the...
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High Court's Voting Rights Act could revive Texas GOP's favored redistricting plan
By MARK TAPSCOTT | 06/30/13 04:25 PM
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wasted no time in acting upon the Supreme Court's resurrection in last week's Voting Rights Act decision of states' authority under the 10th Amendment to govern elections within their...
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Obama urges African young people to fulfill Nelson Mandela?s legacy
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/30/13 01:50 PM
President Obama summoned young Africans, who make up 60 percent of the continent?s population, to fight corruption and bolster the democratic advances on the continent in order to fulfill the legacy of South Africa?s...
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Obama says embassy security in Egypt most ?immediate concern?
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/30/13 11:25 AM
President Obama and White House aides sought to reassure the nation that they have a handle on the security of U.S. diplomatic posts in Egypt just days after an American student was killed during protests in Cairo. The...
Read More... Obama: ?We all must honor? Nelson Mandela?s legacy
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/29/13 02:50 PM
The president said he "reaffirmed the profound impact that his legacy has had in building a free South Africa, and in inspiring people around the world ? including me. That?s a legacy that we must all honor in our own...
Read More... Obama says he?s not threatened by China?s investments in Africa
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/29/13 08:40 AM
President Obama on Saturday said the U.S. government wasn?t threatened by its growing competition with China for untapped goods and resources in Africa. ?I don?t feel threatened by it; I think it?s a good...
Read More... Obama to meet with Nelson Mandela?s family, not former South African president
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/29/13 06:20 AM
?Out of deference to Nelson Mandela?s peace and comfort and the family?s wishes, they will not be visiting the hospital," a White House official said.
Read More... Obama tries to escape George W. Bush?s long shadow in Africa
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/28/13 09:35 PM
Before he left for his first extended trip to the sub-Sahara, the president was already wrestling with a media narrative that he let down the African people who expected far more face-time from the first black president...
Read More... Judge orders Obama administration not to enforce HHS mandate
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/28/13 05:45 PM
Following a federal circuit court?s ruling that the contraception mandate is likely unconstitutional, a federal judge ordered President Obama?s administration not to attempt to force a company challenging the mandate...
Read More... Federal Reserve officials: We are going to keep adding stimulus
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/28/13 05:20 PM
Three more Federal Reserve officials reaffirmed Friday that the central bank does not want to take away monetary stimulus too soon, counter to the impressions left by Chairman Ben Bernanke?s press conference last week....
Read More... UPDATED: NFL says it has no plans to help promote Obamacare
By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/28/13 04:34 PM
Joining a marketing partnership to promote Obamacare would put the NFL right smack in the middle of one the most bitter partisan struggles in modern history.
Read More... Obama nominates executive director of DNC, more bundlers for plum ambassadorships
By ASHE SCHOW | 06/28/13 03:40 PM
Patrick Gaspard was nominated to be the new ambassador to South Africa. Kirk Wagar has been nominated for ambassador to Singapore.
Read More... New bill would fire IRS officials for targeting Americans over their politics
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/28/13 03:15 PM
?Current law is not clear on whether someone can be fired for what happened at the agency, which is why we have not seen anyone lose their jobs,? said Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio.
Read More... Edward Snowden?s father pitches deal to bring son home
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/28/13 03:05 PM
The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has offered federal officials a deal that he believes would convince his son to return to the United States. Lonnie Snowden, in a letter to Attorney General...
Read More... Obama fails to improve US standing around the world
By ASHE SCHOW | 06/28/13 02:05 PM
New Gallup poll shows that U.S. approval is down among the countries the president is visiting.
Read More... Fast food strikes being coordinated by Service Employees International Union
By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/28/13 01:30 PM
A wave of strikes have been hitting various fast food outlets across the country in recent months. While Big Labor allies have sought to portray them as spontaneous uprisings, the incidents are actually part of a...
Read More... House committee votes top IRS official waived Fifth Amendment and could be called to testify
By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/28/13 01:20 PM
A former top official at the Internal Revenue Service waived her Fifth Amendment right and could be summoned back to testify before Congress, a House committee voted Friday. The House Oversight and Government Reform...
Read More... House Dem: Justice Clarence Thomas is ?worse? than NSA leaker Edward Snowden
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/28/13 01:05 PM
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., attacked Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for voting to invalidate a section of the Voting Rights Act, saying that he damaged the country more than Edward Snowden, the defense contractor on...
Read More... Kathleen Sebelius finalizes HHS mandate one day after court says it is probably unconstitutional
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/28/13 12:30 PM
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finalized the contraception mandate in Obamacare today, one day after a federal circuit court ruled that the regulation is probably an unconstitutional violation...
Read More... Obama to pay homage to Mandela in South Africa
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/28/13 11:55 AM
After finishing a morning visit in Senegal that highlighted food-security initiatives. President Obama later Friday heads to South Africa, a nation transfixed on the ailing icon Nelson Mandela. The White House planned...
Read More... Why I still love Marco Rubio
By CONN CARROLL | 06/28/13 08:55 AM
I have strongly disagreed with Sen. Marco Rubio?s position during the immigration debate. That said, Rubio has conducted himself like a true statesman throughout this entire campaign.
Read More... Morning Examiner: The heat isn?t on
By CONN CARROLL | 06/28/13 08:05 AM
A similar amnesty bill won in the Senate in 2006 before it later died in the House. There is little reason to believe this time will be any different.
Read More... New Jersey's Jeff Chiesa backs immigration reform, but not because Chris Christie told him to
By STEVE CONTORNO | 06/28/13 07:00 AM
?He should not in any way be tagged or labeled with any of the decisions that I make,? Chiesa said. ?He asked me to come do this job and use my best judgments.?
Read More... Obama to name top cop for State Department after leaving the post open for 2,000 days
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/27/13 06:50 PM
The five-year absence of a permanent internal watchdog at State has prompted Republicans to question the agency?s internal oversight capabilities in the wake of the Benghazi attack.
Read More... Senate turns up pressure on House to tackle immigration reform
By STEVE CONTORNO, TIM MAK | 06/27/13 06:25 PM
"The strong bipartisan vote we took is going to send a message to the country, it's going to send a message to the other end of the Capitol as well," Sen. Chuck Schumer said.
Read More... Obama campaign jumps into Texas abortion fight
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/27/13 06:10 PM
Organizing for Action jumped into the fight about banning abortions in Texas after 20 weeks, promising to help state Democrats fight Gov. Rick Perry to stop the bill.
Read More... Senate Republican support for immigration 'reform' down from 2006, 1986
By ASHE SCHOW | 06/27/13 06:05 PM
In 1986, 29 Republicans voted for a major immigration bill. On Thursday, just 14 Senate Republicans voted for a 1,200-page immigration bill.
Read More... Obama caves to Cruz, House GOP over lack of State Department watchdog
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/27/13 05:45 PM
President Obama is going to name a State Department inspector general for the first time in his presidency, after Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, promised to block all State Department nominees until he did so and the House...
Read More... Court: Company has ?established a likelihood of success? in challenging Obamacare birth control mandate
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/27/13 05:40 PM
Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts company arguing that the contraception mandate contained in Obamacare violates the religious liberties of the company owners, has ?established a likelihood of success? in making that...
Read More... Obama: Senate took a 'critical step' toward fixing broken immigration system
By ASHE SCHOW | 06/27/13 05:20 PM
President Obama released a statement praising the Senate for its passage of an immigration reform bill, saying, "Today, with a strong bipartisan vote, the United States Senate delivered for the American people, bringing...
Read More... Sessions: Immigration bill is ?a surrender to lawlessness?
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/27/13 04:55 PM
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., denounced the just-passed immigration bill as a ?surrender to lawlessness? and ?a broken promise 1,200 pages long? because it offers legalization before securing the border. ?There...
Read More... Federal Reserve members try to correct Ben Bernanke on stimulus and inflation
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/27/13 04:35 PM
Ben Bernanke?s colleagues all say the same thing: the Federal Reserve chairman was misinterpreted last week. Global markets were spooked after Bernanke revealed new details about the schedule for winding down the...
Read More... Farm bill faces unclear future, food stamp separation a possibility
By ASHE SCHOW | 06/27/13 04:30 PM
Last week, the House failed to get enough votes to pass a farm bill. Each side blamed the other, but there were really four reasons members voted against the bill: (1) some members voted against the food stamp cuts, (2)...
Read More... Feds sue former NJ Gov. Jon Corzine over MF Global collapse
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/27/13 04:15 PM
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday sued Jon Corzine, the former New Jersey governor and chief executive of MF Global, saying he effectively drove the investment firm into one of the largest bankruptcies...
Read More... Grand jury indicts Boston bombing suspect
By SEAN LENGELL | 06/27/13 04:10 PM
A federal grand jury on Thursday returned a 30-count indictment against Boston Marathan bombing suspect Dzhokhar ?Tsarnaev, accusing him of gathering bomb-making instructions and materials on Islamic jihad and...
Read More... Senate OKs immigration reforms, House declares bill DOA
By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/27/13 04:09 PM
The Senate on Thursday approved comprehensive immigration reform that includes billions of dollars in additional funding for border security and a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants. The afternoon...
Read More... Abortion champion NARAL exempted from Andrew Cuomo?s lobby-disclosure laws
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/27/13 03:25 PM
The New York governor pushed hard to ensure that lobbying groups would have to disclose their donors, and bragged about the sunlight the law would bring. Now the state government has exempted exactly one lobbying group...
Read More... Frustrated House Republicans to IRS: 'Not one more dime' until big reforms are made
By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/27/13 02:50 PM
?We?re seeing bureaucratic double talk,? one congressman tells the agency's new chief. ?We?re seeing a bunch of nonsense. How can we possibly pierce through this??
Read More... Paper lobby battles direct deposit
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/27/13 01:35 PM
It's no surprise the paper industry is lobbying to slow the federal government?s shift towards electronic notices and payments.
Read More... GOP gaffe muddies message on immigration
By TIM MAK | 06/27/13 01:25 PM
Does a "yes" vote demonstrate allegiance to national party leaders over constituents?
Read More... Nancy Pelosi passes on chance to make her own Anthony Weiner joke
By STEVE CONTORNO | 06/27/13 01:20 PM
The disgraced former congressman is moving up the polls in New York City's mayoral race, but his former boss doesn't want to talk about it.
Read More... Nancy Pelosi: On 4th of July, celebrate Obamacare
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/27/13 01:20 PM
Because of Obamacare, the Fourth of July has taken on a whole new significance: not only do Americans celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, they also celebrate ?health independence? delivered by...
Read More... John Boehner: The House is not going to vote on the Senate immigration bill
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/27/13 01:15 PM
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, poured cold water on the Senate immigration bill, saying that the legislation will not receive a vote in the House of Representatives. ?The House is not going to take up and vote on...
Read More... John Boehner defends House GOP's DOMA defense
By SEAN LENGELL | 06/27/13 01:10 PM
House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday defended his leadership?s decision to spend millions of dollars in a failed attempt to back the federal Defense of Marriage Act, adding he has no plans to push similar legislation...
Read More... Ted Cruz?s campaign releases video attacking immigration bill
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/27/13 01:05 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a video from his U.S. Senate campaign that attacks the immigration bill as a piece of legislation that ?makes Obamacare worse? and drives viewers to his anti-immigration bill website....
Read More... Senate clears way for final immigration vote at 4 p.m. on Thursday
By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/27/13 12:55 PM
The Senate's Gang of Eight immigration package cleared a last procedural hurdle on its way to final passage Thursday when lawmakers voted 68-32 to close debate. The tally is in line with earlier procedural votes that...
Read More... John Boehner mum on what House immigration deal should look like
By STEVE CONTORNO | 06/27/13 12:50 PM
With the Senate just hours away from a final vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner was still refusing to offer any insight into what he is looking for in a similar compromise...
Read More... What happens if the Senate fails to act on student loans?
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/27/13 12:10 PM
It?s time to start thinking about what happens if Congress and the president fail to stop rates on federal student loans from doubling on July 1. It looks increasingly unlikely that the Senate will be able to find a...
Read More... House conservatives to leadership: Stop negotiating with Democrats
By ASHE SCHOW | 06/27/13 12:00 PM
Conservative House Republicans on Wednesday had a simple message for GOP leadership: Stop negotiating with Democrats. "When you negotiate with Democrats in Washington, D.C., and you think you have an agreement, at the...
Read More... Polygamy the 'next major civil rights movement'?
By MARK TAPSCOTT | 06/27/13 11:50 AM
Sen. Chuck Schumer sees hispanics as "the next major civil rights movement" if the immigration reform he and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, are championing in the Senate fails in the House of Representatives. Hispanic civil...
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