(AP) GOP moderates push back on tea party spending cutsBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONMidway between the 2012 and 2014 election campaigns, moderate Republican conservatives are beginning to foment a revolt of their own _ a backlash to anti-spending tea party shrillness
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Congress would have to look at getting rid of the nearly $1.3 billion in aid America sends to Egypt if more violence breaks out in the tumultuous nation. Fearing more “horrendous”
If the Republicans take control of the US Senate next year, it will be due, in no small part, to the collapse of the Democrat party in the South. Democrats face an up-hill battle holding onto the 4 seats they
On Sunday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) told CBS’ Face the Nation that while he “applauds” President Obama “for continuing the NSA program,” he is “very critical of him for…basically he’s been silent for the last two months. He’s allowed the
According to reports on Sunday, conversations between Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Barack Obama regarding immigration reform have been ongoing. White House spokesman Jay Carney said last week, “My sense is they spoke about a variety of
Aristotle, Plato and Socrates have resurfaced in Athens in the midst of Greece’s harrowing economic crisis, brought to life by a global philosophy congress in the very locations they once frequented. Organised by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)
The activist organization National Council of La Raza (NCLR) kicked off its “Month of Action” campaign to pressure lawmakers to pass comprehensive immigration reform and thank allies on the left for their support during Congress’s August recess. Last week, a NCLR
As speculation mounts over Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2016 presidential ambitions, the Texas Tea Party darling is headed to Iowa Saturday to speak to a conservative group there. Cruz will be speaking to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, IA,
On Friday, President Obama appeared in the East Room of the White House for a press conference. The questioners had been pre-selected; the answers strained both credulity and patience. At one point, Obama, obviously frustrated issues ranging from Obamacare employment
President Barack Obama held a rare press conference on Friday afternoon in the East Room of the White House, and was treated to all-too-common deference by the White House Press Corps. Only Ed Henry of Fox News asked a question
On Friday, as renewed questions arose regarding American response to Al Qaeda in the Middle East as well as scandals ranging from Benghazi to the National Security Administration’s surveillance of Americans, President Obama held a rare press conference in the
On Friday, in a press conference at the White House East Room, President Obama said of Edward Snowden’s National Security Agency leaks, “once the leaks had happened, we’ve seen information coming out in drips and in drabs, sometimes coming out sideways.”
(AP) Postal Service had $740 million third-quarter lossBy ANDREW MIGAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Postal Service said Friday that it trimmed its losses to $740 million over the last three months by consolidating processing facilities, cutting hours for workers and post offices and
One of the new talking points we are seeing throughout the mainstream media is a mocking “Here we go again” attack-narrative against the Republican Congress as they maneuver to defund ObamaCare, or work to kill various parts of ObamaCare. But
President Obama wants private banks to use depositor and investor funds to write 30-year fixed rate mortgages at affordable rates. He won’t admit those goals and others imposed by Congress require the federal government to guarantee mortgages and banks against
A majority of Americans not only think the implementation of Obamcare is a “joke,” but believe Obamacare will lead to socialized medicine and lower the quality of their healthcare while increasing costs, taxes, and adding to the federal deficit. According
Immigration reform activists are getting ready to pressure President Barack Obama to use an executive action to give temporary amnesty to all of the country’s illegal immigrants if Congress does not pass a comprehensive immigration bill after the August recess.
(AP) Obama to hold pre-vacation news conferenceBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONCaught between domestic gridlock and foreign policy crises, President Barack Obama will hold a news conference Friday before jetting off on his August vacation. The afternoon question-and-answer session with
President Barack Obama rarely makes himself available to the mainstream media. They adore him anyway. At rare press conferences, such as the one scheduled for noon Friday at the White House, they lob softball questions or accept his evasive, meandering
Updating our story on Attorney General Eric Holder declaring war on Texas: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) creates a preclearance regime, under which certain states with records of egregious racial voter discrimination cannot change any voting law
Congress, half of the states across the nation, and many others are rallying to defend public prayer in a major case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Even the Obama administration weighed in with a surprising legal brief in what is
In response to Report: No Town Halls Scheduled For Senator Graham During August Recess: Heh. Graham is not alone. While many other members of Congress, including those belonging to the Florida delegation, are having town hall meetings or other events
After months of inaction in the wake of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conservative targeting scandal, the IRS is now seeking to rectify delayed applications for tax-exempt status through a fast-track program that allows 501 (c)(4) organizations to receive IRS
On Wednesday, immediately after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed ruling that allowed the federal government to subsidize the health insurance premiums of Congressional staffers–even though that may not be allowed under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)–Sen.
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who was beaten while marching for voting rights on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on “Bloody Sunday” in 1965, compared National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden to Gandhi and Martin Luther King. In an interview with the UK Guardian that
