President Obama was challenged by NBC’s Chuck Todd on his failed campaign promises to have better relations in the Middle East by the end of his first term. Todd asked the President what he believed “went wrong” and how he
Guns will be the key issue in 2014, good news for the pro-2nd Amendment Republican Party, which has Democrats backed into a corner in an untenable position on gun control. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) assault weapons ban has already essentially been
On Tuesday, former SC Governor Mark Sanford cleared the first hurdle on his political comeback. Sanford won the GOP primary for the 1st Congressional District with almost 37% of the vote in a crowded, 16-candidate field. Custic Bostic, former member
Important distinction: This post did not appear on BuzzFeed, but BuzzFeed Politics. Y’all starting to see what I mean about that site being a clown car? The subtext of this, though, is a little more serious — it’s all about
As he left for the Middle East, President Barack Obama completed his 2013 NCAA tournament brackets for both men’s and women’s basketball. He has not, however, submitted a budget to Congress, and will do so only on April 8, two
President Barack Obama has arrived in Israel at the start of a four-day trip to the region that will include stops in the West Bank and in Jordan. It is the first visit by a U.S. president since George W.
(AP) Survey: Low-wage workers gloomy about futureBy TOM RAUM and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmerica’s lower-income workers have posted the biggest job gains since the deep 2007-09 recession _ but few are bragging. As a workforce sector, those earning $35,000 or less
Arizona is once again embroiled in a fight against the federal government at the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court heard arguments on Mar. 18 in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona. In earlier years people had
Harrison Ford may be the only American simultaneously satisfied with President Barack Obama and Congress yet genuinely fearful of the fallout from sequestration. The Star Wars actor and aviation enthusiast appeared on the Hill today to caution the country about
On Tuesday, House Republicans quizzed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton on why he hadn’t tried to direct sequestration cuts toward areas other than release of illegal immigrant detainees. Morton attempted to blame “career agency officials” rather than
A report indicates that the email of Hillary Clinton’s “longtime confidant” Sidney Blumenthal has been hacked and memos relating to the 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya have been compromised. The hacker, who goes by the
Every Senate Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee except for the two involved in Sen. Marco Rubio’s “gang of eight” is demanding that committee’s chairman Sen. Pat Leahy conduct open and transparent immigration reform proceedings, a letter they sent to
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to split legislation banning assault weapons from an overall package of expanded gun control measures set for the floor next week. It has been an open secret in Washington that most gun control
On Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce about immigration. Paul expressed tremendous sympathy for illegal immigrants, but also called for stronger border security first and foremost. He also laid forth a plan for
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered a review of U.S. military strategy as the budget sequester takes effect. The sequester, which trims spending by roughly $500 billion over the next decade, was already existing law under the Budget Control
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News over the weekend that the Obama administration is telling individuals who were rescued during the deadly Benghazi attack last September to be quiet about what they know. Graham said he “had contact” with
Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter plans to block the nomination of Thomas Perez to be President Barack Obama’s next Secretary of Labor. Perez, currently the Assistant Attorney General atop the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, was complicit in the
(AP) – Three women were paid to falsely claim in videotaped interviews that they had sex for money with a U.S. senator in the Dominican Republic, a spokesman for the police said Monday. The women, whose claims generated media attention
WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) —The United States doesn’t face an immediate debt crisis, but entitlements must still be reformed to avoid one that lies ahead, House Speaker John Boehner says. And any talk about including revenue to address the government’s
(AP) Boehner says he ‘absolutely’ trusts ObamaWASHINGTONHouse Speaker John Boehner says he “absolutely” trusts President Barack Obama _ not that they don’t have their differences. Boehner tells ABC’s “This Week” that the two have a good relationship and that they’re
The National Jewish Democratic Council’s executive director, Aaron Keyak, released a vitriolic statement over the weekend that attacked Republicans who made Rand Paul the winner of CPAC’s straw poll, intimating Paul ‘s foreign policy vies would be dangerous for Israel.
(AFP) – Nearly 330 million abortions have been performed in China in the 40 years since it first implemented measures to limit population growth in the world’s most populous nation, official data showed. China has announced structural changes to its
Government Accountability Institute (GAI) president Peter Schweizer called for a lifetime ban on lobbying for members of Congress and their family members during Breitbart News Network’s “The Uninvited” panel at CPAC on Saturday. If conservatives are to be serious about
Conservative activist Dustin Stockton has launched a pair of initiatives aimed at aiding the conservative movement: one to help re-energize fellow activists and another to give them the tools they need to help lawmakers achieve conservative victories within the halls
ABC has released the results of another gun poll claiming that support for background checks at gun shows has “vast public support.” But neither the poll nor ABC’s report notes that background checks already routinely occur at gun shows. The
