Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen said on Monday Washington needed more “adults” in politics, especially in dealing with the country’s budget and debt and possible sequestration that could cut billions from the
By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONForeign demand for U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record level in July and China increased its holdings after two months of declines. The Treasury Department says total foreign holdings rose 0.7 percent in July to
President Barack Obama said Monday that, if Republicans wanted him to “walk the dog” or “wash their car” to help reduce the country’s debt, he would be “happy to do it” in the spirit of bipartisanship. “I’ve said if the
The European Union is holding firm on its plans to tax U.S. airlines for time spent in domestic and international airspace. The unprecedented power grab is a clear violation of international law, which allows each nation to control its own
Of all the voices expected to weigh in on the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) continued insistence on monopolizing forest certification standards, some onlookers may be surprised at the most recent entrant into the fray. In a Mother Nature Network
Today, President Obama released the long-awaited “sequestration report,” detailing the cuts the White House would make to the budget under last year’s Budget Control Act if no deal is reached in Congress. And there, buried on page 136, is the
Suddenly, President Obama cares about notifying Congress of troop movements under the War Powers Resolution. This afternoon, after moving military personnel to Libya and Yemen, President Obama issued a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate President Pro Tempore
CREW, the left-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released its annual “Most Corrupt” members of Congress list Wednesday, and there was only one candidate for the United States Senate who made the list: Shelley Berkley of Nevada: a
Yesterday, several Gold Star Families held a press conference on Capitol Hill to bring attention to the restrictive Rules of Engagement they say are crippling and killing our military. Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of slain Seal Team 6 member
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice in order to gain access to Operation Fast & Furious documents. President Obama invoked executive privilege over these documents on June 20 just minutes before
Responding to the murders of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats on the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich asserted: No American should be confused about the fact that
After Egypt’s Islamists, spurred on by its Muslim Brotherhood ruling leader and party, stormed our embassy, shredded our flag (and flew what appears to be an Al Qaeda flag in its place) and then demanded we prosecute our own citizens
Last week, the General Accounting Office (GAO) determined that the Obama administration did change the work requirements in the Welfare Reform Act. On Thursday, two House committees — Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce — will introduce resolutions
Moody’s Investor Service issued a report today warning that the UScredit rating will probably be downgraded if a deal is not reached tolower “the ratio of federal debt to GDP over the mediumterm.” A press releasefrom Moody’s indicates the AAA
Congress released the continuing resolution to fund the government into next year late yesterday. One provision in the bill should send shivers down the collective spines of those who treasure freedom of the Internet and the right to privacy. It
The U.S. Senate campaign of Linda McMahon, a Republican from Connecticut, has filed an ethics complaint against McMahon’s opponent, Congressman Chris Murphy (D-CT), with the Office of Congressional Ethics. The complaint charges that Murphy received preferential treatment in 2008 from
(AP) No word on status of China’s missing next leaderBEIJINGA Chinese spokesman on Tuesday said he had no information about the status of leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, who dropped from sight 10 days ago and has canceled a series of meetings
Yesterday, appropriators in the House released the text of a bill to prevent a government shutdown when the fiscal year ends on October 1. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) agreed on the bill’s
As we have oft noted, President Barack Obama is killing the Internet. Bad policy after bad policy. Often illegally imposed. As a result, the Tech Sector – 1/6 of our nation’s economy, as big as health care – is hemorrhaging
Ohio Democrat Charlie Wilson is running for a Congressional seat by campaigning against Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. Wilson’s Republican opponent, Bill Johnson, has held the seat since defeating Wilson by 5 points two years ago. At the time, Wilson
Tony Mack (pictured above), the Democratic mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, was arrested Monday by the FBI on numerous charges of bribery. If you read CNN’s story on this scandal, you wouldn’t discover that Mack is a Democrat until the
Wendy Rosen, Democratic candidate for Congress in Maryland’s first district, withdrew from the race on Monday after it was alleged she had engaged in voter fraud. State Democrats claimed records show Rosen voted in both Maryland and Florida during the
With Russia’s official addition to the World Trade Organization’s ranks (WTO) last week, a window of opportunity for the United States is closing due to congressional inaction. Unless the right course is charted, Russia’s WTO membership could jeopardize U.S. exports
President Barack Obama has accused Mitt Romney of being against the interests of middle class Americans. But the Obama administration bailed out GM union retirees while slashing the benefits of private-sector retirees who worked at Delphi, devastating these middle class
Mitt Romney has accused President Barack Obama of being in over his head as president, and Bob Woodward’s reporting in his new book reveals Obama has “gaps” in his leadership and lacked the “stamina” and will to work with Republicans
