The European Union pumped €436m (£348m/$586m) into Ukraine’s anti-Russian “civil society” groups in the seven years leading up to overthrow of the democratically-elected President Yanukovych in February this year. Civil society groups and other pressure groups – some of them
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hammered Jesse Ventura for winning a $2 million defamation lawsuit this week against Chris Kyle’s widow. After Kyle’s death, Ventura continued with the lawsuit that stemmed from a passage from Kyle’s book in which Kyle
President Obama discussed his love for chips and guacamole at the first “Kids State Dinner” in the East Room of the White House Friday, which treated the 54 children who won a nationwide healthy meal recipe contest sponsored by the food
Along with citing a list of moderate GOP governors with last names like Bush and Christie as potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates, “Arizona Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he believes Republicans can defeat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
In an appearance Thursday on CNN, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) reacted to the news that a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was hit by a surface-to-air missile and having crashed killing all 295 passengers near
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) appeared on CNN on Sunday and labeled his fellow Republican Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) an “isolationist. He is “part of a wing of the party that has been there prior to World War I, that is a
Sunday on on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Republicans would only approve the $3.7 billion President Barack Obama has requested to address the crisis of thousands of unaccompanied minors flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border when
Sen. John McCain told reporters on Capitol Hill today that he was currently working on an alternate immigration bill for Republicans to offer instead of President Obama’s emergency funding supplement McCain previewed the legislation for reporters calling the repeal of
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s call for Republicans to try to impeach Obama would be a mistake. “I respect always Sarah Palin’s views but my particular view is that we should devote our energies on regaining
On Wednesday’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) railed against the Obama administration’s foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East as Israel is on the verge of invading the Gaza Strip, Iraq’s hold on territory in the north continues
Top British ministers were due this week to meet India’s Narendra Modi to pursue deeper trade ties, the latest Western government to court the prime minister since his election in May. Foreign Secretary William Hague and Chancellor of the Exchequer
On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us group teamed up with President George W. Bush’s Presidential Library and hosted a forum to push amnesty legislation. According to the Dallas Morning News, “AT&T Inc., the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, FWD.us, the Texas
One week after traveling to Mississippi to do his utmost to help Senator Thad Cochran (R) beat Tea Party rival Chris McDaniel, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) talked about the strengths he saw in Cochran’s approach to campaigning. According to AZ
The Billings Gazette, a Montana newspaper that endorsed President Obama over John McCain in 2008 (but went with Romney in 2012) admitted Friday that they were wrong — Obama is in fact worse than his predecessor, George W. Bush. Apparently, the potential collapse
BILOXI, Mississippi — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was scheduled to appear at a campaign event at the airport here in south Mississippi for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) on Sunday evening, but wasn’t able to attend. But even though McCain wasn’t
On Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe denied former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s claim in her 635-page, critically panned memoir “Hard Choices” that the Obama campaign requested Hillary attack then-Republican
The fact that former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) lost his primary last week largely because of his support for immigration reform before–and this is crucial!–securing the country’s borders has failed to dampen the enthusiasm of reform advocates. The
Wednesday night on PBS “News Hour,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called it “a lie” to blame Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the total pull out of U.S. forces in Iraq. McCain explained he was there “face-to-face” and told his
When The Washington Post reported the capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala, suspected in the Benghazi terrorist attacks that killed four Americans in 2012, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) were clear in asserting what they deem the proper course of action
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) admitted that the influx of unaccompanied minors at the southern border has strongly hurt prospects for comprehensive immigration reform pushed by him in an interview on Bill Bennett’s Morning in America. McCain declared “what this does
On Saturday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said that Republicans cannot credibility be for austerity, less government spending, and a “tough love” approach on welfare if they do not stand against crony capitalism and corporate welfare. Speaking at the Iowa GOP
Thursday Sen. John Mccain (R-AZ) delivered an emotional speech on the Senate floor addressing the unfolding crisis in Iraq, saying President Barack Obama’s decision to pull out “was dictated by politics and not our national security interests.” Follow Pam Key
Arizona Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and John McCain are calling on President Obama to send “a clear message” to those seeking to enter the United States illegally that they are not eligible for his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
When Barbra Streisand talks in public, it usually means she’s pushing a pet liberal cause or new project. This week, the famed Funny Girl is in Washington, D.C. to promote a cause with the potential for bipartisan support. The singer
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) asserted that the problem with foreign children dumped on the southern border was a significant one – but admitted that he was troubled about a solution for dealing with the problem. McCain said that he didn’t
