Contrary to denials by many in the media, the Obama administration had repeatedly connected the current crisis of unaccompanied children on the border to the President’s executive actions on immigration, in particular Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Two weeks
Politico’s Mike Allen is famous for never taking a day off. His Politico Playbook even publishes on Christmas Day. Friday’s Playbook makes one wonder if Allen didn’t write this one up in advance so he could sleep in. Today’s Playbook
On Thursday, Montana Sen. John Walsh announced he was dropping out of the race to succeed former Democrat Sen. Max Baucus. Walsh, the state’s former Lieutenant Governor, was appointed to complete Baucus’ term and was viewed as the Democrat’s best
When Barack Obama vaulted onto the national stage a decade ago, part of his appeal was that he seemed to be from so many places at once. All corners of the country could lay claim to him: He was Hawaiian
House Speaker John Boehner warned President Barack Obama against taking the polarizing, political approach to immigration Friday. “Immigration is a tough issue, and the situation at the border has made it even more fraught and complex,” he wrote in an
With the Senate poised to pass a bi-partisan bill imposing sanctions on Venezuelan officials involved in a violent crackdown against peaceful pro-democracy protesters, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Mary Landrieu teamed up with Citgo to block the pro-democracy legislation. As Politico
This graph showing the boost in the number of American citizens who gave up their American citizenship or long-term residency (expatriated) since Barack Obama became president is pretty shocking. There might not be a correlation between Obama’s policies and the
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has been seeking help from a federal lobbyist while putting together his new staff, according to a Politico report. The report shows that John Feehery, aligned with the lobbyist shop Quinn Gillespie & Associates, “sat
On August 4 the family of Reagan White House Press Secretary James S. Brady announced Brady had died at age 73. According to Politico, Brady’s family said: We are heartbroken to share the news that our beloved Jim “Bear” Brady
Monday at Politico’s “Playbook Lunch,” former White House senior adviser David Plouffe told host Mike Allen that Gov. Chris Christie’s (R-NJ) biggest obstacle to winning the Republican nomination for president in 2016 was not the scandal surrounding the lane closures
Mitt Romney loyalists are trying to gin up the narrative that Republicans just can’t get enough of Romney. “Democrats don’t want to be associated with Barack Obama right now, but Republicans are dying to be associated with Mitt Romney,” Spencer
Sunday on CNN’s CNN “Inside Politics,” Politico’s Mike Allen said Democrats are facing a “bleak” reality in the upcoming midterm elections. Allen said, “Here is an amazing sign of how bleak the environment is for Democrats. A Democratic strategist who
While Pat Buchanan’s new book The Greatest Comeback summarily dismisses the idea that Nixon sabotaged the surprise bombing halt and peace talks launched by Lyndon Johnson days before the 1968 election, historian Ken Hughes’ new contribution, Chasing Shadows, due out
Former Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is considering hedge fund, private equity, and big bank job offers that could bag him over $1 million a year, reports Politico. “There are two famous streets in America that would be glad to
Ardent Common Core supporter Mike Petrilli, who, as of August 1, is the new president of the Fordham Institute, wrote in a piece on the organization’s website that though “there’s little doubt that in the ‘air war’ over the Common
Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera, the head of Cuba’s Rosa Parks Civil Rights Movement aimed at organizing black Cubans against the communist regime of Raúl Castro, had a pointed message for the Congressional Black Caucus during a talk in Washington, D.C., this
Former U.S. Sens. John Breaux (D-LA) and Trent Lott (R-MS), who recently merged with international law giant Squire Patton Boggs, say they are excited to leverage their crony lobbying contacts globally on behalf of the world’s highest corporate bidders. “Now
A senior UN official, UN OCHA director, John Ging, confirms what the IDF and other informed experts have been saying all along, but to little avail. In a television interview yesterday, Ging said that Hamas terrorists “are firing their rockets
After spending the last few years doing everything in his rather considerable power to re-elect Barack Obama in 2012, undermine the Tea Party, mock Sarah Palin, and water down our Second Amendment civil rights, Politico reports that MSNBC’s token Republican
Vulnerable Senate Democrats facing tight reelection bids this cycle are telling President Obama to go through the legislative process rather than enact unilateral amnesty himself. “I think this is a congressional issue and I encourage [House] Speaker [John] Boehner in
Democrat Senators Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas have both now warned Barack Obama against taking “any steps without the approval of Congress” when it comes to dealing with the current illegal immigration crisis. “I’m not for
At the Politico-owned Capital New York, Alex Weprin published a syrupy puff-profile of CNN’s Erin Burnett. Out of options and ideas, CNN chief Jeff Zucker just renewed Burnett’s contract. Naturally, the Politico piece goes to extreme lengths not to point
Despite Common Core champion Bill Gates funneling millions of dollars from his foundation to powerhouses like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the two largest teachers unions in the country, and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Politico says it’s “the moms”
Both President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say that a purported transcript of their telephone call on Sunday, which was leaked to Israel’s Channel 1 and reported on television, is a fake. But is it really? Statements
Senate Democrats are angling to include the entire “Gang of Eight” bill in a conference committee with whatever border crisis bill comes out of Speaker John Boehner’s House of Representatives, Politico reports. “The only way any piece of the House
