Minutes after President Obama ripped America’s gender “wage gap” during the State of the Union of Address, House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told Breitbart News “of course” he thinks the White House should pay its female staffers equally to
Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the early excerpts of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday’s “Special Report”:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly suggesting that the United States is undermining his government through dozens of insurgent-style attacks. Citing an anonymous Afghan official sympathetic to Karzai’s views, The Washington Post reported that Karzai has provided “a list of
Pete Seeger, the legendary folk singer, unabashed socialist and political activist, has died at the age of 94. The left celebrated Seeger’s art and commitment to progressive causes, but those on the right noted his embrace of American enemies during
Much hay is being made over a Washington Post poll that purports to show 52 percent public support for President Obama’s imperial regime of rule by executive order. But that’s not the question the poll asked. It stated the
On Andrea Mitchell’s MSNBC show on Monday, Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus offered some advice for Republicans in dealing with gender issues, but not without making her own observation as it pertained former President Bill Clinton’s scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.
The headlines coming out of New York’s education milieu over the weekend were variations of “NY teachers’ union withdraws support for Common Core.” As the Washington Post reports: The Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers, a
Senator John McCain (R – AZ) responded on Monday to the censure he received from the Arizona Republican Party, who say McCain’s voting record is too liberal. “It’s regrettable, but I think it’s a case where a lot of extremists
On Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer dismissed President Barack Obama’s rhetoric about using the pen and the phone as a means to bypass Congress with executive power ahead of the State of
In December it was reported that Ezra Klein was leaving the Washington Post because of a dispute over the funding of a new web project that Klein wanted the paper to sponsor. Now Klein and his cadre of bloggers have
When the terrible news of the deaths at The Mall in Columbia broke January 25th, U.S. media outlets were quick to blame the weapon used and ask when something will be done to stop “acts of gun violence.” Typical of
The White House conceded that 2013 was a year of defeats that have left President Barack Obama damaged and lessened his credibility with the American public. According to the Washington Post, “an internal White House assessment concludes” that Obama was
As the latest recipient of a subpoena from the New Jersey Legislature’s committee investigating last September’s closing of lanes on the George Washington Bridge, the Christie for Governor campaign has hired an attorney famous for representing Lance Armstrong and Karl
Former Republican Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell rejected a plea deal last December in which he would have fallen on his sword to plead guilty to one felony fraud charge, avoid trial, and spare his wife all criminal charges. On Tuesday,
On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer offered up some advice for Republicans in the wake of former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s (R-AK) “Uncle Sugar” comments to the Republican National Committee.
Billionaire Warren Buffett said in a recent interview that he dreamed of buying the Washington Redskins when he was a kid when he was a water boy for the team. “You know, when I was a kid, I thought if
On her Thursday broadcast, “The Kelly File” host Megyn Kelly brought on Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer to sound off on the latest excerpt of President Barack Obama’s interview with the New Yorker magazine’s David Remnick. In that excerpt, Obama
Virginians–especially lawmakers–are not putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to donating to former Virginia Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell’s legal defense fund. As of Wednesday morning, McDonnell’s legal defense fund has about $2,996 in contributions from 35 donors. The
On Wednesday, a federal judge denied a request from former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s lawyers to postpone his first court appearance and arraignment this Friday, as one of his lawyers was out of the country. On Tuesday, McDonnell and his
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records provides only minimal benefits to countering terrorism, is illegal and should end, a federal privacy watchdog said in a report to be released on Thursday, according to
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” during the “All-Star Panel” segment, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer speculated the recent development with Target dropping health insurance coverage for part-time employees was not an unintended consequence, but an intended
Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has been viewed as a rising star on the left, but with her claims about her personal biography falling apart, now that star is dimming well before Election Day. Much of the media is
On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, “All-Star” panelists Mara Liasson of NPR and Washington Post columnists George Will and Charles Krauthammer discussed the merits of the First Amendment challenge to mandatory labor union membership currently being argued
Very interesting day at The Washington Post. Left-wing Ezra Klein is out and the much-respected conservative legal blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, is in. Already the Jeff Bezos era is becoming an interesting one. Numerous reports claim that Bezos wasn’t interested
The State reports that William Barber II (pictured), whom The Washington Post says is a rising and influential star in the NAACP, compared Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) to a ventriloquist dummy. During a speech in Columbia South Carolina, Barber said
During the “All-Star Panel” on Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist George Will took on President Barack Obama for his interview with the New Yorker magazine’s David Remnick.
The Washington Post‘s Jackson Diehl argues that the U.S. has chosen the “wrong allies” in Egypt by siding, effectively, with the military regime. Instead, he says, we should be supporting the secular liberals currently in prison for organizing protests: Ahmed Maher,
The media fell in love with Wendy Davis and her pink sneakers. They have followed her moves in the race for Governor of Texas. But now that the Dallas Morning News has found fault with elements in her official biography,
As Egyptians went to the polls this week to vote on a constitutional referendum, Western media organizations were busy interviewing Western analysts about Western concerns for Egypt’s future. In stark contrast to that grim analysis provided by people who don’t
The new book Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack by Kevin Freeman is a stunning collection of factual research which lays out how a systematic international plan to bring down the U.S. dollar as the
Lately, President Obama’s political action group, Organizing for Action (OFA), has claimed that six million Americans have successfully signed up for Obamacare. However, even The Washington Post Fact Checker finds this assertion to be suspect. For over a week, OFA has been
On Friday’s airing of PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks downplayed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s role in the tragic outcome of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack. Partial transcript as follows: GWEN IFILL, host: So, if it
Washington D.C. residents are dissatisfied with their schools and their mayor, Vincent C. Gray. A new Washington Post poll of D.C. residents shows 51% of those polled rate the schools’ performance as “not good” or “fair,” while only 38% believe
On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist scoffed at the idea President Barack Obama’s speech on the NSA was the sign of a substantial change and even gave the president high marks for the speech.
More media outlets are picking up on the highly inconvenient truth I mentioned here last week: Obama and the Democrats have been straight-up lying about Medicaid enrollment figures. It’s not a mistake, or a debatable interpretation of the data.
I’m not one to pick on the First Lady and the President on little things, but the event planner in me couldn’t be silenced. From The Washington Post: Guests attending Michelle Obama’s 50th birthday party at the White House later this
After canceling a meeting in the southern part of the state with victims of Hurricane Sandy due to the ongoing scandal surrounding closures of lanes on the George Washington Bridge, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie met with homeowners Thursday to
Refuting Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s argument that marriage is the, “greatest tool to lift people, to lift children and families from poverty,” Think Progress writer Bryce Covert claimed that widening access to early sex education, contraception, and family planning methods are
The unpopularity of Obamacare will make 2014 a tough year for Democrats, especially those in red states. The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent doesn’t deny some Dems are already taking cover where they can, but he says they also have a
Politico’s two-month battle to dismiss, mock, downplay, and ridicule a meticulously researched Washington Post report alleging that Politico’s Mike Allen gives favorable coverage to his Playbook advertisers, just ramped up a notch with Allen himself finally commenting. As has been
