Roll Call is reporting that the Senate will hold votes on nine amendments on the gun control bill today. (S.649) Among the amendments to be considered are: a plan to ensure that concealed-carry handgun permits issued by one state are
Beginning on Wednesday, the Senate will begin holding up-or-down votes on amendments to the Toomey-Manchin gun control bill now making its way through the Senate. According to the Washington Post, the Democrats still lack enough votes in the Senate to
New York Times columnist Nick Kristof was criticized for a highly political tweet he sent out in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The blatantly tasteless and partisan message to his followers seemed to put the blame for the terror
(AP) Online nonprofit InsideClimate News wins PulitzerBy DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated PressNEW YORKIn a sign of a rapidly changing media world, a relatively unknown New York-based online nonprofit news site joined some of the country’s most well-known media outlets in claiming a
The bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform is moving ahead with its plan to roll out an approximately 1,500-page bill this week despite the bombings that rocked the Boston marathon on Monday. The bill reportedly grants amnesty to
Freshman Congressman Tom Cotton (R-AR) has announced that he’s already raised $525,000 in the first quarter of the year; quite a haul for the young Congressman from Dardanelle, Arkansas. “The campaign has over $560,000 cash on hand and no debt,”
In response to Flashback: Obama Argued Against Passage of Illinois Bill Banning Infanticide: Obama not only argued against the Illinois bill banning infanticide in 2002, he impugned the character of those who told the truth about it, six years later.
In a Monday article examining the media’s coverage (or lack of) of the capital murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor on trial for murdering seven babies and one grown woman, the Washington Post makes a startling admission —
JONATHAN KARL, SUBSTITUTE HOST: George, right to you. You heard a debate among Republicans on immigration. Which side should the Republican Party come down on? GEORGE WILL: Every conservative sympathizes with what Jeff Sessions was saying about not rewarding law
The bipartisan Senate group pushing immigration reform, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” has allowed a representative from President Barack Obama’s White House to be involved in writing their bill but has not even tried to meet with representatives from the
Venezuelans head to the polls Sunday in the first presidential election since the death of Hugo Chavez earlier this year. Chavez’s successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro, will defend against a renewed challenge by Henrique Capriles, who lost a relatively close
In response to Gosnell and Media Bias: Remember when journalists reported news to the public, not the other way around? In dribs and drabs, it appears national media are finally being shamed into offering some coverage of the Gosnell trial:
In response to Gosnell and Media Bias: From Thursday through Friday morning, mainstream media outlets devoted breathless coverage to the trend of anti-abortion legislation in several states. The Washington Post took up the issue, as did National Public Radio (NPR), and
This tweet from the Post’s Sarah Kliff is pretty revealing: @mzhemingway Hi Molly – I cover policy for the Washington Post, not local crime, hence why I wrote about all the policy issues you mention. — Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) April
On Thursday, local Kentucky website WFPL reported that Jacob Conway, a member of the Jefferson County Democratic Party executive committee had ratted out Progress Kentucky founders and leaders Shawn Reilly and Curtis Morrison for allegedly illegally recording conversations of Senate
Apparently, some secret recordings of politicians are more equal than others: David Corn and Mother Jones find themselves with another audio scoop … And just like that, Corn and Mother Jones had their second major bombshell in seven months. The
Meet the Press host David Gregory doesn’t dispute complaining (the Washington Post describes it as a “fit”) over the parking situation in front of his DC home. Gregory does, however, dispute that he warned the organizers of a month-long charity
I had always assumed that death and taxes, while inevitable, would both universally rank pretty low on popularity surveys. A new Washington Post/ABC poll does find that a strong majority of Americans pretty much hate the U.S. tax code, except
It’s perhaps no accident that what was once simply called the Clinton Foundation has now been renamed the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. The change was made a few weeks ago, just after Hillary left her job at the
All the members of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform in the U.S. Senate will band together to block any efforts by other senators to offer amendments to their legislation once it is introduced, the Washington Post reported
A trove of data obtained by a US-based journalists’ group that details thousands of offshore accounts reveals several instances of swindles and other financial crimes, The Washington Post newspaper reported Sunday. Among the 4,000 US individuals listed in the records,
The definition of indecency has certainly changed, if current battles within the Federal Communications Commission continue as projected. While the FCC is now reportedly seeking public comment on the possibility of allowing “non-sexual” nudity on television, as well as cursing,
The hacker collective Anonymous has been busy attacking North Korea for the last few days, and Thursday, a faction apparently hacked into the Twitter and Flickr accounts of Uriminzokkiri, one of the isolated nation’s primary propaganda websites. Uriminzokkiri’s Flickr account
Senator Mark Kirk (R – IL) is the newest Republican member of Congress to say he supports same-sex marriage. Kirk is among four Republicans; Rep. Richard Hanna (R – NY), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Sen. Rob Portman (R- OH) are the
The Obama Administration is angling to allow people with questionable credit to receive home loans, encouraging lenders to use more subjective judgment, and pushing banks to utilize programs through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)–an executive branch agency that sticks taxpayers
