(AP) WASHINGTONDistrict of Columbia police and the FBI were investigating late Friday what they believe was the intentional crash of an SUV into a downtown Washington office building, police said. Police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump told The Associated Press that the vehicle
(AP) Ex-DC Council chairman pleads guilty to 2 chargesBy ERIC TUCKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe former chairman of the District of Columbia Council pleaded guilty Friday to lying about his income on bank loan applications, the latest blow to a city government rocked
(AP) Frustrated liberals want more from ObamaBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I.They are trying to be hopeful, but the Democratic Party’s most passionate voters are struggling to hide their frustration with President Barack Obama. Republicans attack the president as a big-government
(AP) Corruption scandals dog local DC governmentBy ERIC TUCKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONOne District of Columbia councilmember member pleaded guilty to stealing funds earmarked for youth sports programs. Another was accused of lying about his income on bank loan applications and is set
Something has happened to Thomas Friedman. After years spent praisingChina’s infrastructure and political efficiency, Friedman has come outtoday with something approaching criticism of the communist tyranny. To its credit, China used its huge export dividend to build 21st-centuryinfrastructure and to
Recently there has been a steady drumbeat of not only new revelations in the affirmative action controversy involving Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, but also the quest for columnists to publish Native American puns while covering it. And some of
(AP) Colo. vote on pot could affect Obama-Romney raceBy KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressBOULDER, Colo.Voters in this presidential battleground state won’t just decide whether to go red or blue this fall but also green _ as in weed or grass. Whether to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Defense Secretary Panetta explains America’s ‘pivot’ to Asia China warns Panetta to choose his words carefully U.S. Urges China to Free Tiananmen Protesters U.S. military presence increases in Yemen Defense Secretary Panetta explains America’s
(AP) Laughs: A part of the game for ‘Feud’ host DawsonBy FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKRichard Dawson brought a saucy, unabashedly touchy-feely style to TV game shows as host of “Family Feud.” The British-born entertainer, who died Saturday at age
(AP) Losing faith in Democrats’ religious outreachBy RACHEL ZOLLAP Religion WriterWASHINGTON In 2008, Barack Obama took aim at the “pew gap,” the overwhelming Republican edge among voters who regularly attend church. The Democratic presidential nominee came nowhere near closing it,
(AP) LOS ANGELES – Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show “Family Feud” has
The Washington Post is at it again. Now they’re misleading the public on Mormonism by equating what Mormon women want with what progressive Mormon women want. Neither of these groups are authorized to speak for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush of Politico decided that today, of all days, was “2012’s nastiest day,” because, after being heckled Occupy-style by Obama-organized protesters last week, Romney fought fire with fire today: Welcome to the schoolyard
Judicial Watch has been joined by major media outlets and organizations to have the White House visitor logs released. Some of the groups joining Judicial Watch are Bloomberg, L.P.; CBS Broadcast Inc.; Dow Jones & Company Inc.; Gannett, Co. Inc.; The McClatchy Company;
It looks to me as though the White House and the Washington Post have finally decided to stop trying to hide their coordinated political hits on presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney. If you look at the Post’s front page today,
Barack Obama is anchoring his reelection campaign to sharp attacks on Mitt Romney’s business record, but the hardball strategy also risks tarnishing the president’s own political brand. In 2008, Obama ran for office presenting himself as a different kind of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. International Monetary Fund to Greece: Drop Dead! IMF’s Lagarde softens her remarks about Greece after backlash UK to block immigration into UK if Greece leaves euro Israel’s attitude towards West Bank becomes increasingly nationalistic
Over the last several weeks the Obama 2012 campaign has made a push into the college campus arena. A Harvard poll has shown that interest in the 2012 election among college students has dwindled in comparison to 2008. During the
Buried deep in yesterday’s Washington Post article about presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney being heckled during a visit to an inner-city school in Philadelphia, is the extraordinary news that a portion of those hecklers were organized by the Obama campaign: Outside,
If Rex Nutting wants to embarrass himself shilling for the White House with the absurd claim “Obama’s spending binge never happened,” that’s a problem between him and Market Watch. It becomes a very serious problem, though, when left-wing mainstream media enablers like
Columnist and American Enterprise Institute Fellow Marc A. Thiessen has a critical piece today in the Washington Post about Barack Obama’s public equity record – his record of using American taxpayer dollars to invest in failing companies. As Thiessen writes:
In a new Daily Beast article, Breitbart contributing editor Peter Schweizer argues that the Pentagon’s budget suffers from instances of serious waste and crony capitalism. Schweizer points to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit last year that found that mismanagement
Last night was more of the same for President Obama. In Arkansas, he lost over 40% of the vote and a full 36 counties to a relatively unknown attorney who lives in Tennessee. In Kentucky, Obama lost over 42% of
When you have a failed president on your hands and a re-election just a little over five months away, it’s easy to panic and rationalize and do everything you can to convince yourself the problem isn’t your candidate but rather
The Washington Post released a new poll today that shows President Obama up 49-47% over his likely challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. My colleague Mike Flynn did an excellent job earlier today breaking down the Post’s flawed methodology that
