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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

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

You would think that a major U.S. Senate campaign caught referring to an ethnic group as financially “very tight” would thrill a media that loves nothing more than political scandal mixed with race.  Well, not when it’s a Democrat campaign.

With ill winds blowing across the sails of the Democratic Party’s election chances in 2014 and the White House concerned about low voter turnout, Politico reports that Michelle Obama has recorded a new video to drum up support for her

President Obama has constantly slipped digs at his media fans into his speeches, despite the fact that the media are among his biggest supporters. He did it again this week in a speech at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. During his

California politics are about to undergo a huge transformation, as new political talent is emerging and finally taking center stage over the usual suspects who have dominated the political scene for the last few decades. According to Politico, so far

Politico Senior Reporter Maggie Haberman said that as far as she knows, Hillary Clinton “has not taken a single question” from reporters on her book tour. At a panel discussion on the 2014 and 2016 elections hosted by Politico, she

A new Politico poll finds 57% of likely voters disapprove of Obama’s job performance and essentially split on which party they prefer. Respondents were drawn from areas with competitive House and Senate races this November. The poll also shows that

How do Americans view Hillary Clinton’s performance as Secretary of State? Only 42 percent of voters called her performance “excellent or good” in a new Politico poll. Fifty-three percent view her performance as “fair or poor,” including 60 percent of

Reading this Politico item on Obama’s botched handling of immigration policy, one would think Democrats are all for embracing scores of illegal immigrant children now in the U.S. for an indeterminate period of time.  Obama’s foes on border crisis: Democrats

Nearly 57,000 illegal immigrant children have unlawfully entered the country since October of last year. The federal government believes at least 150,000 more will arrive in the next fiscal year.  Radio host Hugh Hewitt wants them all to stay. “Right

Tom Steyer, the fossil-fuel-powered hedge funder, has suffered a series of setbacks in his $100 million campaign to save the planet from ‘global warming’ by destroying the U.S. economy. Earlier this year, Steyer announced that he wanted to make climate

As the governor of Florida, Jeb Bush (R) was known for improving his state’s public schools. Now, however, his ardent support for the Common Core standards has stoked the wrath of grassroots groups of constitutional conservatives and led to a

You would think that after numerous embarrassments over the years, members of the Republican Party could grab hold of the reality that unauthorized use of anything involving popular culture will result in an embarrassing cease and desist request. This is

A month before former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin called for President Barack Obama to be impeached on the pages of Breitbart News over his lawlessness on illegal immigration, Obama was already concerned that his unilateral actions on immigration could warrant impeachment.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Border Patrol released Jose Antonio Vargas, who has described himself as the country’s “most privileged” illegal immigrant, after detaining him earlier in the day at McAllen Airport for not having U.S. identification. Vargas said he came

Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez slammed Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) bipartisan effort to more quickly deal with unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors from Central America.  “Senator Cornyn has led the opposition to every single immigration reform

An internecine battle has broken out between the Obama administration and the School Nutrition Association (SNA) over the federal government’s requirements for school meal programs. The fight has gotten so nasty that Michelle Obama’s food policy czar, celebrity chef Sam Kass,

Jose Antonio Vargas, who has described himself as the country’s “most privileged” illegal immigrant, was detained in McAllen, Texas on Tuesday as he tried to go through security at McAllen Airport without U.S. identification.  Vargas Tweeted that he did not

Another day, another front page at the left-wing Politico where 5 of the 6 top stories attack Republicans. Look at the lead… Politico’s targeting former-Vice President Dick Cheney like it’s 2005. That is Politico’s way of making Cheney pay a

Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes that President Obama has exceeded his executive authorities granted to him by the Constitution of the United States. In a conversation with Politico‘s Mike Allen, Cheney responded to questions about Obama’s use of executive authority.

Mike Huckabee has always presented himself as the regular Joe candidate, the underdog without a huge bankroll supporting him. Huckabee is very publicly considering a run for the 2016 GOP nomination for president. However, since becoming a Fox News commentator,

Monday at Politico’s “Playbook Lunch,” Lynne Cheney mocked former first lady Hillary Clinton for her now-infamous “dead broke” comment. The wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney was referring to last month’s interview during Clinton’s “Hard Choices” book tour when

Napster co-founder and Former Facebook president Sean Parker donated $350,000 to help Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) allies court black Democrats and liberal union voters to get more votes than conservative challenger Chris McDaniel in the June runoff, and Parker is

The Chamber of Commerce has not been discouraged by the lack of legislative action on immigration reform. Instead, the business organization is digging in, pushing for an immigration overhaul as soon as possible.  “We’re going to use every tool and

In an op-ed for Politico, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) dinged Gov. Rick Perry’s new glasses in a response to a Washington Post op-ed written by the governor of Texas to criticize the Kentucky Senator’s views on foreign policy. Paul insisted

Jose Antonio Vargas, who made national headlines by coming out as an illegal immigrant three years ago in the New York Times, may be stuck in a border town in Texas. In a piece for Politico, Vargas, the former journalist

Though the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) received millions of dollars in funding from the private Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development of the Common Core standards, the union will begin its annual convention in Los Angeles