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Obama tells Naval Academy grads sexual assaults threaten military
President Barack Obama on Friday warned that sexual assault in the military amounts to a national security threat as he enlisted graduating Navy ensigns and Marines second lieutenants at the U.S. Naval Academy in a campaign to stamp it out. More »Obama tells Naval Academy grads sexual assaults threaten military
Terry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a Democrat
Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia's next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his Republican … More »Terry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a Democrat
Obama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech
Barack Obama has hit the reset button with the most far-reaching national security address of his presidency More »Obama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech
Obama tells Naval Academy grads sexual assaults threaten military
President Barack Obama on Friday warned that sexual assault in the military amounts to a national security threat as he enlisted graduating Navy ensigns More »
The Ticket - 1 hr 23 mins agoTerry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion-clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a Democrat
Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia's next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his More »
The Ticket - 4 hrs agoObama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech
Barack Obama has hit the reset button with the most far-reaching national security address of his presidency More »
Yahoo! News - 18 hrs agoAmid heckling, Obama defends drone strikes, vows to close Guantanamo
Saying it's time "to fight terrorists without keeping America on a perpetual wartime footing," President Barack Obama invited Congress in a speech on More »
The Ticket - 20 hrs agoCode Pink activist Medea Benjamin heckles Obama
President Barack Obama's planned counterterrorism speech was temporarily derailed several times on Thursday when activist Medea Benjamin shouted More »
The Ticket - 20 hrs agoAnthony Weiner logo appears to feature Pittsburgh skyline
Anthony Weiner's nascent New York City mayoral campaign might have hit a slight snag. Azi Paybarah at Capital New York notes on Thursday that the skyline More »
The Ticket - 21 hrs agoAnthony Weiner courts NYC voters: ‘It’s a second-chance city, man!’
Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner made his first appearance on Thursday since declaring his candidacy, apologizing again for his bizarre, Internet-only More »
The Ticket - Thu, May 23, 2013How many students from your school take out loans?
Every school that participates in the federal loan program reports figures like these to the Department of Education. The following interactive plots More »
Yahoo! News - Thu, May 23, 2013Photos: What Obama looked like on prom night
With a trio of scandals swirling around the White House, President Barack Obama could use some good press. Time magazine did its best to deliver just that More »
The Ticket - Thu, May 23, 2013What’s next for the immigration reform bill?
It's been a good week for proponents of immigration reform. The sweeping bill that seeks to legalize most of the country's 11 million unauthorized More »
The Ticket - Wed, May 22, 2013Holder: U.S. killed four Americans overseas in drone strikes since 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder informed Congress on Wednesday that the U.S. has killed four Americans in drone strikes since 2009: radical cleric Anwar More »
The Ticket - Wed, May 22, 2013Carney to press: ‘You’re good at your jobs and you’re smart’
Think of it as a sort of reverse birthday gift. After a tense few days in the White House Brady Press Briefing Room as the Internal Revenue Service More »
The Ticket - Wed, May 22, 2013IRS official Lois Lerner: ‘I have not done anything wrong’
Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official in charge of approving applications for tax-exempt status, denied wrongdoing in response to accusations More »
The Ticket - Wed, May 22, 2013Weiner announces he’s running for NYC mayor
Confirming the worst-kept secret in politics, former Rep. Anthony Weiner has announced he’s running for New York City mayor—telling voters that he wants a More »
The Ticket - Wed, May 22, 2013College is expensive. And thanks to Washington, you might soon be paying more
For a talented, creative few, there’s David Letterman. For most, there’s a labyrinth of paperwork, hard decisions and painful sacrifices that could have More »
The Ticket - Wed, May 22, 2013IRS official Lerner refuses to testify before Congress
Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who leads the exempt organizations division under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups that applied More »
The Ticket - Tue, May 21, 2013Obama announces his election commission team
President Barack Obama on Tuesday filled out his Presidential Commission on Election Administration, which was created to improve election systems in the More »
The Ticket - Tue, May 21, 2013In tragedy, consolation only goes so far
When John Kennedy Jr., son of the former president, died with his wife and sister-in-law in a plane crash in 1999, I heard a well-known televangelist More »
Yahoo! News - Tue, May 21, 2013Former IRS commissioner: ‘Not personally responsible’ for creating the ‘Be On The Lookout’ list
Former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman said that he was "not personally responsible" for the agency's practice of placing elevated More »
The Ticket - Tue, May 21, 2013Senator accuses IRS officials of withholding information in 2012 about agency practices
Two top Internal Revenue Service officials knew that the agency was using a list to scrutinize applications for tax-exempt status that included the phrase More »
The Ticket - Tue, May 21, 2013Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate
A bipartisan group of senators begins a fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark-up process More »
The Ticket - Tue, May 21, 2013Obama offers prayers, federal support for Oklahoma following deadly tornado
President Barack Obama on Tuesday morning assured residents of Oklahoma that they have both the nation's support and the federal government's assistance More »
The Ticket - Tue, May 21, 2013Despite Rubio’s wooing, radio hosts protest immigration reform bill
Conservative radio talk show hosts have signed a letter opposing the sweeping immigration reform bill in the Senate, bucking tea party favorite Sen. Marco More »
The Ticket - Tue, May 21, 2013Obama directs FEMA to ready help for tornado-ravaged Oklahoma
President Barack Obama has been getting updates on the massive tornado that ravaged homes and schools near Oklahoma City and has directed the Federal More »
The Ticket - Mon, May 20, 2013Obama to meet Chinese President Xi in June
President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time on June 7-8 in California, the White House announced on Monday. The More »
The Ticket - Mon, May 20, 2013
Scout’s Honor? Gay rights advocate seeks to overturn ban on gay Boy Scouts
Top Line As the Boy Scouts of America prepares to vote tomorrow on a proposal that would change its long-standing policy of excluding gay boys from Scout More »
Power Players - Wed, May 22, 2013Sen. Jeff Sessions almost single-handedly trying to derail ‘Gang of Eight’ immigration bill
Power Players When it comes to immigration reform, perhaps no senator has been more vocal about their displeasure with the newest bill, drafted by the More »
Power Players - Tue, May 21, 2013Michele Bachmann: The IRS targeting of Tea Party groups tied to Obama’s political agenda
The Fine Print As the chair of the Tea Party Caucus, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R – Minn.) is railing against the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party groups, saying: More »
Power Players - Mon, May 20, 2013Leader of targeted Tea Party group ‘pissed off’ by IRS’s questioning, calls it a ‘fishing expedition’
Top Line Susan McLaughlin knows first-hand what it’s like to be targeted by the IRS. Her Tea Party group in Liberty Township, Ohio was among those More »
Power Players - Fri, May 17, 2013Sorting through the scandals: What’s at stake for the IRS, DOJ and the White House
BOTTOM LINE Controversy has been the word this week Washington as the White House has grappled with the fallout from Benghazi, the IRS scandal and the More »
Power Players - Thu, May 16, 2013Chairman leading Friday showdown on Hill: There’s a ‘culture of rot’ at IRS
The Fine Print One of the lawmakers leading the search for answers in the IRS investigation into how Tea Party groups were treated is Rep. Charles More »
Power Players - Thu, May 16, 2013Iran hostages locked in struggle for compensation, tell their story of “colossal injustice”
Politics Confidential Hollywood portrays the Iran hostage crisis as a thriller story with a triumphant ending in the film “Argo.” But the real story of More »
Power Players - Wed, May 15, 2013Fmr. Sen. Jim DeMint: $6.3 trillion immigration price tag ‘irrefutable’
The Fine Print Former Sen. Jim DeMint (R – S.C.) is standing by the controversial Heritage Foundation study that put a $6.3 trillion price tag on the More »
Power Players - Tue, May 14, 2013Bringing beauty to a cause, Charlize Theron lobbies for an AIDS-free generation
Top Line When Charlize Theron came to Capitol Hill recently, she undoubtedly turned a few heads. But the Academy Award-winning actress didn’t come to be More »
Power Players - Mon, May 13, 2013Like mother like son: Prince Harry carries on legacy of Princess Diana to rid world of landmines
Power Players Prince Harry made a visit to Capitol Hill yesterday to tour an exhibit on landmines, a cause dear to the heart of his late mother Princess More »
Power Players - Fri, May 10, 2013Politicians weighing in: Do pounds matter?
Bottom Line This week New Jersey Governor Chris Christie revealed that he underwent Lap-Band surgery in February. Christie says his decision to have the More »
Power Players - Thu, May 9, 2013Tea Party leader: Lindsey Graham “begging for a primary” challenge
Top Line FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe has a warning for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other GOP incumbents up for reelection in the 2014: don’t More »
Power Players - Wed, May 8, 2013Gen. Dempsey: China takes no ownership of cyber attack on U.S.
On the Radar The Pentagon officially blamed China of cyber attacks against the United States in a new report, but America's top military official Gen. More »
Power Players - Tue, May 7, 2013What a waste: Four easy cuts to save us $27.5 billion
Power Players Government buildings sitting empty and unused, many flights to rural airports that carry practically no passengers, and minimum milk prices More »
Power Players - Mon, May 6, 2013Out there: Former Sen. Mike Gravel says White House suppressing evidence of ETs
Top Line Even as most Americans wonder what planet politicians are from, is it possible that the government is squelching evidence of extraterrestrials More »
Power Players - Fri, May 3, 2013Red line crossed in Syria: What would intervention look like?
Last week intelligence officials assessed “with varying degrees of confidence” that chemical weapons had been used in the country—a possible game changer More »
Power Players - Thu, May 2, 2013Young minds with big ideas: Meet the whiz kids of the White House Science Fair
Politics Confidential 10-year-old Evan Jackson had just made a touchdown in his football game, but he had to be pulled off to the sideline because he had More »
Power Players - Wed, May 1, 2013A trippy idea or fiscal genius? Two pols idea to smoke away the deficit
Top Line What if the United States could shrink the federal deficit and get high at the same time? Two congressmen calling for the legalization of More »
Power Players - Tue, Apr 30, 2013Game changer: Maj. Gen. Abrams on the “homegrown” rejection of Taliban in Afghanistan
On the Radar Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, the top U.S. and NATO commander in southern Afghanistan, is confident the country won’t fall back into the grips More »
Power Players - Mon, Apr 29, 2013Karl Rove on Bush legacy: “He got the big things right”
Politics Confidential Karl Rove, who has been described by former President George W. Bush as “the architect” of his 2000 and 2004 election victories, More »
Power Players - Fri, Apr 26, 2013Laura Bush: The 9/11 exhibit at new Bush museum brings her, George W. Bush to tears
Top Line Talking to ABC’s Diane Sawyer during a special tour of the newly opened George W. Bush Library, former First Lady Laura Bush says she and her More »
Power Players - Thu, Apr 25, 2013Boston Marathon bombings unlikely to affect gun control, immigration reform going forward
BOTTOM LINE New information is coming to light every day in the on-going investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15th. But there More »
Power Players - Thu, Apr 25, 2013Former Obama Staffer Leads White House Protests Against Pipeline
Power Players Environmental activists are turning up the heat on President Obama as he faces what could be the trickiest decision of his second term: More »
Power Players - Wed, Apr 24, 2013Robert Redford: We need more Woodwards & Bernsteins
Top Line It’s been more than 40 years since Watergate, but the old story—and its characters—made news once again with the Washington premiere of Robert More »
Power Players - Tue, Apr 23, 2013Gov. Brewer: Federal government not doing enough to secure Arizona’s border
Power Players As the Senate moves to consider the “Gang of 8” immigration reform bill, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is calling on the federal government to More »
Power Players - Mon, Apr 22, 2013
Obama tells Naval Academy grads sexual assaults threaten military
President Barack Obama on Friday warned that sexual assault in the military amounts to a national security threat as he enlisted graduating Navy ensigns More »
The Ticket - 1 hr 23 mins agoTerry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion-clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a Democrat
Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia's next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his More »
The Ticket - 4 hrs agoObama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech
Barack Obama has hit the reset button with the most far-reaching national security address of his presidency More »
Yahoo! News - 18 hrs agoAmid heckling, Obama defends drone strikes, vows to close Guantanamo
Saying it's time "to fight terrorists without keeping America on a perpetual wartime footing," President Barack Obama invited Congress in a speech on More »
The Ticket - 20 hrs agoCode Pink activist Medea Benjamin heckles Obama
President Barack Obama's planned counterterrorism speech was temporarily derailed several times on Thursday when activist Medea Benjamin shouted More »
The Ticket - 20 hrs agoDid Obama Forget to Salute?
The president may have forgotten something as he boarded Marine One this morning. On his way to the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony on Annapolis, More »
ABC News - 1 hr 13 mins agoIRS' Lois Lerner Takes Fifth, Shuns Congress
Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service’s director of Exempt Organizations who is at the center of the controversy after the agency targeted More »
ABC News - Wed, May 22, 2013IRS 'Blemish' Prompts Scorn From Senators
Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said today he was “dismayed and saddened” that his agency had improperly More »
ABC News - Tue, May 21, 2013Christie Stars in NJ Tourism Ads, Dems Cry Foul
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his family are starring in television commercials that are part of a publicly funded $25 million tourism campaign to More »
ABC News - Mon, May 20, 2013GOP Lieutenant Governor Candidate in Va. Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK
This weekend, Virginia Republicans found their candidate for lieutenant governor in E.W. Jackson, a Chesapeake, Va. pastor who has compared Planned More »
ABC News - Mon, May 20, 2013Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to More »
AP - 20 mins agoIRS replaces official who revealed targeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been More »
AP - 2 hrs 1 min agoObama addressing Naval Academy graduates 2nd time
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders in a speech to U.S. More »
AP - 2 hrs 45 mins agoAlerta Noticioso de AP
ATLANTA (AP) — Funcionario de los bomberos dice que hay 18 heridos en choque entre autobús y tractocamión cerca del aeropuerto de Atlanta. More »
AP - 3 hrs agoSpanish court opens tax probe into king's daughter
MADRID (AP) — Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, is under investigation for possible tax fraud and money laundering, the latest More »
AP - 3 hrs agoScandals? What Scandals? This Week Is Historical for Another Reason
Years from now, this past week may be remembered less for developments in a spate of White House scandals than as a turning point in the "war on terror." More »
National Journal - 4 hrs agoInside the Cover: The Cabal That Quietly Took Over the House
Not long ago, it would have been ludicrous for the House speaker to approach the Republican Study Committee on bended knee, much less to depend on it to More »
National Journal - 4 hrs agoHow the GOP Will Keep Stirring the Scandal Stew Over Recess
Congressional Republicans head into next week’s Memorial Day recess armed with a strategy designed to keep the controversies that have consumed Washington More »
National Journal - 4 hrs agoAre All Government Handouts Created Equal?
When it comes to government handouts to poor people, Rep. Stephen Fincher of Tennessee is very clear about his thoughts. He's a little less crystal, More »
National Journal - 5 hrs agoLetter From Judiciary: How to Survive a Markup
Rule One—Empty your bladder. Rule Two—Charge your phone. These are the lessons in survival for anyone covering, lobbying or staffing lawmakers who "mark More »
National Journal - 5 hrs agoGun Background Check Politics, Explained in Seven Graphs
When Democratic Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas voted against a gun background check compromise last month, he was taking a measured political risk. Even More »
The Atlantic Wire - 1 hr 2 mins agoTerror Fears Stoked By Trend Of Young Muslims From U.S., Europe Fighting With al-Qaeda in Syria, Africa
“It is extremely concerning when these extremists eventually return home with skills that bring the battle zone to our front door." More »
The Blaze - 1 hr 3 mins agoObamacare's Not-So-Scary New Math
One of the big fears about Obamacare has been that insurers will charge exorbitant prices for plans sold on state exchanges, meaning the law would have More »
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