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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 12:35 AM
President Obama in a wide-ranging interview that aired late Monday gave a robust defense of his administration’s phone and Internet surveillance programs and his decision to provide light weapons to the Syrian...
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By BYRON YORK | 06/17/13 10:25 PM
As the Senate debate over the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill reaches full speed this week, leading Democrats have pronounced the border security amendment proposed by Republican Sen. John Cornyn a...
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
Tomorrow, the Congressional Budget Office will release its assessment of the Senate immigration bill’s effect on the federal budget, a Senate Budget Committee spokesman told the Washington Examiner.
“It will come...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/17/13 05:55 PM
Internal Revenue Service agents used "Tea Party" as "shorthand" for any group filing for tax-exempt status that the agents thought was dedicating too much time to campaign activities and not just to single out...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 05:15 PM
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from two hours of talks Monday no closer to a compromise for curtailing a civil war in Syria that has killed more than 93,000 people.
“With respect to...
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By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/17/13 05:00 PM
Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 45% in the lastest CNN/ORC poll, conducted June 11-13, with 54% disapproval; the approval number is down from 53% in CNN/ORC’s May 17-18 poll. Most interesting result:...
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By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/17/13 04:45 PM
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has hired Charles Landgraf, who appears to be a currently registered lobbyist, as an adviser to help form policy on a product involved in mortgage lending called “force-place...
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By STEVE CONTORNO | 06/17/13 04:25 PM
Public opposition to arming Syrian rebels has grown even as President Obama indicated last week the administration is planning military assistance to some groups fighting President Bashar Assad's government.
A Pew...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 03:40 PM
Sen. Bob Corker, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, is demanding to know why the U.S. government allegedly has made tens of millions of dollars in cash payments to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 03:25 PM
Under pressure to demonstrate a renewed commitment to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama has tapped a high-powered Washington attorney as one of two special envoys dedicated to brokering a deal to...
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 03:20 PM
Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, who is up for reelection next year, likened himself to the Republicans of yesteryear rather than accept an association with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
“Probably a...
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By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/17/13 03:15 PM
An unnamed staffer for Sen. Marco Rubio has caused the latest stir over the immigration bill by telling the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza that, “There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut...
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 02:40 PM
Seven Supreme Court (SCOTUS) justices ruled that federal law prevents Arizona from requiring a proof of citizenship from newly-registering voters, but Sen. Ted Cruz. R-Texas, hopes to change that during the ongoing debate...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/17/13 02:40 PM
Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent, who is well-connected with Senate Democrats, reports that they now fear the death of 89-year-old New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg earlier this month has undermined their plans to...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/17/13 02:20 PM
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden may have sounded a little too edgy for reporters during his online Q&A at the Guardian, but the internet is already reveling over his latest statements.
We’ve highlighted the top...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/17/13 01:45 PM
Roger Pilon, the libertarian Cato Institute’s vice president for legal affairs and director of its Center for Constitutional Studies, has angered many over the years in the intellectual world of free minds and free...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/17/13 01:05 PM
That’s argument made by the National Journal’s Beth Reinhard. She argues that while the Wisconsin Republican governor scores below several other top contenders in pols now, he is well-positioned to rise in the top....
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/17/13 12:30 PM
In a new ad purporting to show the benefits of Obamacare, Organizing for Action (formerly Obama’s re-election campaign) fails to provide adequate sources for its claims. The ad does not include quotes from the articles,...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/17/13 12:30 PM
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden thumped his chest today in response to being branded a traitor by former Vice President Dick Cheney.
“I think he’s a traitor,” Cheney said flatly on ‘FOX News...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/17/13 12:10 PM
During a online Q&A on the Guardian this morning, National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden explained that he believed Facebook and Google were misleading their users about the amount of personal data...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 11:55 AM
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Monday declared that he is determined to continue disseminating the truth about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and said U.S. authorities will not be able to “cover...
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By SEAN LENGELL | 06/17/13 11:25 AM
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can’t demand would-be voters prove they are citizens before casting ballots in federal elections.The justices voted 7-2 to reject an Arizona law approved by voters in...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 11:10 AM
President Obama and several European leaders kicked off the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland on Monday by launching negotiations on a Transatlantic partnership billed as the biggest trade deal in history.
U.S....
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By CONN CARROLL | 06/17/13 10:50 AM
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has issued a statement responding to quotes from an unidentified aide of his in the New Yorker.
“The quote attributed to a member of my staff was a description of one argument used against...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 10:40 AM
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland on Monday, when the two will square off over the United States’ decision to provide Syrian...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/17/13 10:10 AM
On “Fox and Friends” Monday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz explained that even though he was concerned about the new revelations of the National Security Agency surveillance programs, he cautioned against Americans rushing to...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 10:00 AM
President Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to 45 percent amid a series of controversies in recent weeks, according to a poll released Monday.
A new CNN/ORC International survey found that Obama’s approval...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/17/13 09:55 AM
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. has worked hard to brand himself as a libertarian conservative Republican, but the New Republic has no patience for it.
The freshman Senator is featured on the cover with the headline, “The real...
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By CONN CARROLL | 06/17/13 09:40 AM
U.S. employers added just 175,000 jobs last month, and the nation’s unemployment rate actually rose to 7.6 percent. As completely unacceptable as these numbers are for a supposed economic recovery, the construction...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/17/13 08:40 AM
An Appeals Court ruled Friday that the National Labor Relations Board overstepped its authority when it announced a rule requiring all workplaces to prominently display a poster explaining employee union rights. It...
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By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/17/13 08:15 AM
Health insurance and health care access are two separate concepts. This distinction may seem banal, but it’s often obscured in debates over health care policy. Over the next decade, President Obama’s health care law...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/17/13 07:30 AM
The latest leak from National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden reveals that British spies at the Government Communications Headquarters were tasked with spying on allies such as South Africa and Turkey during...
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By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/17/13 01:15 AM
Under the Bush administration, Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Mark Agrast worked hard to curtail U.S. government surveillance of individuals whom the government didn’t have a warrant to surveil. Agrast wrote...
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By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/17/13 12:30 AM
If you followed the news over the weekend, you would have come away with the impression that the Islamic Republic of Iran just elected a reform-minded moderate leader as president. “Iran: Moderate candidate wins...
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By BYRON YORK | 06/16/13 09:30 PM
Supporters of the Senate Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill stress that currently-illegal immigrants will be required to undergo a thorough background check before winning legal status in the months after...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/16/13 09:10 PM
On ‘FOX News Sunday’ this morning, former Vice President Dick Cheney expressed doubt that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was acting alone.
Cheney noted that the Snowden leaks were “one of the worst occasions in...
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/16/13 08:10 PM
White House officials concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) significantly overstated the economic benefits of a proposed rule cutting formaldehyde emissions, largely because the agency persisted in...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/16/13 08:10 PM
Is Marco Rubio, R-Fla., getting played by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.?
During his interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl this morning, Rubio didn’t even seem to understand what that meant.
“Are you being played by...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 03:05 PM
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on Sunday that lawmakers needed to beef up the border-security portions of a Senate immigration bill but that most of the blueprint should obtain bipartisan support.
“I think it’s an...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 02:55 PM
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., predicted on Sunday that Americans would ultimately support the National Security Agency’s vast surveillance methods once they learn more about the programs....
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/16/13 02:50 PM
Unless their name starts with Joe or Hillary, that is. For the rest, American Prospect writer Walter Shapiro thinks potential Democratic primary insurgent candidates should start making the case against President Obama...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 02:50 PM
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday said President Obama’s decision to provide small arms and ammunition to the Syrian anti-government rebels wouldn’t curtail a civil war that has killed more than 90,000 people....
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 02:40 PM
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Sunday said his family was divided about whether he should make a bid for the White House in 2016.
“I think we’ve got a split ballot amongst the Bush senior family,” Bush said on...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 02:40 PM
Former Vice President Dick Cheney ripped into President Obama on Sunday, saying Obama had lost credibility with the American public thanks to his handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, and the...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 02:35 PM
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday called Edward Snowden, a government contractor who leaked information about top-secret U.S. surveillance programs, a “traitor.”
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Cheney...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/16/13 02:10 PM
Here’s a very telling passage from Barton Gellman’s Washington Post story today about the National Security Agency titled “U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata”:...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/16/13 01:30 PM
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., told CNN's Candy Crowley today that "the road to the White House comes through a road with a pathway to [citizenship]." Menendez was suggesting that without a pathway to citizenship, the...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/16/13 12:10 PM
On his Facebook page this morning, Sen. Ted Cruz celebrated Father’s Day by paying tribute to his father Rafael, who left Cuba to come to America.
My own Dad has been my hero my entire life. He is a man of faith and...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 10:27 AM
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough insisted Sunday that the federal government's massive Internet and phone surveillance programs don't violate Americans' privacy, a sentiment he said President Obama would outline...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/16/13 10:18 AM
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Sunday said his family was divided about whether he should make a bid for the White House in 2016.
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