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  • Jeb Bush immigration flip could upend amnesty debate

    Byron York

    Updated: Tue, Mar 5, 2013

    A new book by Jeb Bush in which the former Florida governor argues that millions of immigrants now in the United States illegally should never be eligible for American citizenship is likely to have a huge effect on the debate over immigration reform inside the Republican party. Bush, who would...

  • As book is published, Jeb Bush wavers on immigration proposal

    Byron York

    Published: Tue, Mar 5, 2013

    Jeb Bush’s new book, Immigration Wars, is out today.  But already the former Florida governor appears to be wavering on the book’s most newsworthy proposal. In the book, Bush argues against a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants now in the United States illegally. ...

  • Byron York: In second term, Obama is all politics, all the time

    Byron York

    Updated: Mon, Mar 4, 2013

    In the last campaign, many Democrats took offense when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said his No. 1 priority was to make Barack Obama a one-term president. Some, including Obama himself, accused McConnell of making that vow when Obama first came to office, suggesting the Republican...

  • Obama sought to break GOP ‘fever,’ but did they break his?

    Byron York

    Published: Sun, Mar 3, 2013

    Nine months ago, Barack Obama likened his Republican opposition to an illness. If he could just defeat Mitt Romney, Obama said, then the illness might subside. “I believe that if we’re successful in this election — when we’re successful in this election — that the fever may break,”...

  • Key Romney aides back gay marriage; social conservatives not surprised

    Byron York

    Published: Fri, Mar 1, 2013

    Gay marriage advocates are touting the number of Republicans — more than 130 at the moment — who have signed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn California’s popularly-approved ban on same-sex marriage. With a few exceptions, the list is made up of former office holders,...

  • ‘Twas the night before sequestration…

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

    The much-discussed slowdown in the rate of growth of federal spending called sequestration goes into effect when the clock turns to March 1, so I decided to ask a number of people on Capitol Hill what is actually going on in the last few hours before the super-controversial spending measure...

  • Byron York: How will conservatives greet Mitt Romney's reappearance?

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

    Mitt Romney is coming back into public view. This weekend the former Republican presidential candidate will appear on "Fox News Sunday," his first interview since losing to Barack Obama nearly four months ago. And on March 15, Romney will speak to the Conservative Political Action Conference...

  • With cuts looming, what has Obama done to reduce cost of presidential travel?

    Byron York

    Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

    In light of the coming sequestration that will slow the rate of growth of federal spending, the Navy has announced that it cannot afford to send an aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, on a previously-scheduled mission to the Persian Gulf, nor can it afford to refuel another carrier, the...

  • Byron York: GOP governors see Obama trap in spending cuts

    Byron York

    Updated: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

    "There are hundreds of thousands of Americans who are working today who will lose their jobs as a consequence of this Republican decision," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said during a conference call with reporters Sunday afternoon. "This is going to have a very real impact on...