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  • Approve: George W. Bush’s favorability reaches post-presidency high

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/11/13 03:55 PM

    More Americans remember George W. Bush approvingly than negatively, according to a new survey released with Washington mired in scandals and President Obama under fire for expanding his predecessor’s surveillance of Americans. Forty-nine percent of Americans view Bush favorably while 46...

  • White House: Intel boss didn’t lie to Congress

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/11/13 01:55 PM

    President Obama’s spokesman defended the intelligence official who told Congress that the government does not collect data on the American people, a comment that has proven irritating to lawmakers given the revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) collects phone records. “[Obama]...

  • Former Miss America: There is no Republican ‘war on women’

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/11/13 11:00 AM

    Republican congressional candidate Erika Harold, who won the Miss America contest in 2003 before graduating from Harvard Law School, wasted little time in her new campaign before challenging one of the most cherished of Democratic talking points: the ‘war on women.’ “If I thought that...

  • Obama scandals hurt Rubio’s play for House support on immigration

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/10/13 11:50 AM

    Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., visited House conservatives this week to discuss immigration policy, but his effort to garner support for the Gang of Eight’s Senate bill failed, according to Republican sources — in part, because his efforts were hampered by the wave of scandals hitting President...

  • Rand Paul plans to haul NSA program into the Supreme Court

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/09/13 05:10 PM

    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., intends to file a class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a National Security Agency (NSA) program that collects phone records and other data from internet companies, according to documents leaked to the press by a whistleblower. “I’m going to be...

  • Poll: 50 percent of Americans think Obama team knew of IRS targeting

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/07/13 04:00 PM

    Half of the American people believe that senior members of President Obama’s team knew that the IRS was inappropriately targeting conservatives between 2010 and 2012, according to a new Gallup poll that finds most Americans  disapprove of the president’s response to the issue. “More...

  • White House hosts allies for minimum wage hike ‘strategy meeting’

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/07/13 03:50 PM

    President Obama’s team is gearing up for a push to pass the minimum wage increase he proposed in this year’s State of the Union address, hosting a “strategy meeting” with ideological allies at the White House last week. “[W]e were invited yesterday to a strategy meeting at the White...

  • Obama: Surveillance programs involve ‘modest encroachments’ on privacy, help fight terror

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/07/13 12:40 PM

    President Obama defended the government’s internet surveillance as a “modest encroachment” on the privacy of Americans, but he maintained that the programs initiated by George W. Bush help keep Americans safe, adding that he increased oversight of the surveillance. Obama warmed to the...

  • Obama: Defense Department helped build Silicon Valley

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/07/13 10:20 AM

    President Obama touted the federal government’s role in supporting Silicon Valley industry, as he reminded California donors that a Defense Department program helped research internet technology. “The incredible prosperity that is generated from Silicon Valley in part is because we...

  • NFL champ skips WH visit because Obama said ‘God bless’ Planned Parenthood

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/07/13 10:00 AM

    Retired Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk, who won a Super Bowl with the team last year, skipped the team’s visit to the White House due to President Obama’s support for Planned Parenthood. “I have great respect for the office of the presidency but about five or six weeks ago, our...


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