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  • George W. Bush skeptical of current immigration push

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/30/13 04:45 PM

    Former President George W. Bush expressed skepticism of the current push for immigration reform, warning Republicans not to adopt a measure just because they hope it will help them at the polls, although he still believes that reform is necessary. “I think the atmosphere, unlike when I tried...

  • House Dem knocks GOP senator’s ‘elitist white-boy solution’ to Chicago crime

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/30/13 01:10 PM

    Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., knocked a proposal from Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., that Chicago law enforcement round up the members of a powerful gang as an “elitist white boy solution” to the crime problem in that city. “[It's an] upper-middle-class, elitist white boy solution to a problem he...

  • Democratic Party spokesman: Media surrender 'right to gripe' if they won't meet Eric Holder off the record

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/29/13 07:10 PM

    Media outlets that refuse to participate in an off-the-record meeting with Attorney General (AG) Eric Holder about the Justice Department’s surveillance of journalists surrender their ‘right to gripe’ about the government investigations, according to a Democratic spokesman. The New York...

  • White House: ‘Let’s talk about asteroids’

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/29/13 05:05 PM

    Lately, reporters have asked President Obama’s spokesman about the editing of Benghazi talking points, the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups, the Justice Department’s surveillance of the media — including one Fox News reporter dubbed a “co-conspirator” — and Health and Human...

  • Law firm: IRS sent ‘intrusive’ letter same week agency apologized for targeting conservatives

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/29/13 11:55 AM

    IRS officials continued their targeting of conservative groups until as recently as the first week of May, according to a non-profit law firm, when a top agency official apologized for the targeting and claimed that the practice had been stopped a year earlier. “We received a letter [from...

  • Obama’s top economic adviser leaving the White House

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 07:05 PM

    President Obama’s top economic adviser, Alan Kruegman, is leaving his White House job to teach at Princeton University, the White House Press Office announced today. “I am deeply grateful to President Obama for the opportunity to serve twice in this Administration, and for the chance to do...

  • Two State Department officials shot at strip club in ‘gun free zone’

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 06:10 PM

    Two State Department officials were injured this morning during a shooting at a strip club in Venezuela this morning, but the State Department told reporters that neither injury is “life-threatening.” “We can confirm that two members of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas were injured during an...

  • Liberal poll bodes well for top Senate Republican

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 05:30 PM

    Public Policy Polling has raised liberal hopes of defeating Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., by showing him tied with a potential Democratic rival, but they might want to contain their glee: The survey paradoxically reveals a dramatic increase in his approval rating compared to the...

  • White House: Obama will talk to China about hacking our weapon systems

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 02:50 PM

    Chinese hackers gained access to some of the top weapons systems in the United States military, especially those that project American power in the Pacific, according to a Pentagon report prepared by a Defense Department advisory council, a topic that President Obama’s spokesman said would be...

  • Obama celebrates falling deficits, attacks spending cuts

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/24/13 03:05 PM

    President Obama called for Congress to end the “foolish” budget cuts required under sequestration, arguing that lawmakers should feel empowered because “deficits are falling at the fastest rate in decades.” “I’ll keep fighting to end those foolish across-the-board budget cuts known...


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