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May 24, 2013 | 06:49 PM
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  • Obama orders top aides to praise Obamacare during commencement speeches

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013

    President Obama has ordered his cabinet officials to praise Obamacare when giving speeches at college commencement ceremonies, even as the president’s aides fear that poor implementation of the law will tarnish his legacy. “To counter the criticism, the White House has told all Cabinet...

  • After Kermit Gosnell, House GOP begins probe of abortion clinic health inspections

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    House Republicans began a review of the state regulations that govern abortion clinics, citing the murder trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell and a series of undercover interviews with other abortion doctors as evidence that clinics around the country operate under lax health policies....

  • Benghazi whistleblower answers Clinton: It did make a difference

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at Benghazi, answered then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s question, “what difference at this point does it make?” by explaining that the U.S. government’s claim that a Youtube video sparked the Benghazi attacked angered the Libyan...

  • Whistleblower: White House refused to send counterterrorism team to Benghazi

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Mark Thompson, the State Department’s acting deputy assistant secretary for counter-terrorism, told Congress today that President Obama’s National Security Council refused his recommendation that they deploy a military counter-terrorism team to Benghazi. Thompson told the House Oversight...

  • Patty Murray: Balanced budget would hurt economy

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Senate Budget Committee chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., said that the Democratic budget that she proposed never balances because such a schedule would harm the economy. “Well, in fact, our budget moves us towards balance,” Murray said this morning at the Peterson Foundation, adding that...

  • Rand Paul: Gang of Eight bill will die in House

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., predicted that the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration reform bill will die in the House unless senators amend it with precise border security language, rather than delegating authority to President Obama and his adjutants. “It’s a little like Obamacare,”...