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  • VIDEO – Berlin crowd goes wild after Obama takes off his jacket

    Charlie Spiering | 06/19/13 10:20 AM

    During his speech in Berlin today, President Obama thanked the people for their warm welcome. “In fact, it’s so warm and I feel so good, I’m going to take off my jacket and anybody else who wants to – feel free to,” he said, as he stripped off his suit coat. “We can be a little...

  • Coburn: Treasury keeps stalling congressional request for full listing of conference costs

    Susan Ferrechio | 06/19/13 10:15 AM

    The Treasury Department has yet to provide Congress with a full list and cost of employee conferences, despite repeated requests from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Treasury officials blame multiple requests from different Congressional panels, admitting “confusion,” but Coburn isn’t buying it....

  • GAO: Obamacare implementation behind schedule

    Philip Klein | 06/19/13 10:15 AM

    Implementation of President Obama’s health care law is running behind schedule and it’s unclear whether federal health insurance exchanges will be up and running on time in October, according to two reports from the Government Accountability Office. The main way Obamacare plans to expand...

  • Obama ‘not surprised’ by Karzai’s abrupt suspension of talks with U.S.

    Susan Crabtree | 06/19/13 10:10 AM

    President Obama, reacting to news that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had suspended talks with Washington aimed at setting up a prolonged U.S. presence in the country, said he was not surprised by the Afghan government’s abrupt decision to walk away from the negotiating table. The White House...

  • In Germany, Obama defends U.S. surveillance programs

    Susan Crabtree | 06/19/13 10:10 AM

    President Obama vigorously defended U.S. surveillance programs Wednesday, saying he has scrutinized the programs and has come to the conclusion that they strike the right balance between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberties. After assuming office in 2008 with a “healthy...

  • Report: Gingrich supporter convicted of forging thousands of ballot signatures

    Sean Higgins | 06/19/13 09:30 AM

    Charlottesville, Virginia NBC affiliate WVIR TV reported: A man from Bassett admitted to faking thousands of signatures on campaign ballots. In December of 2011 Newt Gingrich needed 10,000 signatures to get his name on the Virginia presidential primary ballot. Adam Ward, 28, collected more...

  • Morning Examiner: The Schumer-Rubio Higher Unemployment, Lower Wages, and Illegal Immigration Preservation Act

    Conn Carroll | 06/19/13 08:40 AM

    Considering how effectively Democrats gamed the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring system during the Obamacare debate, conservatives have every reason to be skeptical of anything the CBO publishes. And while pro-amnesty Republicans may be touting the $197 billion cut that the CBO projects...

  • Allen West: Primary challenge to Marco Rubio would be a ‘pretty heavy lift’

    Charlie Spiering | 06/19/13 08:10 AM

    On Washington talk radio station WMAL this morning, former congressman Allen West refused to rule out a future Republican primary challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla. During the interview, co-host Larry O’Connor asked West if he would run for political office in 2016 – suggesting that he...

  • If it’s not mandatory, is it ‘banned’?

    Timothy P. Carney | 06/19/13 08:05 AM

    One of the most persistent canards the Obama campaign got away with was that Republicans wanted to “end access to birth control.” What Republicans were opposing wasn’t “whether or not you can have contraception,” as one Democratic Congresswoman put it, but whether or not your boss...

  • Remembering Michael Hastings

    Charlie Spiering | 06/19/13 07:25 AM

    Journalist Michael Hastings died last night in a car accident at the age of 33. While many remember him for his Rolling Stone story that took down General Chrystal, he had a number of other interesting clashes with powerful people. “Why don’t you give answers that aren’t bullshit for a...