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In Germany, Obama defends U.S. surveillance programs
Susan Crabtree | 06/19/13 10:00 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...
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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...
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Obama ‘not surprised’ by Karzai’s abrupt suspension of talks with US
Susan Crabtree | 06/19/13 09:00 AM
President Obama, reacting to news that Afghan President 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
06/19/13 04:33 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of a far-reaching immigration bill in the Senate see fresh momentum from a report by the Congressional Budget Office that says the measure would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars. Congress' nonpartisan scorekeeping agency said...
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Judge: Obama accidentally gave two military sexual assault defendants a safety hatch
Joel Gehrke | 06/18/13 07:45 PM
Two service members charged with sexual assault cannot be kicked out of the military, even if they are convicted, because comments made by President Obama about the issue constitute “unlawful command influence,” according to a military judge in Hawaii. “A member of the public would not...
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University study, unknowingly, calls President Obama a racist
Michael Barone | 06/18/13 07:35 PM
The Daily Caller reports that a government-funded study by the New York University psychology department concluded that conservatives are more likely to be racist than liberals. Why? Because, reporter Robby Soave writes, “Mixed-race people are more likely to be considered black by...
