June 19, 2013
Politics
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Germany visit showcases a tale of two Obamas
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 06:05 PM
President Obama will make his encore on the German stage with a speech at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday, returning as a mere mortal rather than the rock star who captivated a...
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Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House
By PAUL BEDARD | 06/18/13 11:30 AM
President Obama's nonstop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall,...
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Obama dismisses Bush comparisons, defends Syria response
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 10:10 AM
President Obama in a wide-ranging interview that aired late Monday gave a robust defense of his administration’s phone...
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Greenwald: Obama’s NSA oversight is ‘symbolic and empty’
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 08:45 AM
Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald dismissed President Obama’s promises of strict...
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Obama hints Ben Bernanke’s time is up as Fed chairman
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/18/13 10:05 AM
President Obama hinted Monday night that Ben Bernanke will not be reappointed to a third term as Federal Reserve chairman...
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White House
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Germany, White House
Germany visit showcases a tale of two Obamas
By Brian Hughes | 06/18/13 06:05 PM
President Obama will make his encore on the German stage with a speech at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday, returning as a mere mortal rather than the rock star who captivated a...
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Ted Cruz, White House
Mike Lee and Ted Cruz challenge Obama with new military religious freedom amendments
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 12:45 PM
Two military religious freedom amendments proposed by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas are challenging the Obama administration after they objected to a similar Amendment...
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Joe Biden, Gun Control
With gun-control bills stalled, Joe Biden to tout administration's go-it-alone approach
By Susan Crabtree | 06/18/13 07:05 AM
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday will try to revive interest in firearms restrictions and tout actions the Obama administration has taken on its own to reduce gun violence, six months after the...
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Congress
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Free Ride Feds, Watchdog, Congress
Paralysis in Congress keeps federal worker disability fraudsters cashing the checks
By Mark Flatten | 06/19/13 06:50 AM
Part three of a three-part series Getting federal employees off disability and into retirement while closing off opportunities for fraud has proved all but impossible for President Obama and his...
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Fiscal Policy, Senate, Immigration, Congress
CBO: Senate immigration bill would expand Obamacare
By Philip Klein | 06/18/13 07:30 PM
If the Senate immigration bill becomes law, federal health care spending would increase by $112 billion over the next decade as more people take advantage of Medicaid, Medicare and subsidies from...
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Abortion, Congress, Beltway Confidential
House passes ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 07:20 PM
The Republican-led House Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, approved by a vote of 228 to 196, comes in the wake of gruesome...
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Washington Secrets
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Barack Obama, Washington Secrets
In Berlin, Obama will invoke JFK, Reagan to push climate change
By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 03:55 PM
Following a well-worn path to Germany's Brandenburg Gate, President Obama plans to invoke America's most important speakers at the Berlin landmark -- John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan -- as he...
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Campaigns, Nancy Pelosi, Washington Secrets, Congress
Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House
By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 11:30 AM
President Obama's nonstop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall, but there is little hope that his party will win back control of the House...
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Republican Party, Washington Secrets
Zogby study: Children of baby boomers embrace change, reject GOP
By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 07:37 AM
Children of baby boomers are not the lazy video-game playing sloths portrayed in the media but eager-to-work and civic-minded 19- to 34-year-olds who consider themselves “citizens of Planet...
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Campaigns
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Campaigns, Nancy Pelosi, Washington Secrets, Congress
Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House
By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 11:30 AM
President Obama's nonstop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall, but there is little hope that his party will win back control of the House...
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Campaigns, 2016 Elections
Claire McCaskill joins effort to draft Hillary Clinton for 2016
By Steve Contorno | 06/18/13 11:15 AM
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., wants Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016 and on Tuesday joined a group of activists hoping to make that happen. The pro-Clinton Super PAC Ready for...
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Campaigns, Ted Cruz
Poll: Texans want Ted Cruz for president in 2016, not Rick Perry
By Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 07:05 AM
A new Texas Tribune poll examines the popularity of some of the biggest stars in the Republican Party and whether they have support from Texas Republicans in the 2016 presidential campaign. Ted...
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From the Weekly Standard
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Frack to the Future
Williston, N.D.
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Downsize Ike
The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell
What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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