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By Paul Bedard

Energy, House of Representatives, Environment, Washington Secrets

Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 06:55 PM

Amid growing fears of a massive electromagnetic pulse hit from either a solar flare or a terrorist nuclear bomb, House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a plan to save the nation's electric grid...
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Campaigns, Rand Paul, Washington Secrets

Senate insiders see Rand Paul, Marco Rubio or Rick Perry leading 2016 GOP ticket

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 05:20 PM

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who stumbled out of the GOP presidential primary gates in 2012, appears poised for a revival in the upcoming 2016 primaries, according to key congressional aides and members...
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CBS, Washington Secrets

Mainstream Media Scream: CBS honcho calls Obama scandals 'little fires'

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 05:00 PM

There they go again, members of the mainstream media shrugging off the scandals swirling around President Obama. This week's Mainstream Media Scream features CBS News Political Director John...
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Health Care, Obamacare, Washington Secrets

Obamacare will share personal health info with federal, state agencies

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 08:10 AM

A new rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care...
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Nancy Pelosi, Washington Secrets, Congress

Pro-life 'farm team' eyes House, challenging Nancy Pelosi

By Paul Bedard | 06/16/13 07:45 PM

Anti-abortion female lawmakers and activists, long shouted down by pro-abortion Democrats, are stepping up their efforts to bring their "farm team" of state politicians to Washington and challenge...
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Ted Cruz, Washington Secrets

Joe Biden slaps GOP for letting Ted Cruz, Rand Paul 'control' the party

By Paul Bedard | 06/15/13 06:50 AM

Just six months after he cut a fiscal cliff deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Vice President Joe Biden declared Friday night that the GOP has no adult leadership and he said it is...
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Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Washington Secrets

Chelsea Clinton endorses mom: We need a woman in the White House

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 02:55 PM

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton says it's time for a woman in the Oval Office, music to her mom Hillary Clinton's ears. In a wide-ranging interview on MSNBC's "NOW with Alex Wagner"...
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Syria, Washington Secrets

Americans oppose Syria intervention 3-1

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 01:45 PM

By a majority of three to one, Americans oppose President Obama's plan to get involved in the Syrian civil war, a blow to the administration and the latest evidence of the nation's war fatigue....
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Syria, Washington Secrets

Zbig: Obama Syria plan is 'chaos, baffling, a mess, tragedy'

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 11:25 AM

The president's abrupt decision to arm Syrian rebels is a huge mistake, one driven by emotion and propaganda not they kind of strategic White House plan that has marked past successful...
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Polls, Washington Secrets

Zogby says snooping scandal has stalled Obama's second term agenda

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 10:30 AM

Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that the internet tapping scandal has stalled the president's agenda and hit his approval ratings. "Summer is here and it is...
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Climate Change, Environment, Washington Secrets

Robert Redford questions Obama's 'courage of his conviction' on climate change

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 06:25 AM

Tired of waiting for President Obama to make good on his inaugural promise to tackle global warming, eco-activist Robert Redford has called on the public to press the president to act, questioning...
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Rand Paul, Washington Secrets

Rand Paul warns that taxpayers could fund attack on Israel

By Paul Bedard | 06/13/13 01:20 PM

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday slammed the administration's funding and arming of Israel's foes, including Egypt, and said it is likely that if Muslim nations attack Israel as...
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Books, Washington Secrets

Susan Allen introducing kids to 'Dutch' Reagan

By Paul Bedard | 06/13/13 11:25 AM

With the Reagan presidency slowly being squeezed out of grade school history classes by more topical subjects, fans of the Gipper are pushing the country to remember the 40th president for his...
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Abortion, Washington Secrets

New video: Abortion doctor compares death injection to 'flu shot'

By Paul Bedard | 06/13/13 10:20 AM

The latest investigative video from the anti-abortion group Live Action unveiled Thursday shows an Albuquerque, New Mexico abortion doctor comparing the injection used to kill a fetus to a flu...
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National Security Agency, Washington Secrets

Poof! Media drop coverage of IRS scandal

By Paul Bedard | 06/13/13 10:10 AM

That was fast--but not unexpected. The media frenzy over the IRS scandal, which dominated the Big Three networks for two weeks, has practically disappeared from the news, according to a new...
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Washington Secrets

'Superman' Bush assumes new title: Sock-lover in chief

By Paul Bedard | 06/12/13 03:20 PM

He hid it well as president, but as a retired chief executive looking for any way to get a laugh or brighten somebody's day, George H.W. Bush has revealed his secret craving: crazy-colored socks....
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Fox News, Washington Secrets

Fox's Roger Ailes wins $250,000 Bradley Prize for American innovation

By Paul Bedard | 06/12/13 03:10 PM

Roger Ailes has won a $250,000 Bradley Foundation Prize for creating Fox News Channel, deemed by the group to be a thoroughly American institution. Ailes and three others, including former...
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Campaigns, Tennessee, Washington Secrets

With Tea Party support, Tennessee's Alexander looks safe

By Paul Bedard | 06/12/13 02:10 PM

Two-term Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander has pulled off a surprise for Washington-based Tea Party groups eagerly looking for a more conservative alternative to make a primary challenge in 2014:...
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Massachusetts, Washington Secrets

Away from Michelle in Boston, Barack gobbles burger, fries

By Paul Bedard | 06/12/13 01:15 PM

President Obama took a bachelor's road trip to Massachusetts Wednesday to help Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Edward Markey, taking advantage of being away from his fit wife to grab a...
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Immigration, Washington Secrets, White House

White House video on staff immigrants slammed by YouTube viewers

By Paul Bedard | 06/12/13 12:45 PM

The White House on Wednesday stepped up its campaign for immigration reform with a video of West Wing staffers talking about their immigrant roots, but it was immediately slammed by YouTube...
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From the Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard

Frack to the Future

By: Michael Warren

Williston, N.D.
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Downsize Ike

By: Andrew Ferguson

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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Barnes On Obama's Poll Numbers: 'Americans Want Leadership and They're Not Getting It'

By: TWS Podcast

THE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with executive editor Fred Barnes on President Obama's falling polling numbers.
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