Sean Higgins

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee  members approved the nominations of the White House’s five picks to run the National Labor Relations Board. Several Republicans objected to two of the nominees though, indicating they will face trouble in the full Senate. That means...

David M. Drucker

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Republicans are warning that meddling by the White House and House Democratic leaders could jeopardize prospects for congressional action on immigration reform. The House immigration working group was on the cusp of a bipartisan deal, Politico reported, when House Democratic leaders pulled the...

Charlie Spiering

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

This graphic video from ITV features a man in South London who has just beheaded a man in the street. “You people will never be safe, remove your government, they don’t care about you,” he says to the camera, holding a knife and machete in his blood stained hands. According to ITV, the...

Conn Carroll

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

“You don’t screw up your policies to fit a stupid government program,” amnesty advocate Grover Norquist recently told National Review in reference to welfare spending on low-skill immigrants, “You reform the stupid government program.” That is a nice thought … in theory.

Timothy P. Carney

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Earlier this month, the United States Superyacht Association retained its first K Street lobbyist, the small firm Smith Advocacy. Politico Pro reports: The association described itself as “the only trade association, representing hundreds of businesses and thousands of individuals, whose...

Charlie Spiering

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

After a week of coming under fire from the White House Press Corps, Press Secretary Jay Carney turned to flattery at the beginning of his daily press briefing. Carney explained that in spite of all his preparation for the press briefing each day, he would not be able to answer every question...

Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

President Obama will travel to the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Sunday to view the damage caused by a tornado that killed 24 people, once again playing comforter-in-chief in the wake of a natural disaster.

Joel Gehrke

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Douglas Shulman, who served as IRS commissioner when the agency targeted conservative groups for inappropriate questioning, faulted Congress for not giving the agency more funding over the last two years.

Conn Carroll

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

It is still unclear if the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States will be rewarded with amnesty later this year, but the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill that would grant them that amnesty has already provided Washington lobbyists on K Street with their big payday. At least...

Joel Gehrke

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., scolded Tea Party Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, for acting like a “dictator” by demanding that Senate Democrats promise not to raise the debt limit during conference meetings with House Republicans. “We don’t have kings anymore,” Landrieu said in response to Lee...