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  • Media reject Eric Holder's offer to discuss spying in secret meetings

    By Susan Ferrechio | 05/30/13 07:40 PM

    Washington-based news organizations are refusing to meet with Attorney General Eric Holder to hear his explanation of how and why the Justice Department secretly spies on journalists after Holder insisted that the meetings themselves be secret. The New York Times, Fox News, the Associated...

  • Democrats fundraise off Michele Bachmann's shock retirement

    By Paul Bedard | 05/30/13 04:35 PM

    The Democratic Party on Thursday slapped retiring Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann -- barking in a memo "don't let the door hit you on the way out" -- and then used her decision not to seek re-election to raise money. Communications Director Brad Woodhouse's fundraising letter suggested that...

  • If your brother or uncle runs the House Armed Services Committee, why not be a defense lobbyist?

    By Timothy P. Carney | 05/30/13 01:30 PM

    If your brother or uncle runs the House Armed Services Committee, why not be a defense lobbyist? That seems to be the thinking of the family of Chairman Buck McKeon, a California Republican. Politico reports: Buck McKeon’s family is getting into the defense lobbying game. A firm run by the...

  • Tea Party groups sue IRS, claim targeting was widespread

    By Susan Ferrechio | 05/29/13 06:55 PM

    About two dozen Tea Party groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday that they said will prove the Internal Revenue Service's practice of targeting conservative groups was cleared by top IRS officials in Washington and was not the work of low-level rogue agents in Ohio. The federal lawsuit includes 15...

  • The 10 members of Congress demanding the Redskins change their name

    By Charlie Spiering | 05/29/13 12:00 PM

    Ten members of Congress have sent a letter to Washington Redskins team owner Dan Snyder, demanding that he change the name of his NFL team. “Native Americans throughout the country consider the R-word a racial, derogatory slur akin to the N-word among African Americans or the W-word among...

  • Rep. Michele Bachmann says she won't run for re-election

    05/29/13 08:06 AM

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand, presidential candidate and favorite of tea party Republicans, said Wednesday she will not run for another term in the U.S. House. Bachmann announced her decision in a video on her website. "My decision was...

  • VIDEO: Rep. Michele Bachmann announces she will not run for re-election in 2014

    By Charlie Spiering | 05/29/13 05:50 AM

    Rep. Michele Bachmann announces in a new video that she will not run for re-election in 2014. “In my opinion, well, 8 years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district,” Bachmann explained to her constituents, explaining why she...

  • House committee subpoenas State Department papers on Benghazi

    By Susan Ferrechio | 05/28/13 05:45 PM

    Citing a lack of cooperation from the State Department, a House committee on Tuesday subpoenaed the Obama administration's talking points on the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, which killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. House Oversight and...

  • Liberal poll bodes well for top Senate Republican

    By Joel Gehrke | 05/28/13 05:30 PM

    Public Policy Polling has raised liberal hopes of defeating Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., by showing him tied with a potential Democratic rival, but they might want to contain their glee: The survey paradoxically reveals a dramatic increase in his approval rating compared to the...

  • Dodd: Fix Congress by forcing members to stay in Washington

    By Paul Bedard | 05/28/13 05:10 PM

    Former Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., credited with pushing through major bipartisan legislation during his 36-year career, is urging an end to the limitless taxpayer-funded trips home for House and Senate members, calling it a key step in repairing politically divided Washington. "You got elected...


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