Charlie Spiering

Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

In 2009, Washington Examiner columnist Michael Barone coined the term “Gangster Government” to describe President Obama’s Chicago-style method of government. Back then Barone focused on the administration’s strong arming of Chrysler bondholders and stifling criticism of Obamacare. In...

Byron York

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will be one of the most important men on Capitol Hill in the fight to pass comprehensive immigration reform. With the Gang of Eight bill looking more and more likely to make it through the Senate in short order, Goodlatte...

Byron York

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation’s future. Rubio made the comment...

Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

President Obama on Thursday will again call for the closure of the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, even as his Pentagon asks Congress for $450 million more to keep the facility open, stoking doubts about whether the president will live up to a glaringly unfulfilled campaign promise. With...

Susan Ferrechio

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

At Wednesday’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, Chairman Darrell Issa displayed a fascinating string of emails that show his failed efforts to get an update from the Treasury Department inspector general’s office about its investigation into the IRS practice of...

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...

Timothy P. Carney

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Senators are angry that tech giant Apple isn't paying its fair share. I'm not talking about taxes. This is about campaign contributions and lobbying fees. An investigation by Sen. Carl Levin and a grilling of Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on...

Philip Klein

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

It's an open question whether President Obama's approval rating will remain unaffected by the scandals currently engulfing his administration. But no matter how Obama himself makes out, the scandals are setbacks for the central goal of his presidency -- to restore Americans' faith in the ability...

Charlie Spiering

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

Several photos of this flag, raised above the tornado wreckage in Moore, Oklahoma wreckage were shared on Twitter early this morning. “US Marines just found this US Flag buried in the rubble. They raised the flag just now,” reported the Weather Network’s Jaclyn Whittal.  ...

Brian Hughes

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

The White House on Monday acknowledged that top officials there knew a month ago that the IRS was being investigated for targeting conservative groups, but offered no apology for the Justice Department's spying on a second news organization. Even as they labored to put controversy behind them,...