Obama calls for major cuts to nuclear arsenals
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/19/13 11:00 AM
Obama ‘not surprised’ by Karzai’s abrupt suspension of talks with US
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/19/13 10:10 AM
Germany visit showcases a tale of two Obamas
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 06:05 PM
By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/19/13 05:05 PM
By DAVID ESPOERICA WERNER | 06/19/13 02:32 PM
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/19/13 10:20 AM
CBO: Senate immigration bill would expand Obamacare
By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/18/13 07:30 PM
Federal Reserve meeting begins amid uncertainty over monetary policy
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/18/13 04:00 PM
CBO score of immigration bill’s effect on the budget comes out tomorrow
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
Examiner Editorial: Despite reassurances, surveillance doubts remain
06/19/13 06:06 AM
Examiner Editorial: Only you can prevent terrorists from starting forest fires
06/18/13 06:22 AM
Examiner Editorial: Obama puts up dukes and blunders into Syria
06/17/13 10:35 AM
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Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans
06/14/13 03:11 PM
UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can't account for everything stolen
By MARK FLATTEN | 06/04/13 02:40 PM
Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny
05/25/13 08:50 PM
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/04/13 08:20 AM
A Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee Monday told acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel to change his testimony after Werfel suggested Congress refrain from increasing the agency’s budget. Newly appointed Werfel earned the admiration of Republicans in his...
By Brian Hughes | 06/03/13 07:40 PM
President Obama on Monday addressed the stigma surrounding mental illness, an issue that received little White House attention during the push for new firearms restrictions but is now getting a second look following the stinging defeat of the president's gun control measures. Obama convened a...
By Timothy P. Carney | 06/03/13 07:10 PM
Washington’s think tanks often serve as incubators for administrations-in-waiting. Leave the White House when Democrats take over, spend four or eight years waiting at Heritage or American Enterprise Institute. Lose your Treasury job thanks to a Republican winning, sit tight at Brookings. Sure...
By Byron York | 06/03/13 06:55 PM
"I knew I was elected for one reason, to reduce crime," recalls Rudy Giuliani of his 1993 election as mayor of New York. "If I didn't reduce crime, I was going to be thrown out of office. If I did, I would probably succeed." He succeeded, spectacularly. In recent years, after two terms as...
By Joel Gehrke | 06/03/13 04:10 PM
Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., called for an increase in IRS funding, on the theory that budget cuts will “promote more scandals” at the agency that recently admitted to targeting small-government conservatives for inappropriate reviews. “There is no clearer way to promote more scandals than...
By David M. Drucker | 06/03/13 04:10 PM
The immigration reform bill headed to the Senate floor lacks the 60 votes it needs to advance and will likely have to be partially rewritten to win congressional approval, proponents of the bill said. Democratic and Republican sources working to build support for the bill agreed that garnering...
By ALAN FRAM | 06/03/13 01:55 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government watchdog has found that the Internal Revenue Service spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012, a House committee said Sunday. The chairman of that committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., also released excerpts...
By Charlie Spiering | 06/02/13 04:35 PM
The New York Times this weekend examines Eric Holder’s tenure as Attorney General, noting that his “saving grace” in the White House is First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. His saving grace through years of controversies has been the...
By Sean Higgins | 06/02/13 01:35 PM
In addition to targeting conservative-leaning nonprofit groups, in at least one case the Internal Revenue Service took the extra step of targeting a group’s donors as well, the Wall Street Journal reports: At the same time the Internal Revenue Service was targeting tea-party groups, the tax...
By Sean Higgins | 06/02/13 01:25 PM
Don’t tell Paul Krugman, but Washington’s spending splurge on bigger government has resulted in a new class of the upper, upper-income earners. The Wall Street Journal documents it all in a story headlined: “What Sequester? Washington Booms As a New Gilded Age Takes Root.” The new...
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13
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By: William Kristol
Today, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama paid appropriate tribute to the brave East Germans who rebelled 60 years ago against Communist dictatorship:
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The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with its attempt to negotiate with the Taliban, which has opened a long-awaited political office in Doha, Qatar. The...
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