House Dems insist new EPA climate rule isn't Obamacare
By Ashe Schow | 05/31/14 09:11 AM
House Democrats insisted Friday that the new Environmental Protection Agency rule regulating carbon emissions won't have the same fallout for the party that Obamacare had.
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Blaming the video for Benghazi highlights Hillary Clinton's weak defense of American values
By Charles Hoskinson | 05/31/14 08:34 AM
Hillary Clinton just gave Republicans a gift on Benghazi -- if they're willing to rethink their approach to investigating the scandal.
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For The Record: Guess who praised VA in 2009, 2011?
By Mark Tapscott | 05/31/14 05:07 AM
Guess who said this in 2009: “If you ordered America’s different health systems worst-functioning to best, it would look like this: individual insurance market, employer-based insurance...
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U.S. citizen carried out suicide bombing in Syria
By Blake Seitz | 05/30/14 05:12 PM
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Friday that a U.S. citizen carried out a suicide bombing in Syria on Sunday.
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Former Rep. Todd Tiahrt sets off GOP primary fight in Kansas with challenge to Mike Pompeo
By Blake Seitz | 05/30/14 02:38 PM
Former Rep. Todd Tiahrt started a dogfight in his old Kansas district by announcing he will challenge incumbent Rep. Mike Pompeo in the August Republican primary. Tiahrt, who represented the 4th...
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Jay Carney out as White House press secretary
By Joel Gehrke | 05/30/14 02:17 PM
President Obama announced that White House press secretary Jay Carney is stepping down and will be replaced by deputy press secretary Josh Earnest. "Jay has become one of my closest friends and...
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John Kerry won't testify before House Oversight Committee after all
By Joel Gehrke | 05/30/14 02:08 PM
Secretary of State John Kerry won't testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Benghazi terrorist attacks after all. Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., dropped...
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Saudi Arabians don't want wife of new football coach because she's a nude model
By Ashe Schow | 05/30/14 02:03 PM
Saudi Arabians are not happy that the wife of their new soccer coach is a Playboy-featured model, Al Arabiya reports.
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Women in India face rape due to a lack of home toilets
By Ashe Schow | 05/30/14 11:43 AM
On Wednesday, two cousins, ages 14 and 16, left their home in the village of Katra Shahadatganj for a nearby field to relieve themselves. They never returned. The next morning, the girls were...
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Record number of working-age men are not working
By Joel Gehrke | 05/30/14 10:53 AM
More than 10 million working-age men are not working, and the majority of them are not looking for work, according to a congressional analysis of Labor Department statistics that provides context...
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How long will it be until federal database with 227 million Americans' financial data is hacked?
By Mark Tapscott | 05/30/14 08:55 AM
Normer National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's revelations about government recording data about cellphone calls caused a sensation around the world. But two federal agencies...
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Quality control: Defense Department misspells Veterans Affairs secretary's name while announcing his resignation
By Joel Gehrke | 05/30/14 08:36 AM
When the Defense Department promoted a video of President Obama announcing the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, they misspelled his name -- twice.
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Florida Democrat defends VA in her state: 'Not one single complaint'
By Blake Seitz | 05/29/14 07:06 PM
Rep. Corrine Brown doesn't see any scandal in how the Department of Veterans Affairs is run. The Florida Democrat -- who ranks second among her party's contingent on the House Veterans' Affairs...
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White House tries to hide Obama's lunch with Hillary Clinton from media
By Charles Hoskinson | 05/29/14 05:55 PM
Just another day in the "most transparent administration in history." White House reporters were kept in the dark on Thursday as President Obama had lunch with former Secretary of State (and...
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Congressional leaders commemorate Tiananmen massacre as China cracks down on democracy activists
By Blake Seitz | 05/29/14 05:14 PM
House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress joined with Chinese human rights activists on Thursday to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square...
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'What about your gaffes?' The MSNBC apology montage
By Kevin Daley | 05/29/14 04:40 PM
The Washington Free Beacon compiled this comprehensive list of on-air gaffes at MSNBC, billed as part of the MSNBC apology tour. The video montage includes apologies from MSNBC personalities...
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Nancy Pelosi: Firing Veterans Affairs secretary Eric Shinseki 'rewards' wrongdoers
By Joel Gehrke | 05/29/14 04:24 PM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki would "reward" wrongdoers at the department. "I think it rewards those who...
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GOP candidate Monica Wehby might make the Oregon senate race competitive
By Ashe Schow | 05/29/14 04:09 PM
Pediatric neurosurgeon Monica Wehby might just be the GOP's ticket back into the U.S. Senate from Oregon. The Cook Political Report, which rates campaigns according to which party the race is...
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NSA disputes Edward Snowden's claim he went through proper channels before leaking documents
By Ashe Schow | 05/29/14 04:03 PM
The National Security Agency is pushing back against Edward Snowden's claim in his recent interview that he attempted to go through proper channels with his concerns.
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Edward Snowden interview: 12 takeaways
By Ashe Schow | 05/29/14 03:36 PM
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents pertaining to government surveillance, told NBC host Brian Williams that he felt he did the right...
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