The Obama administration destroyed the life of a mid-level bureaucrat for doing what countless other government officials do on a daily basis, The Intercept is reporting in a new investigation…
WASHINGTON — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will lay out a vision of American foreign policy on Wednesday aimed at pushing his nascent 2016 presidential campaign out of the shadow…
READ: Poll says blame for a DHS shutdown would fall to GOP Even some relative newcomers to national politics are more closely linked to the past than the future. Half…
READ: Poll says most disapprove of Obama’s handling of ISIS Though they came out of 2014 enjoying their largest majority since 1928, House Republicans will have to play offense if…
WASHINGTON — A federal judge’s ruling halting the president’s executive actions on immigration did little to persuade either party in Congress to publicly back down from a budget standoff. Republicans…
“That’s the kind of elitist, government knows best, top-down approach we’ve heard for years,” Walker said Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News. – “I have no problem answering the…
Senator Rand Paul is eyeing April 7 as the day he will announce his plans to run for president, people close to him said, a step that would position him…
Three congressional lawmakers from California are accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of overreach in an ongoing crackdown against Harborside Health Center, widely considered to be the largest and one…
New York state lawmakers have introduced a “death with dignity” bill that would make the state the sixth in the U.S. to allow terminally ill adults to end their own…
Federal staffers, college students, teachers and non-profit workers clad in snow gear and costumes—one man dressed as Captain America—clashed in a fog of white powder. Area schools were closed and…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is showing signs of trying to burnish his foreign policy credentials ahead of a likely run for president in 2016, establishing himself as a…
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has beaten its own estimates for Obamacare enrollments, which exceeded 11 million through Sunday’s deadline for most U.S. residents to choose a health insurance plan,…
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew S. Hanen temporarily blocked the President’s controversial executive actions on immigration—announced in November—that were meant to ease the deportation threats to millions of eligible immigrants….
British and American officials tell CNN they have strong disagreements with some of their closest allies on the issue of ransoms, which their governments have long refused to pay. Ransom…
The human rights abuses revealed in the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report released in December sparked global outrage, leaving some begging for senior officials from the…
Some Delaware cab company owners disputed Biden’s comment about Somali drivers. “I don’t think I’ve seen any in Delaware,” said Anthony Eber, the owner of the six-cab Family Taxi and…
WASHINGTON — Alfredo Garcia, 22, has his documents ready to apply for a proposed Obama administration program that would allow him to remain in the U.S. and work temporarily. After…
The Valentine’s Day themed page, which Paul’s Twitter account advertised on Saturday, used the same profile picture that Clinton uses for her verified Twitter account. If Hillary Clinton set up…
READ: FAA proposes to allow commercial drone use – The U.S.’s own use of drones in military operations has drawn past criticism, particularly for use in Pakistan.
Tuesday was no different. After delivering the oath of office to new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, the vice president waved Carter’s wife Stephanie over to his side of the podium….
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he has given U.S. Attorneys a 90-day deadline to evaluate whether they can bring cases against…
WASHINGTON — Just one day before undocumented immigrants were set to begin applying for work permits and legal protections, the Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it would delay carrying…
The two met privately at the former secretary of state’s Washington, D.C. home in December, according to the source, and have talked on the phone, as well. The New York…
In a speech Thursday at the National Press Club, Holder pointed to the new data as showing the fruits of his Smart on Crime initiative, an effort focused on reducing…
Take this for example, Obama sticking out his tongue while making a goofy face for Buzzfeed’s “Things Everybody Does But Doesn’t Talk About, Featuring President Obama” – There’s no quesiton…
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans on Tuesday seized on a federal judge’s ruling against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, saying the judge’s preliminary conclusions bolstered their fight to block the…
Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) doesn’t appear to be content with fading graciously into obscurity after failing to return to Congress for a second term. – He also tweeted that…
The nationwide poll, released Tuesday, shows 63% of Americans say it was a bad move for congressional leadership to extend the invitation without giving President Barack Obama a heads up…
WASHINGTON — Apple has ended its relationship with a lobbyist in Alabama who had a record of opposing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people while serving in the…
STOCKPORT, Ohio (AP) — Sixth-grader Kayla Hunter considers herself pretty tech savvy. She has a computer at home unlike about half her classmates at her elementary school. And it matches…