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NEW YORK – Preet Bharara, New York’s top federal prosecutor, is rejecting claims by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that a federal review of corruption investigations has muzzled the governor’s…
After coming under fire from several members of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter on Tuesday to defend a planned address to the legislative body next month…
WASHINGTON — Despite a week of political controversy over childhood vaccinations, the American public remains largely undivided on the issue. While a recent study suggests that coverage of controversy over…
Chicago is about to get a new national park — its first ever. The White House announced Tuesday that it will designate a section of Chicago’s historic Pullman neighborhood on…
WASHINGTON — The new chief technology officer of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s recently formed political action committee, who made headlines this week for previously making inflammatory remarks on Twitter,…
WASHINGTON — The Senate is “stuck” on funding for the Department of Homeland Security, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday, and it will be up to the House…
The oldest living crew member of the battleship USS Arizona to have survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died in Northern California at the age of 100. Retired…
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These are things “I’ll want to work on in my second term,” the president told his top staffers, as one of them referenced the Warren Beatty movie Bulworth, in which…
The office has been home to a number of GOP political campaigns, including Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann’s effort for the 2012 Iowa caucuses and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s…
The White House is expected to propose a three-year authorization that’s specific to fighting ISIS. It would also repeal a 2002 measure that allowed military action in Iraq. – “Might…
Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida. Read the whole…
WASHINGTON — The top Democrats on 16 House committees sent a letter to all members on Tuesday condemning Republicans’ recent push to expand the power of committee chairmen to unilaterally…
WASHINGTON — While Republican presidential contenders are waffling on the issue of vaccinations, a bipartisan group of senators sought on Tuesday to squash bunk medical science that has led parents…
On Feb. 10, 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) announced his 2008 White House presidential bid, which ultimately led to him becoming the first African-American president of the United States. –…
Sen. Harry Reid summoned dozens of staffers to the Senate’s Mansfield Room Tuesday and delivered a clear message: He’s running for reelection next year. Read the whole story at Politico
The DNC defines a presidential candidate as someone who “has accrued delegates in the nominating process and plans to seek the nomination, has established substantial support for his or her…
The premise of the latest legal attack on Obamacare has always been shaky. An email that a key Senate staffer wrote in January 2010 would appear to make it even…
Despite her daughters’ love of macaroni and cheese, first lady Michelle Obama reveals in a new interview that she barred the boxed treat from the White House dinner table by…
I am a Congressional staff member. I’m not going to tell you from where, or from which party. But I serve, and I am honored to serve. I serve with…
The Twitter feeds of Newsweek and veterans’ group Military Spouses of Strength were hacked Tuesday morning by a group identifying itself as CyberCaliphate, the same organization that was confirmed to…
FERGUSON, Mo. — Six months after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, the tensions between police and demonstrators have not eased, as seven protesters…
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A terror plot at Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration was so serious that a statement was written for the president-elect to speak from the Capitol steps informing the crowd to disperse,…
Missouri State Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) invoked language from the Declaration of Independence in a state House resolution to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill…
WASHINGTON — It can now, apparently, be told: During his run for the presidency and his first years in the White House, President Barack Obama deceived the American public about…
But Obama, Axelrod writes, opposed same-sex marriage during his 2008 presidential campaign and throughout most of his first term as President due to political concerns. “Gay marriage was a particularly…
A federal judge has signaled support for a medical marijuana dispensary in Berkeley, California, despite numerous attempts by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag to shut it down. Judge Jon S. Tigar…
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said in a statement Tuesday he would skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress next month. – “I don’t want…
President Barack Obama released a statement Tuesday on the death of Kayla Jean Mueller, a 26-year-old American humanitarian worker who had been held hostage by the Islamic State, also referred…