The Race To Entrench Obama’s Achievements
That, in turn, points to a top remaining priority for Obama: entrenching these initiatives to the point where even a Republican successor might hesitate to uproot them. Read the whole…
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‘Gaps’ in GOP field present opening for Scott Walker
On one side you have the establishment candidates favored by the business class of Republicans – Jeb Bush and Chris Christie. But social conservatives and tea party supporters remain wary…
Mike Pence’s very bad week
It amounted to a very bad week for Pence at a time when other candidates took clear steps toward 2016 runs for the White House. After two years of complex…
Immigration Advocates Try To Assuage Fears Over Executive Action
WASHINGTON — As undocumented immigrants prepare to apply for President Barack Obama’s new deportation relief programs, they’re also facing a barrage of concerning news. House Republicans voted to end the…
Congress Revives Gingrich-Era Law To Thwart Obama
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress aim to revamp an anti-regulatory law from the Newt Gingrich era in an effort to paralyze new financial, environmental and labor rules with a never-ending…
So, That Happened: The Podcast Barack Obama Does Not Want You To Hear
So, that happened: This week, we learned that President Barack Obama is really upset with our coverage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. So he’s not gonna like what we’re…
‘The Scars Of Teen Drug Treatment’ Reveals How Kids Were Once Abused
In the early 1970s, Art Barker, a failed nightclub comic and recovering alcoholic in Florida, seized on an idea that he thought could help win the war on drugs: If…
Greece’s New Finance Minister: ‘You Have To Be Prepared To Blow The Whole Thing Up’
Greece will neither seek an extension of its controversial bailout nor cooperate with the so-called “troika” of international creditors, the country’s new finance minister declared Friday, following up on a…
Hagel: U.S. Ground Troops Could Be Needed In Iraq
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview on Friday the United States might eventually need to send non-combat ground troops to Iraq to…
Sheldon Silver Resigns New York Assembly
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced his resignation as two lawmakers jockeyed for his position Friday following federal charges that the longtime leader took nearly $4 million in kickbacks….
Hagel: Gitmo transfers caused friction with some at White House
Those comments come just one day after reports surfaced that a Guantanamo detainee released as part of the deal that freed American POW Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl may have sought to…
3 clues from Romney’s day in Mississippi that he wasn’t going to run
But a closer look at the day’s events—and the benefit of hindsight—reveal some clues that Romney knew at the time he wouldn’t be throwing his hat in the ring. He…
Assad Interviewer Finds Syrian Dictator Too ‘Delusional’ To End War, Work With U.S.
NEW YORK — Foreign Affairs magazine may have just given Syrian dictator Bashar Assad his biggest opportunity to promote himself in recent months, but the outlet’s managing editor wants to…
House Democrats Regroup On Middle-Class Message, Dance To ‘Love Train’
PHILADELPHIA — They came. They grappled with fresh losses. They searched for a new strategy. And then they danced their asses off. This year’s House Democratic retreat, a three-day getaway…
Senators Propose Bills Curbing Taxpayer-Funded Oil Portraits For Cabinet Officials
Someone get Chuck Hagel a frame for his government ID card. If some members of Congress get their way, that might be the only official portrait taxpayers will pay for….
GOP moderates, right wing have Boehner tug-of-war
As has become recent tradition the Speaker is facing familiar criticism from conservative members, who complain he isn’t being aggressive enough in responding to the President’s executive actions on immigration….
Why Mitt Romney bowed out
Three weeks to the day since he informed a group of Republican financiers in New York that he was serious about a third presidential bid, Romney on Friday finally pulled…
Mitt Romney exit widens path for Jeb Bush
Though the first contests will not take place in early voting states for a year, Romney’s swerve, announced on a conference call with supporters on Friday, is the most important…
Michelle Obama is an ‘American Sniper’ fan
“I had a chance to see ‘American Sniper’ this week on that long flight we took,” she said, referring to her trip to Saudi Arabia earlier in the week. –…
Israeli Ambassador defends decision not to tell the White House about Netanyahu invitation
Boehner’s office said he made it clear to Israeli Amb. Ron Dermer that “it was his (Boehner’s) prerogative to inform the White House,” and Dermer has said multiple times that…
Americans Are Way Less Concerned About Gas Prices Than Before, Still Oppose A New Gas Tax
Concern over gas prices has fallen steeply in the past few months, but a gas tax hike remains unpopular. The percentage of Americans for whom gas prices are at least…
Jeb’s Big Test
and make life much more difficult for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Read the whole story at Politico
HUFFPOST HILL – What Time Is The Super Bowl?
Mitt Romney won’t run for president, meaning Jeb Bush must be actively exploring the living shit out of a White House bid right now. We’re not sure which is more…
California May Set The Highest Minimum Smoking Age In The Country
California could soon have the highest minimum smoking age in the country if a bill introduced Thursday makes its way through the legislature. – Hernandez’s office notes that California would…
Obama Moves To Protect Against Flooding From Rising Sea Levels
President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday directing federal, state and local agencies to incorporate projections for sea level rise in planning and construction along the coasts. –…
Tagg Romney: I’m both ‘sad and relieved’ at dad’s decision
It was last weekend, Tagg and others say, that the former Massachusetts governor came to the conclusion that he was “unlikely” to enter the race, but wanted to sit on…
Mitt Romney Drops Out, But He Got Us Good
As it was foretold, here we are on a Friday, and Mitt Romney, baron of the end-of-the-week news dump, is once more tugging the rug beneath our feet: Former Massachusetts…
Jeb Bush’s Conservative Bid For Governor: The Highlight Reel
The Jeb Bush of 1994 looked quite different, in appearance and ideology, than the man now preparing for a possible presidential run. Then a wealthy businessman at the age of…
Fighting for wounded warriors: CNN helps save funding for caregivers for our nation’s wounded
Hartswick, an Army senior combat medic, lost both his legs after an improvised explosive device detonated under him in Zhari Province, Afghanistan, in 2013. “Not only did my son lose…
White House: Science Indicates Parents Should Vaccinate Kids
Amid the measles outbreak stemming from California, the White House is telling parents that science indicates they should vaccinate their children. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says…