House Democrats push voting rights amendment
“We have the ironic situation, after the Heller [Supreme Court] decision, that Americans have a fundamental individual right to a gun, but not a fundamental individual right to vote,” Jackson…
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Barrett Brown, Journalist And Anonymous Ally, Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
Barrett Brown, the journalist and former associate of the hacking group Anonymous, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison by a federal judge on Thursday. He will…
We Went To The State Of The Union To Ask Members Of Congress: Who Are You Wearing?
Machiavelli once said that “politics have no relation to morals.” But do politics have any relation to fashion? It’s a question that continues to rattle the very foundations of this…
White House, Citing Israeli Election, Says Obama and Netanyahu Won’t Meet
LAWRENCE, Kan. — President Obama will not meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel when he travels to Washington in March to address a joint session of Congress, the…
House passes abortion measure
The bill barring federal taxpayer funds was approved in the last Congress. On Thursday it passed 242-179, with three Democrats joining virtually all House Republicans to support the bill. GOP…
Koch-Backed Network Pulls Back Curtain On Gathering Of Wealthy Donors
For the first time, a private gathering of wealthy conservative political donors brought together by Charles and David Koch will allow a look inside its much-scrutinized conclaves. Read the whole…
Harry Reid Won’t Rule Out Suing Exercise Equipment Maker Over His Injury
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday made his first public media appearance since an exercise mishap left him with a severely injured eye and four broken…
Scott Walker Itching For Food Stamp Fight With Obama Administration
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is pushing forward with a plan to make food stamp recipients pass drug tests — a requirement that the Obama administration says violates…
MTA Approves MetroCard, Single-Ride Fare Hike For 2015
Bad news, New Yorkers: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has voted to raise fares for subway and bus riders, as well as MetroCard holders. The MTA board approved the fare hike…
House Passes Anti-Abortion Bill On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
On the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 242-179 to pass a bill that would codify…
Corker: Obama ‘irresponsible’ with Congress
But Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, also suggested Tuesday that Netanyahu’s visit would be less divisive by the time he arrives for his joint address to Congress. Corker wouldn’t take…
Will Mitt Romney go to Iowa this weekend?
Bryan Lanza, a spokesman for Citizens United, said the group invited Romney on Jan. 9, the same day the 2012 GOP nominee told donors that he’s seriously considering a third…
Bill Clinton relives his athletic glory days
But the hosts, Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, got the former president to talk about that time he “almost” dunked a basketball in a church league game. “I was in…
Source: Romney, Bush to meet in Utah
The source said the meeting, which was first reported by The New York Times on Wednesday, was requested by Bush as a gesture of respect for Romney’s leadership role in…
Poll: Clinton clobbers potential GOP foes
RELATED: Romney giving ‘serious consideration to the future’ Mitt Romney may be rushing the field and fraying former Gov. Jeb Bush’s prospects of locking up the establishment money, but the…
U.S. military bases in Europe step up security
Hicks said the measures were “prudent” given the threat, but he would not specify the exact steps being taken. The additional measures will cover 90,000 people working for the command…
Meghan McCain to Romney: For family’s sake, don’t run
“When I think about what they [the Romneys] might go through again, if their father runs a third time, I shudder,” McCain wrote, explaining that her family’s campaign experience was…
Gloom Lifts, and Obama Goes All Out
The president had an off-the-cuff response during his speech after applause broke out when he said, “I have no more campaigns to run.” WASHINGTON — The morning after major Democratic…
Romney and Jeb Bush to Meet in Utah
WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are scheduled to meet privately this week in Utah, raising the possibility that the two former governors will find a way to avoid…
Romney And Jeb Bush To Meet, Raising Speculation On Presidential Race
Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are scheduled to meet privately in Utah this week, raising the possibility that the two former governors will find a way to avoid competing presidential…
Navy Captain At Guantanamo Fired And Under Investigation For Alleged Affair
The Navy captain in charge of the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired and is being investigated in connection with an alleged affair with a woman on…
House GOP Cancels Vote On 20-Week Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON — On the eve of a scheduled House of Representatives vote on a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, Republican leaders canceled the vote and replaced it…
Republicans Drop Anti-Abortion Bill After Pressure From GOP Women
House Republican leaders abruptly dropped plans late Wednesday to vote on an anti-abortion bill amid a revolt by female GOP lawmakers concerned that the legislation’s restrictive language would once again…
Of Course Colorado Guesses It Will Cost $420 To Pull Marijuana PSA Records
A recent records request targeting a new series of Colorado public service announcements on legal recreational marijuana has turned up the perfect cost — $420, obviously. Earlier this month, Beryl…
Senate Democrats Stand Up For Speedier Union Elections
WASHINGTON — With Republicans looking to block one of the biggest labor law reforms of the Obama era, Senate Democrats are telling the National Labor Relations Board that it has…
Budget aide to assume climate role at White House
READ: Clinton emerges from hiatus with updated vision for the future Deese, 36, briefly served as the acting director of Obama’s budget office last year. He was a central figure…
Yemen chaos threatens White House anti-terror campaign
Iran-backed rebels of the Shiite Houthi sect sparked alarm in Washington after seizing a presidential palace in the volatile Sunni-majority nation, in what officials called a coup. There are now…
Obama Chooses Brian Deese To Replace John Podesta As New Top Adviser
President Barack Obama has chosen a veteran White House aide and deputy director in his budget office, Brian Deese, to replace John Podesta as a senior adviser and presidential whisperer….
Jamaica May Soon Decriminalize Marijuana Possession
Jamaica’s Cabinet has approved a much-anticipated bill of drug law amendments that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot and pave the way for a legal medical marijuana industry…
Senate emails down in ‘network outage’
“The Senate is currently experiencing a network outage including email and mobility and technicians are now working the issue,” Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Frank Larkin said through a spokeswoman. – CNN’s Ted…