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WASHINGTON — The proposed Keystone XL pipeline is pretty much the only thing Congress is talking about. The House passed legislation that would force approval over the executive decision-making process…
Parents, teachers and policymakers who listened to Tuesday night’s State of the Union address heard an earful from President Barack Obama about his intentions to retool education’s bookends by making…
President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, emphasizing his proposals to help the middle class. A slew of politicians sent out their reactions to…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to urge Congress to pass legislation authorizing the ongoing war against Islamic State militants. But…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pushed for protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals Tuesday evening, making it the first time bisexual and transgender individuals have ever been recognized…
WASHINGTON — The new GOP chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee intends to give back to the CIA an explosive, secret document that has been at the center of a…
WASHINGTON — One word was noticeably missing from President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday: guns. In a sign that the sun has set on Obama’s gun…
When President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise the minimum wage and strengthen federal equal-pay laws for women, congressional Republicans refused to stand up and support it. Literally. “Of…
WASHINGTON — With the U.S. job market on more solid footing, President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to advance a philosophy he’s increasingly embraced…
President Barack Obama drew some unexpected applause during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address following a line he has often repeated since his 2012 re-election. – “True to form,…
Rep. Curt Clawson (R-Fla.) presented the tea party response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. His full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Good…
Rep. Curt Clawson (R-Fla.) delivered the tea party response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday, focusing on personal liberty and teamwork — along with a lengthy…
President Barack Obama enjoyed a warm embrace with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday, as the commander in chief made his way into the House of Representatives to…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) delivered the Republican Party’s official response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address in camouflage heels, to remind those watching that she’s…
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Read the entire text of Ernst’s remarks as prepared for delivery…
The U.S. may not have “risen from recession” quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Seven years after that severe…
President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Obama addressed college affordability, cybersecurity and the economy in the speech, which was given in…
President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday in front of a joint session of Congress. Obama spoke on the minimum wage, college affordability, Guantanamo…
A video of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) messing up his response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address was uploaded to YouTube and quickly removed Tuesday night. –…
You can watch President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union address right here. Obama is expected to begin the speech in front of a joint session of Congress at…
WASHINGTON — President Obama warned lawmakers in his State of the Union address on Tuesday against interfering with his administration’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, promising to veto any new sanctions…
Did you watch the state of the union address? Did you wish someone was charting the small, seemingly inconsequential moments (and the extremely important #boehnerface) contained within this yearly dramatic…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday night to restore a key portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, even though Republicans signaled last week they have no intention…
With severe overcrowding, abuse allegations and controversial sentencing laws, California’s prison system is a knotty political topic that often appears on the ballot. But according to a new study, many…
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said, in…
The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has broken ranks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling U.S. officials and lawmakers that a new Iran sanctions bill in the U.S. Congress would tank the Iran…
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. There were multiple official and unofficial Republican responses to President Obama’s State of the Union address, but only a few instances of the…
This story was originally published on Ozy. – Is this the future of the GOP? Hard to say. What is true is that the party’s direction is going to be…
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Rick Perry, in his last official speech as Texas governor, mixed and matched jobs data to embellish the state’s job gains. Perry claimed…
For the second time in 11 months, opponents of Supreme Court rulings lifting limits on money in political campaigns briefly disrupted proceedings in the courtroom and embarrassed the court by…