Speakership in play? Boehner peering over DHS funding cliff’s edge
The speaker has five days before a short-term bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security runs out on Friday, though his practical deadline is actually Thursday night, as a…
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Kerry Is Pushing for Agreement in Iran Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON — They have spent long hours alone together. They exchange private emails. Their walk along the Rhone River in Geneva in January so unnerved hard-line lawmakers in Tehran that…
‘Adventure Time’ Is Being Turned Into A Movie! Oh My Glob!
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Hill fight features rumblings of Boehner coup
Congress passed a one-week extension of funding just hours before the deadline on Friday night. It was that fear fueling Boehners resistance to a longer-term bill, as it might prompt…
That Anti-Gay Bill In Arkansas Actually Became Law Today. Why Couldn’t Activists Stop It?
Monday was the deadline for Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to veto SB 202, the anti-anti-discrimination bill that seeks to prevent cities and counties from protecting the civil rights of gay…
Greece Delays Submission of Financial Overhaul Proposals
ATHENS — Greece on Monday delayed the submission of the proposed reforms that European creditors have made a condition of the country’s financial aid. European and Greek officials spent much…
Obamacare Signups Top 11 Million In Second Year, White House Says
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,…
Geraldo Rivera Doesn’t Think Obama’s Buzzfeed Video Was So Bad
The hosts of “Fox & Friends” weren’t thrilled when they discovered that Barack Obama had filmed a cutesy Buzzfeed video advertising the upcoming Affordable Care Act deadline, and it was…
Obama Says He Doesn’t Expect More Extensions in Talks With Iran
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday said he did not envision any more extensions in continuing negotiations with Iran to prevent the nation from obtaining nuclear weapons, and he pleaded…
Hope fading fast for ISIS captives as another deadline passes
ISIS had pushed Jordan to bring a convicted terrorist, Sajida al-Rishawi, to the Turkish border by 5:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. ET) Thursday. If they didn’t, the group said, a Jordanian…
Chris Pratt Might Play Indiana Jones Because Fan-Casting Is Maybe Real
From the files of LOL: Deadline.com reports that Disney wants Chris Pratt to play Indiana Jones in the studio’s franchise reboot. A representative for Pratt told HuffPost Entertainment there was…
Democratic senators to hold back on Iran sanctions
The decision makes it certain that the Senate cannot reach a veto-proof majority before the March deadline and unlikely it can reach a filibuster-proof majority to surpass Obama’s veto. The…
Japan Vows to Continue Effort to Win Hostages’ Release
Japanese officials said Saturday that they were continuing efforts to win the release of two Japanese men taken hostage by the Islamic State, even though the militants’ stated deadline for…