GOP Super PAC Takes Aim at McAuliffe, Car Company
Gary Gershoff/WireImage(WASHINGTON) — The GOP’s newest opposition-research group has found its first target: Terry McAuliffe.America Rising PAC, a group devoted to researching Democratic candidates, will look to make its mark on the 2013 and 2014 elec…
Clintons Won’t Endorse Weiner, or Anyone Else, in NYC Mayoral Race
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The New York City mayoral race got much more interesting Wednesday with Anthony Weiner’s entry, asking New Yorkers in a video to give him a second chance and saying that he’s “learned some t…
Obama to Tour Oklahoma Tornado Damage Sunday
Joshua LOTT/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to see firsthand the areas devastated by this week’s deadly tornadoes, the White House announced.The president will meet with families affected by the d…
Chris Christie Challenger Out with Million-Dollar TV Ad
Barbara Buono for NJ(NEW YORK) — The woman challenging Chris Christie in his gubernatorial re-election bid in New Jersey, Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono, is out with her first television ad.The ad begins running this week and is a more than $1 mi…
IRS’s Lois Lerner Takes Fifth, Shuns Congress
Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service’s director of the Exempt Organizations who is at the center of the controversy after the agency targeted conservative organizations for gratuitous s…
Reid to Bring Immigration Bill Before Full Senate in June
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — After the Senate Judiciary passed the Gang of Eight’s immigration legislation Tuesday night out of the committee, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised to bring the bill before the full Senate in June.&…
Eric Garcetti Elected as Next Mayor of Los Angeles
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Eric Garcetti has won the bid to become the next mayor of Los Angeles.The 42-year-old city councilman beat City Controller Wendy Greuel in an election on Tuesday. Results posted on the Los Angeles Ci…
Anthony Weiner Announces He’s Running for NYC Mayor in Ad
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has finally declared himself a candidate for New York City mayor.
In an ad posted on YouTube late Tuesday night, the democrat says, “I’m running for mayor because I’ve been …
Immigration Reform Bill Moves to Full Senate
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” held together despite an onslaught of amendments and some efforts to kill its comprehensive immigration reform bill.The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday night passe…
Rep. Tom Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not a Funding Battle
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(OKLAHOMA CITY) — Republican Rep. Tom Cole, whose district took a direct hit from a powerful tornado on Monday, said the residents of the tornado-ravaged towns in Oklahoma need help, not a political battle over funding in Washin…
Gay Marriage Amendment Withdrawn from Immigration Bill Debate
iStockphoto/Thinktsock(WASHINGTON) — The Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill survived perhaps its toughest challenge late in the day, as the Senate Judiciary Committee refused to approve an amendment that would have allowed gay…
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Defends Handling of IRS Scandal
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called the unfair scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave some tea party groups “outrageous methods,” adding that while the “conduct was not politi…
IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth
Comstock Images/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Lois Lerner, the top IRS official who is at the center of the controversy for the targeting of tea party and other conservative groups, will refuse to answer questions at a congressional hearing Wednesday and i…
IRS ‘Blemish’ Prompts Scorn from Unappeased Senators
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” that his agency had improperly targeted conservative groups, but declined to offer…
First Conservative Group Files Suit Against IRS
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The first group that claims they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service filed suit Tuesday against the agency in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking damages and the granting of their long-delay…
Young Immigrants Make Personal Appeal to Obama, Biden
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — A group of seven young people shared their personal struggles with the immigration system during a meeting with President Obama and Vice President Biden on Tuesday. While senators continued to hag…
Oklahoma Senators Grapple with Past Disaster Aid Opposition
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers have pledged to send aid to tornado-devastated Oklahoma quickly, but the state’s Republican lawmakers — six of whom voted against disaster aid after Superstorm Sandy — may be forced to reckon with their…
Obama Offers Prayers, Federal Aid to Oklahoma Tornado Victims
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Offering prayers and assurances to the victims of the devastating tornado in Oklahoma, President Obama on Tuesday said he is instructing the federal government to provide the people of Moore with everything the…
New Stolen Valor Act Breezes Through House
Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A new version of a bill that targets fake war heroes easily passed the House of Representatives late Monday with a 390-3 vote.The bill, H.R. 258 also known as the Stolen Valor Act of 2013, is the…
Obama Declares State of Emergency in Oklahoma After Tornado
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama late Monday declared a state of emergency in Oklahoma after a massive tornado ripped through the city of Moore, leaving at least 24 people dead and more than 100 injured.In a state…