President Obama, GOP Senators Break Bread
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama and Republican senators had a “good exchange of ideas” Wednesday evening during their roughly two-hour-long dinner at the posh Jefferson Hotel, just blocks from the Whi…
Kids Tell Washington: ‘The White House Is Our House! Please Let Us Visit!’
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Hundreds of school kids who have dreamed of visiting the White House on their spring break are now dealing with disappointment. Their plans have been dashed.Less than 24 hours after the Obama administra…
Brennan Confirmation Delayed by Rare Talking Filibuster
Jamie Rhodes/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With federal offices shut down due to snow and John Brennan poised to be confirmed as CIA Director, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, considered an outspoken libertarian, did plenty of speaking as he engaged in a tr…
Sen. Menendez Prostitution ‘Scandal’: How It Happened
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez is demanding an investigation into the political operatives who may have been behind an elaborate plot to embroil him in an international sex scandal.”I have no idea …
Poll: Most Back Sequester Cuts Overall, But Not for Military
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — For all the dire warnings, most Americans welcome a five percent cut in overall federal spending this year. But the defense budget is another matter.The public by nearly 2-1, 61-33 percent, supports cutting the over…
Rep. Jose Serrano Takes Heat for Praising Hugo Chavez
Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — After the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Democratic Rep. Jose Serrano had this to say on Twitter:”Hugo Chavez was a leader that understood the needs of the poor. He was committed to e…
New Military Award for Drone Pilots Draws Hill Protest
JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon’s newest military honor, symbolized by a two-inch bronze medallion, has sparked fierce debate over the nation’s growing corps of drone pilots and cyberwarriors and how to commend their…
Obama, Lawmakers React to Death of Hugo Chavez
RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House and several members of Congress have expressed their feelings about the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the age of 58.President Obama released a statement saying, “At th…
Brennan Inches Closer to Being Next CIA Director
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — John Brennan moved one step closer on Tuesday to being the next CIA director.The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12-3 to move Brennan’s nomination out of the committee Tuesday afternoon. Brennan, the curr…
Donald Trump Gets 2013 CPAC Speaking Slot
Andy Kropa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Donald is back.
The real estate mogul who hosts his own reality television show, flirted with a presidential bid and seems never to be far from the headlines has been offered a speaking slot at the annual Cons…
White House Tours Cancelled Due to Sequester Cuts
The White House(WASHINGTON) — There are about to be a lot of unhappy tourists in the nation’s capital. The White House is canceling all public tours of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as a result of the sequester spending cuts, a senior administration …
Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Official Government Portraits
Department of Agriculture(WASHINGTON) — Long before cameras were invented, our founding fathers kept their images alive with painted portraits. Paintings of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson are part of American history.But wh…
House Likely to Pass Continuing Resolution on Thursday
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans unveiled a stopgap measure Monday to fund the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year, a move intended to mollify a deeply divided Congress that has fought through three years…
Chris Christie Dings Obama’s Sequester Eve ‘Photo Op’
D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Extra(NEW YORK) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Monday blasted President Obama over what he said was a failure of leadership to prevent the sequester.“Real leadership would get this fixed. You get everybody in the r…
Debt Group Pans White House Call for ‘Petit Bargain’
Image Source/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As the sequester spending cuts begin to take effect, the White House Monday pointed to one potential silver lining: significant progress in the battle to tame the nation’s deficit and debt.“The &lsqu…
Jeb Bush: No Path to Citizenship in Immigration Reform
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said on Monday that he does not support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., a central provision of immigration reform plans being considered …
Janet Napolitano: Border Is Less Secure Because of Budget Cuts
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that, although safety is her top priority, there is no way around cutting back on border patrol agents monitoring the country’s borders because of the across-the-bo…
Biden Defends Voting Rights Act Provision in Selma, Alabama
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to uphold a provision of the Voting Rights Act that gives the federal government ongoing oversight of ballot collecting in states with histories of discri…
Politicians Prepare for Long Haul After Automatic Spending Cuts
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House and congressional leaders are giving no indication that the $85 billion in mandatory across-the-board federal spending cuts known as the sequester will be lifted any time soon.Two days have pass…
White House Responds to Rodman’s North Korea Comments
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hours after former NBA star Dennis Rodman made headlines for comments regarding North Korea, the White House responded, saying that North Korea must be willing to “choose the path of peace.”
After returning from an unprecedented v…