Republicans Decry Obama’s Decision to Try Al Qaeda Suspects in Civilian Court
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration’s decision to try Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law in federal court in New York City instead of a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay has reignited a debate over how to deal with suspect…
Ex-Governor of Puerto Rico: GOP Must Lead on Immigration Reform
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Luis Fortuño, the former governor of Puerto Rico, says the Republican Party needs to take the lead in fixing the country’s immigration system.”Clearly the immigration system is broken, it’s not working well,” says Fortu&n…
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…
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…
GOP Weekly Address: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Says ‘President Failed to Act’ on Sequestration
Office of Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers(WASHINGTON) — House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the GOP address this week and called for President Obama and Senate Democrats to negotiate a solution to the devasta…
Sequester Government Shutdown Looks Unlikely
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — It may not be readily obvious from the blizzard of news out there Friday on the “sequester,” but a government shutdown became significantly less likely Friday, even as the automatic budget cuts barreled…
Rep. King Says Marco Rubio Not Welcome to Raise Money in New York
United States Congress(NEW YORK) — Representative Peter King, a New York Republican, is furious that Florida Senator, and fellow Republican, Marco Rubio is hitting up New Yorkers for campaign cash after voting against federal funds to rebuild the regi…
Clint Eastwood Joins Republicans for Gay Marriage, Highlighting Growing GOP Rift
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A growing split in the Republican Party deepened Thursday when Clint Eastwood, the movie star who rocked the GOP convention by interviewing an invisible President Obama, joined the ranks of Republicans who are in…
Republicans Supporting Gay Marriage Write Supreme Court Amicus Brief
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The issue of same sex-marriage is dividing the Republican Party, as a group of more than 80 prominent members of the GOP, ranging from Dick Cheney’s daughter to four former governors, have signed an amicus brief be…
NJ Gov. Christie Shows Softer Side Before Budget Address
ABC News(TRENTON, N.J.) — The office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday released a video teasing some of the issues the governor will highlight in his budget address Tuesday afternoon.Named “Saving Lives Lasts Forever,” the video…
Chris Christie ‘Not Being Invited’ to CPAC
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) — There are almost 40 featured speakers at next month’s Conservative Political Action Conference, but one of the most popular Republican governors in the country has yet to receive an invite.New Jer…
Former Romney Strategist Warns Technology Is Not the GOP’s Panacea
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — It’s not over yet — the 2012 presidential campaign, that is. At least not if you ask Mitt Romney’s former top strategist, Stuart Stevens, who has been writing and talking a lot about blame late…
Boehner Not Blinking in Budget Deadlock
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With sequestration set to strike on Friday, House Speaker John Boehner returned to the Capitol after a nine-day recess with no apparent change in his political posture: If the $85 billion cuts are…
Sequester Is Coming, Democrats and Republicans Agree
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Believe it or not, there is some bipartisan agreement in Washington, D.C. The problem is Republicans and Democrats agree those automatic spending cuts known as the “sequester” will probably …
House Intel Chair Mike Rogers Calls Chinese Cyber Attacks ‘Unprecedented’
ABC(WASHINGTON) — House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Sunday on ABC News’ This Week it was “beyond a shadow of a doubt” that the Chinese government and military are behind growing cyber attacks against the United …
WWE Challenges Glenn Beck to Step into Ring, Explain Why Wrestling Fans Are Stupid
Michael Caulfield/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Glenn Beck doesn’t like the WWE’s latest storyline, and WWE wants him to come explain why.The wrestling production company has cast wrestler Jack Swagger as a conservative, tea-party-ish villain wit…
Planned Parenthood TV Ad Hits Senate Minority Leader
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — Planned Parenthood is airing a new TV ad attacking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.The Kentucky Republican joined a brief with 10 other GOP lawmakers this week supporting the craft chain Ho…
Political Leaders No Closer to Sequester Solution
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Fresh off a golf trip in Florida, President Obama seized the pulpit Tuesday to shame Congress into action, hoping to avert the looming sequester spending cuts poised to take effect at the end of the month.“They haven&rsquo…
Obama Calls Republican Senators on Immigration
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama made his first direct overture to Republicans on immigration Tuesday night, placing calls to the three key GOP players on the issue in the Senate: John McCain (Ariz.), Lindse…
Republicans Don’t Budge After Obama Shames Congress on TV
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The so-called sequester seems more unavoidable than ever as lawmakers enjoying a nine-day recess in the comfort of their districts watched President Obama shame them publicly on television, part of the presiden…