Dec 14 Shooting Affects the Newtown Community to the Core In a news conference Friday afternoon, state police Lt. Paul Vance announced that police responded to 911 emergency calls from Sandy Hook Elementary School received at 9:30 a.m. this morning. A shooter was reported to have entered… Continue reading
Dec 14 Obama Dodges Fight on Rice, but There's No Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff House Speaker John Boehner walks past reporters at the Capitol after meeting with President Obama at the White House on Thursday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. President Obama avoided one fight Thursday, accepting the decision by U.S. Ambassador… Continue reading
Dec 14 Gwen's Take: If Women Ruled the World Maine Republican Susan Collins and 18 other members of the United States Senate gathered for a kind of celebratory interview the other day. Their inquisitor was ABC's Diane Sawyer, who invited the sitting and incoming members of the vaunted… Continue reading
Dec 14 You May Say He's a DREAMer: John Lennon's Immigration Case John Lennon's near-deportation in the 1970s exposed the standards upon which the Obama administration has built its Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows young undocumented immigrants who've grown up in the United States to stay in the country. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Obama and Boehner Meet Again; President Disappointed Over Rice Decision Obama and Boehner Meet Again; President Disappointed Over Rice Decision… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Lawmakers Consider Raising Medicare Age of Eligibility as Budget Compromise Lawmakers Consider Raising Medicare Age of Eligibility as Budget Compromise… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Poll Shows Among Public President Obama Has Strong Hand for Budget Negotiations Poll Shows Among Public President Obama Has Strong Hand for Budget Negotiations… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch News Wrap: Susan Rice Withdraws From Consideration for Secretary of State News Wrap: Susan Rice Withdraws From Consideration for Secretary of State… Continue watching
Dec 13 Pew Poll Shows Public Support Backs Democrats on Budget Issues President Obama during a walk back to the White House on Dec. 13. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP. A new poll by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that President Obama and congressional Democrats lead their… Continue reading
Dec 13 Boehner Facing Scrutiny Within GOP Over Fiscal Cliff Talks House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. House Speaker John Boehner has yet to ink a deal with President Obama, but the Republican already faces an unruly, wary caucus. GOP lawmakers find themselves in a… Continue reading