Apr 30 This One Time at Transparency Camp, 'Hacktivists' Pushed Open Government More than 450 hackers, activists and journalists attended the Sunlight Foundation's weekend Transparency Camp. Photo by Meena Ganesan As members of the White House Correspondents' Association took a break this weekend for their annual gala, a new breed… Continue reading
Apr 30 Former President Clinton: Obama 'Deserves to Be Re-Elected' By Christina Bellantoni Former President Bill Clinton helped raise money for the Obama campaign over the weekend. 2011 photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Former President Bill Clinton summed up his arguments for the re-election of President Obama to high-dollar donors in Northern Virginia… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Student Loans: the Politics, Pitfalls and Payoffs Ignoring a veto threat by President Obama, House Republicans voted Friday to extend a 2007 provision that halves the rate on Stafford student loans, but the parties are split on how to pay for it. Jeffrey Brown, George Washington University's… Continue watching
Apr 27 When's a Campaign Not a Campaign? (See Obama, Gingrich) By Gwen Ifill Just when you thought it was safe to go back outside, it turns out the campaign lull we thought had just begun hasn't occurred at all. We were assured by the Democrats that the president's travels to three battleground states… Continue reading
Apr 27 House Speaker Boehner Enters Presidential Campaign Fray By Terence Burlij House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly press conference on Thursday. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. House Speaker John Boehner endorsed Mitt Romney just last week, and by Thursday he had turned into one of the presumptive GOP… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch For Murdoch, Concerns His Great Empire Is 'Under Serious Threat' For Murdoch, Concerns of His Great Empire 'Under Serious Threat'… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Charles Taylor's Conviction 'Pushes International Law Further' for Related Cases Charles Taylor's Conviction 'Pushes International Law Further' for Related Cases… Continue watching
Apr 26 Obama Campaign: 'Welcome to the General Election' By Terence Burlij President Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. This entry was updated at 1:08 p.m. ET President Obama plans to kick off his general election campaign next weekend with a… Continue reading
Apr 25 An Election to Look Forward To? By Judy Woodruff As someone who has long loved covering politics and the people who practice it, I should be on the edge of my seat as the presidential campaign kicks into higher gear and the focus unambiguously settles on Obama vs. Romney. Continue reading