Jul 06 Democrats up for election try to steer attention away from Washington By Charles Babington, Associated Press For Republicans, it's all about tying Democrats to Obama - especially to a health care law that remains unpopular with many Americans. And for Democrats, the election is about just about anything else. Continue reading
Jul 04 Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire newspaper publisher, dies at 82 By Talia Mindich As heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune, the notoriously reclusive Scaife,… Continue reading
Jul 04 More than half of privately insured women get free birth control By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Recent data from the IMS Institute document a sharp change during 2013. The share of privately insured women who got their birth control pills without a copayment jumped to 56 percent, from 14 percent in 2012. The law's requirement that… Continue reading
Jun 30 Morning Line’s top 10 Senate rankings – June edition By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij Despite Eric Cantor's seismic loss in Virginia, establishment Republicans had another good month in June. The Virginia congressman and now-former majority leader's defeat did not appear to have tea party election ripples beyond his district. Check out our updated list… Continue reading
Jun 30 How Democrats are trying to turn the Hobby Lobby loss into a political win By Domenico Montanaro There is no question that Monday’s Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision is a blow to the Obama administration and the Affordable Care Act. But while conservatives celebrate the narrow 5-4 decision striking down the law’s contraception mandate for “closely held”… Continue reading
Jun 20 Have Americans tuned out President Obama? By Domenico Montanaro The prospect of the United States being dragged back into Iraq, a war the president thought he had ended, has spurred criticism on both sides and presents yet another foreign-policy complication that threatens his presidency. Continue reading
Jun 17 Obama: Benghazi capture sends message to the world By Justin Scuiletti President Barack Obama, while in Pittsburgh for a TechShop event Tuesday, addressed the capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala, one of the alleged attackers of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Continue reading
Jun 14 Lawmakers angered by lost emails in IRS probe By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Congressional investigators are fuming over revelations that the Internal Revenue Service has lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. Continue reading
Jun 13 Dave Brat avoids the press for days after defeating Majority Leader Cantor By Alan Suderman, Associated Press For the three days since Dave Brat took down House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the GOP primary Tuesday, he's been holed up in his suburban home, avoiding the reporters and TV trucks waiting out front. While the world wants… Continue reading
Jun 03 Reid, McConnell spar on campaign finance rules By Philip Elliott, Associated Press The Senate's top Democrat says the free flow of what he calls "shady money" into politics is the biggest threat to democracy he's seen in his lifetime. But his Republican counterpart calls efforts to limit campaign spending "terrible policy."… Continue reading