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
May 30 More state legislatures jumping Common Core ship By Kyla Calvert Mason The Common Core standards for math and English could be out in two more states. State legislatures in Oklahoma and South Carolina have sent bills to their governors’ desks to withdraw from the standards, which have been adopted by… Continue reading
May 30 Clinton defends her response to 2012 Benghazi attacks in new book By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton is defending her handling of the deadly 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, writing in her new book that she will "not be part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans." The former secretary… Continue reading
May 29 Better medical information needed on youth sports concussions, Obama says By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is a lover of games played on hard courts, baseball diamonds and in 10-yard increments. His two daughters are active in sports and, like many parents with children on athletic teams, he worries about their… Continue reading
May 21 Oregonian county voters ban genetically engineered crops By Steven Dubois, Associated Press Residents in a southwest Oregon county voted emphatically to ban genetically engineered crops following a campaign that attracted a bushel of out-of-state money. Continue reading