Jun 10 Lawmakers Debate Leaks As National Security Whistleblower Reveals His Identity Edward Snowden speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. Photo by The Guardian via Getty Images "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong." That statement came from Edward… Continue reading
Jun 07 Obama Administration Defends Surveillance Programs By Christina Bellantoni A look inside the NSA Threat Operations Center located at Fort Meade, Maryland. "They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type." That's the memorable closing quote from an unnamed "career intelligence officer" who provided the Washington Post… Continue reading
Jun 06 Collection Of Phone Records Raises Fresh Questions About Domestic Spying By Christina Bellantoni Hours after President Barack Obama named Susan Rice to be his new national security adviser, another Washington "NSA" was thrust into the spotlight over reports it is secretly collecting phone records of millions of Americans. The revelations about the National… Continue reading
Jun 04 Christie Faces Big Decision After Lautenberg’s Death New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie. Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's death Monday sets up a series of big decisions for New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie and potentially far reaching political consequences. Lautenberg had… Continue reading
Jun 03 Will Government Probes Crowd Out Policy Debates? Tea party activists protest against the IRS last month in West Palm Beach, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Official Washington begins the month of June with a massive agenda set against a backdrop of scandal politics that… Continue reading
May 24 Boehner: House Will Produce Its Own Immigration Legislation House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has been saying for months it's up to the Senate to get the ball rolling on a major overhaul of the nation's… Continue reading
May 23 Obama Looks to Shift Focus to Drone Strikes As Scandals Swirl By Terence Burlij Undated image courtesy of the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt On the defensive over a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama will attempt to refocus the debate Thursday with… Continue reading
May 21 Politics Put On Hold As Nation Surveys Oklahoma Tornado Damage By Terence Burlij Flipped vehicles are piled up outside the heavily damaged Moore Medical Center after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on Monday in Moore, Oklahoma. Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images A massive tornado ravaged a suburb of Oklahoma City on… Continue reading
May 17 House Committee Holds First Hearing on IRS Scandal The House Ways and Means Committee will hold the first hearing on the IRS scandal. Watch a live stream of the hearing. The former acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, will take his place… Continue reading
May 16 Obama Attempts Damage Control on IRS, Benghazi, AP Scandals President Obama makes a statement Wednesday at the White House. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool/Getty Images. To catch you up on the last 24 hours in politics: President Barack Obama canned the man at the helm of the Internal… Continue reading