James Inhofe News

Sens. Carl Levin and James Inhofe , the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have written to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel asking him to lay out in detail the consequences of the department having to reduce its fiscal 2014 budget from $526 billion, the level requested by the Pentagon, to $474 billion, the 2014 cap ... (more)

Isn't it funny how those who couldn't perform a Scientific Experiment , or even understand the results of one, if their livelihoods depended on it, -- are usually the ones that appoint themselves as uniquely qualified to pronounce blanket statements about the credibility of Scientific findings , as if by some sort of Divine Fiat.

Alli Christian, left, returns Jessica Wilkinson's dog Bella to her after finding her among the wreckage of Wilkinson's home shortly after a tornado struck near 156th street and Franklin Road on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Norman, Okla.

American support for federal disaster relief programs is high, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll .

Here's the transcript of Obama's "war on terror" speech yesterday. The president called for closing Guantanamo and possibly rescinding the AUMF...the Authorization to Use Military Force...passed in 2001, which legalized the "endless war" against al-Qaeda that the U.S. military has been waging in 6 or 7 different countries simultaneously over 12 ... (more)

In this Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.

While following the aftermath of the tornado in Moore I was disgusted to see people using the tragedy to make political statements or to slam the political opposition.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, has issued a statement in opposition to federal fracking rules that have been proposed by the Department of Interior.

The agency has rubber-stamped fee-waiver requests from environmentalist groups seeking information, but it denied similar requests from conservative groups, an extensive examination of EPA correspondence suggests.

Plainview, L.I.: I have recently discovered a long-lost secret Article VIII of the U.S. Constitution, which clearly states: "Any future citizens casting a vote for the likes of a disgraced politician such as Vito Lopez, Sheldon Silver, Anthony Weiner or Mark Sanford shall henceforth be deprived of both their right to vote and U.S. citizenship; and ... (more)

Angie Tennyson and her teenage daughter Taylor were sitting in folding chairs here in front of the ruins of Tennyson's sister-in-law's home on the corner of 7th Street West and Telephone Road.

Oklahoma's senators can thank sequestration, and perhaps more importantly, funding for Superstorm Sandy cleanup that they opposed , for sparing them from a difficult vote on disaster aid for tornado-ravaged Oklahomans.

BELMAR - Soured over federal lawmakers' delay in getting aid to Hurricane Sandy victims in the northeast, Gov.

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.

The current food stamp program is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited as long as recipients qualify.

"It may be early in the process for members of Congress to start planning for impeachment of Barack Obama, but the American public is building a serious appetite for it," said Fritz Wenzel, of Wenzel Strategies, which did the telephone poll Thursday.

Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights picked through the wreckage of a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of primary schools, houses and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., says the "cover-up" surrounding the tragic incidents in Benghazi is "bigger than Watergate, bigger than Iran-Contra, bigger than the Pentagon Papers." Already subscribe to TCPalm? Click below to activate your Premium Subscription and receive access to TCPalm on the web, smartphone and tablet.

House Speaker John Boehner offered his prayers and sympathies to the people harmed by Monday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma.

Last week on Twitter I lamented the simplistic public discourse on climate change, how it's often framed by those who dismiss the legitimate concerns of a warming planet and those who play up those concerns.