55 min ago | Washington Times
Obama's Morehouse speech sparks backlash on race
President Obama's Sunday commencement address at Morehouse College is bringing him the latest blues for the triangulation that everyone knew the first black president would have to perform: being black without being too black.
2 hrs ago | Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Wacko Bird Ted Cruz Goes After Angry Bird John McCain Over the Debt Ceiling
Good C-SPAN fun on an ongoing theme . First up, warhorse Sen. John McCain accuses newbie liberty-movement Sen.
2 hrs ago | Roll Call
Levin, McCain: Suspend Lois Lerner From IRS Job
In a letter to new IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and ranking member John McCain, R-Ariz., requested Lerner be suspended immediately due to an apparent failure to disclose information to their investigatory subcommittee.
2 hrs ago | The Washington Post
Meeting with reporters shortly after Obama outlined the future of his counterterrorism policies , John McCain , Saxby Chambliss , Lindsey O. Graham and Kelly Ayotte also provided pointed, specific criticism of several of the president's broader points.
5 hrs ago | St. Petersburg Times
As IRS scandal flares, a watchdog calls attention to other tax-exempt groups
There's a framed Wall Street Journal editorial outside Fred Wertheimer's office that still makes him smile.
9 hrs ago | WebProNews
John McCain: "ESPN Tax" Needs To Go
John McCain became the best friend of many cable subscribers around the country earlier this month when he introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act.
13 hrs ago | The Hill
Amid scrutiny and oversight of the Obama administration's many failures and the scandals that have resulted, it's easy to forget that Congress has failed - once more - to fulfill its statutory duty to pass an annual budget by April 15.
17 hrs ago | KTRE-TV Lufkin
Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs
14, 1973 file photo, released prisoner of war John McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon, left, in Washington.
McCain Looks to Defuse 'Nuclear' Threat
McCain and Rubio disagree over how hard the GOP should push debt limit restrictions when allowing the appointment of budget agreement conferees.
When Did We Vote to Become Mexico?
At first I thought the IRS scandal was leaked to distract from the Benghazi scandal.
Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action
Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law.
ObamaCare to increase cost of cancer treatments
Pointing to the state capitol and legislature buildings, Whittle said, 'The state sold these buildings to pay for programs you can't afford.' PHOENIX Five busloads of people were brought to a rally at the Arizona State Capitol last Wednesday to show support for Gov.
Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment
After five marathon sessions debating 150 proposed amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a landmark rewriting of the nation's immigration laws this week - and the bill emerged largely intact.
Fact Check: Gomez Claim On Markey's Effectiveness Doesn't Hold Up
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez made headlines Monday for attacking his opponent, Democratic U.S Rep.
No, Ted Cruz Doesn't Trust Paul Ryan
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas conceded Wednesday that he doesn't trust fellow Republicans to not agree to fast-track a debt-ceiling increase as part of a budget conference, after prodding by Sen.
McCain bucks party by objecting to restrictions on budget conferees
Sen. John McCain bucked members of his own party Tuesday by objecting to a GOP request to prohibit budget committee conferees from raising the debt ceiling.
Arizona Sen. John McCain and other moderate Republicans pointed to ill-fated abortion comments as one reason the GOP lost the 2012 elections and suggested conservative lawmakers should "leave the issue alone" in the future.
Phila.voters yawn at primary election
"Everywhere I was today, turnout was fairly low," said City Commissioners Cochairman Al Schmidt.
Bachtle wins in Bucks in top suburban race
Despite a notably low turnout, local government candidates battled it out Tuesday in primaries across the four Pennsylvania suburban counties, with two Republican incumbents in Bucks County facing primary challenges for row offices.
On Native GroundIS the 2012 Election the Last Gasp of White Male Privilege?
It has been said often this year, and I have been part of that chorus, that the 2012 election represents that last gasp of white male privilege in America.