The Washington Times' political blog.
By Susan Crabtree | Published February 26, 2012 Comments
President Obama spoke with his top general in Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon amid continued rioting that followed the burning of the Koran at the country's largest U.S. military base and the killing of two U.S. service members.
by Dave Boyer | Published February 24, 2012 Comments
The quest marches on for a bumper sticker for the 2012 Obama campaign, and Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. believes the slogan should highlight the death of Osama bin Laden.
by Stephen Dinan | Published February 23, 2012 Comments
The wife of presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Thursday that his rise in the polls is due to God working in mysterious ways.
by Jennifer Harper | Published February 23, 2012 Comments
Gang way, here comes "Power Players Week," a title which could warrant just a passing glance from notables in the nation's capital: Every week is power players week here.
by Stephen Dinan | Published February 23, 2012 Comments
Democrats have called on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to come testify before the Senate about her state's immigration law, which is slated for a Supreme Court hearing later this year.
by Stephen Dinan | Published February 22, 2012 Comments
Months after Rep. Duncan Hunter asked the Justice Department to consider leniency for Border Patrol Agent Jesus E. Diaz Jr., who was convicted of using excessive force in arresting an illegal immigrant, the Obama administration has brushed that request.
by Stephen Dinan | Published February 22, 2012 Comments
With the presidential campaign shifting back to the economy, Mitt Romney on Wednesday attacked President Obama's new tax plan, saying it amounts to a major tax increase.
by Dave Boyer | Published February 22, 2012 Comments
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the top choice of Republicans if the party nominates its presidential candidate at a "brokered" convention this summer, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released Wednesday.
by Susan Crabtree | Published February 21, 2012 Comments
President Obama plans to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's policy conference in Washington on March 4, the day before his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House announced Tuesday.
by Paige Winfield Cunningham | Published February 21, 2012 Comments
The Supreme Court has announced it will allow a full six hours for oral arguments over constitutional challenges to President Obama's health care law, granting the case the longest hearing in recent history.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published February 21, 2012 Comments
The Ron Paul presidential campaign released a new television ad Tuesday morning claiming that rival Rick Santorum sold out conservatism with a variety of "not groovy" votes in Congress — even likening the former Pennsylvania senator's claims to the conservative mantle to the myth of Bigfoot, the legendary sasquatch.
by Sean Lengell | Published February 17, 2012 Comments
GOP Rep. Fred Upton says President Obama isn't the only one who can claim a political victory from an extension of the payroll tax holiday and renewed unemployment benefits, stating that Republicans pushed just as hard as the president and his Democratic allies for the package.
by Paige Winfield Cunningham | Published February 17, 2012 Comments
A dozen state attorneys general defended a massive Medicaid expansion that 26 other states will challenge before the Supreme Court next month, filing an amicus brief with the court on Friday.
by Paige Winfield Cunningham | Published February 17, 2012 Comments
In a reversal of recent poll results, Republican Sen. Scott Brown is leading likely Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren in his bid for reelection after trailing her for several months.
by Sean Lengell | Published February 16, 2012 Comments
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner warned Congress against extending the current payroll-tax holiday beyond 2012.
By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
