The Washington Times' political blog.
By Dave Boyer | Published October 6, 2011 Comments
President Obama will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Thursday, the White House has announced.
by Dave Boyer | Published October 6, 2011 Comments
President Obama's disapproval rating hit an all-time low of 55 percent in a Qunnipiac University poll released Thursday.
by Dave Boyer | Published October 5, 2011 Comments
The White House said Wednesday that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was "consistent and truthful" in his testimony to Congress over the "Fast and Furious" weapons investigation.
by Dave Boyer | Published October 5, 2011 Comments
The Obama administration has concerns about Senate Democrats' push to challenge China over the value of its currency, the president's spokesman said Wednesday.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published October 5, 2011 Comments
Rep. Ron Paul, the Texas Republican who's running for his party's presidential nomination, said Wednesday his campaign had raised more than $8 million from more than 100,000 donors in the third quarter.
by Sean Lengell | Published October 4, 2011 Comments
Rep. Jerry Costello of Illinois said Tuesday he won't seek re-election in 2012, adding to a growing list of Democrats who are leaving the House.
by Stephen Dinan | Published October 4, 2011 Comments
Senate Republicans tried to make Democrats hold a quick vote on President Obama's jobs-stimulus bill Tuesday, but were blocked by Senate Majority Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who is sponsoring Mr. Obama's bill but who said other matters take priority.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published October 4, 2011 Comments
A new national poll out this morning shows Texas Gov. Rick Perry and businessman Herman Cain headed in opposite directions in the presidential race.
by Victor Morton | Published October 3, 2011 Comments
"Another sickening distraction" — that's what the Democratic consultant who led Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign is calling the controversy over a racially-inflammatory word painted on a rock at a hunting camp leased by the family of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
by Sean Lengell | Published October 3, 2011 Comments
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Monday took President Obama to task for calling the United States "soft," saying the administration is to blame for any malaise afflicting the country.
by Dave Boyer | Published October 2, 2011 Comments
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary Saturday night by dining at a restaurant in Old Town Alexandria.
by Dave Boyer | Published September 29, 2011 Comments
Vice President Biden said in a radio interview Thursday that the Obama administration, not the Bush administration, has ownership of the weak economy.
by Dave Boyer | Published September 28, 2011 Comments
The White House hit back Wednesday against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's contention that President Obama has been a "bystander" to the nation's problems.
by Paige Winfield Cunningham | Published September 28, 2011 Comments
With five appeals courts ruling on challenges to President Obama's health care law and two more decisions on the way, the Supreme Court justices have lots of options when it comes to which cases they'll take on.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published September 28, 2011 Comments
The vocal leader of the Tea Party Nation, a leading branch of the grassroots conservative movement, passed over some of the movement’s biggest rock stars to endorse the presidential candidacy of one of Washington’s most well-established figures: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
