The Washington Times' political blog.
By Seth McLaughlin | Published June 7, 2013 Comments
Rep. Michele Bachmann isn't ruling out another run for the presidency.
by Stephen Dinan | Published June 6, 2013 Comments
The congressman who wrote the Patriot Act said he never intended for the snooping law to be used to grab millions of records in a government fishing expedition like the secret court-approved Verizon phone-records search revealed in news reports this week.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published June 6, 2013 Comments
Sen. Rand Paul said that it is "an astounding assault on the Constitution" for the National Security Agency to secretly collect telephone records from millions of Verizon customers.
by Tom Howell Jr. | Published June 6, 2013 Comments
Responding to the news that the National Security Agency is collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers, Sen. Jeff Flake said Thursday that he assumes the intelligence agency also is gathering information from "all the other carriers as well."
by Dave Boyer | Published June 5, 2013 Comments
A day after First Lady Michelle Obama confronted a gay-rights heckler at a fundraiser, the White House said she handled the situation "brilliantly."
by Dave Boyer | Published June 5, 2013 Comments
Five years after being denied the chance to speak at Germany's famous Brandenburg Gate, President Obama will deliver a speech at the site where other U.S. presidents have made history.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published June 5, 2013 Comments
The Democrat running against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in November said Wednesday that the Republican's decision to hold a special U.S. Senate election just weeks before their Election Day showdown smacks of politics.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published June 5, 2013 Comments
A Republican-led House panel has expanded its investigation into reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called members of the health care industry to suggest they donate money to a nonprofit group that is promoting President Obama's health care law.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published June 5, 2013 Comments
More people support than oppose the targeting and killing of Americans living in other countries who are suspected members of terrorist groups.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published June 5, 2013 Comments
President Obama's approval rating has remained steady, but the recent dust-ups over the Internal Revenue Service, the attack in Benghazi and the Justice Department's targeting of journalists has raised doubts about the administration, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
by Luke Rosiak | Published June 5, 2013 Comments
The Republican National Committee is taking steps to rebound from its troubled relationship with technology by hiring as chief technology officer a former Facebook and Google employee. Andy Barkett will head the party's data and digital departments in that role, it announced Tuesday.
by Stephen Dinan | Published June 4, 2013 Comments
The Heritage Foundation reports that the Republican-controlled House has revived President Obama's proposed Christmas Tree Tax — a 15 cent fee on every freshly cut Christmas tree.
by Ben Wolfgang | Published June 4, 2013 Comments
The "No Child Left Behind" education law is still on the books in more than a dozen states, but legislation unveiled by Senate Democrats on Tuesday would eliminate the decade-old law and replace it with state-designed accountability systems.
by Tom Howell Jr. | Published June 4, 2013 Comments
Republican lawmakers urged President Obama's top health official on Tuesday to intercede on behalf of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl in desperate need of a lung transplant.
by Ben Wolfgang | Published June 4, 2013 Comments
Roads and bridges aren't the only parts of the nation's infrastructure in desperate need of repair.
