By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
Lending to homebuyers in the U.S. remains little above the depressed levels hit during the recession because banks are wary about lending amid a slew of regulations coming out next year and proliferation of enforcement actions by state and federal regulators, a top mortgage banking official told The Washington Times. Published December 20, 2012 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A majority of Americans didn’t just cast a vote for President Obama on Nov. 6. They also came down firmly on the side of renewable energy and the federal government’s efforts to “level the playing field” with fossil fuels, argues the chairman of the solar power industry’s leading trade group. Published December 5, 2012 Comments
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Grover Norquist says Republicans will emerge victorious from the “fiscal cliff” fight if they put television cameras in the negotiating room and smoke out Democrats over their reluctance to cut entitlement programs — the biggest drivers of federal spending and the national debt. Published December 2, 2012 Comments
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Obama’s re-election on Tuesday smoothed the way for states to implement his signature health-care reforms, a challenge the District took on with vigor while other states waited to see if Republican opponent Mitt Romney could deliver on a promise to unravel the controversial law. Published November 8, 2012 Comments
By Shaun Waterman and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
A senior adviser to the Taiwanese government on Wednesday downplayed the likelihood that a war will erupt in the festering dispute between Taiwan, China and Japan over a chain of tiny islands in the East China Sea. Published October 17, 2012 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said the rise of the tea party and Rep. Ron Paul’s supporters within the Republican Party will push the GOP platform this year to focus more on matters such as the deficit and constitutional liberties. Published July 29, 2012 Comments
By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson said Monday that he won’t release his tax returns, joining his voice to that of presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who has declined to release more than the two most recent years. Published July 23, 2012 Comments
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
The government of Cyprus will rely on a combination of austerity measures and growth programs to dig its way out of a financial crisis that has forced it to turn to its European Union partners for aid, the Cypriot ambassador in Washington said Tuesday. Published July 3, 2012 Comments
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
Maldives’ first democratically elected president says the United States must acknowledge that he was ousted in a coup and press the current government of the Indian Ocean island nation to hold presidential elections this year. Published June 27, 2012 Comments
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Morocco may have avoided the upheaval of an Arab Spring revolution, but it faces other challenges due to its economic closeness to crisis-riddled Europe and heavy reliance on remittances. Published June 14, 2012 Comments
By S. Smithson - The Washington Times
Defense contractors already are preparing for the layoffs and plant closures that will occur if Congress fails to reach a deal on the federal deficit this year, triggering $600 billion in automatic Pentagon spending cuts. Published May 17, 2012
By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times
Cyprus' foreign minister says her island nation can serve as a "bridge" between the European Union and the Middle East, where the fate of Christian communities in the post-Arab Spring nations should be a concern in the West. Published May 10, 2012
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
The front-runner in Mexico's presidential race has attracted throngs of supporters among elite and ordinary citizens alike with his calls to boost his country's trade relationships with Canada and the U.S. — a refocusing effort his staffers call "NAFTA 2.0" — and to tamp down the drug violence that has muddied Mexico's reputation. Published April 17, 2012
By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times
Once considered a leading voice of the foreign interventionist wing of the Republican Party, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on the presidential campaign trail this year has been edging away from his trademark "Make my day" aggressiveness toward those hostile to the United States. Published March 19, 2012
By David Hood - The Washington Times
He's been sharply critical of President Obama and his economic agenda, but Dan Danner, president of the National Federation of Independent Business, said he has not been overly impressed so far by what the opposition is offering for small businesses. Published February 22, 2012
By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times
As the Supreme Court prepares for an epic legal clash next month on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law, Dan Danner admits to a certain feeling of vindication. Published February 22, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang and Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
President Obama keeps tossing ideas to curb rising college tuition costs against the wall in the hope that a few will stick and re-energize young voters ahead of the November election, the Republican chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee contends. Published February 8, 2012
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
A longtime adviser to U.S. commanders in Afghanistan says now is the time for President Obama to change strategy and target Taliban leaders ensconced in Pakistan. Published February 8, 2012
By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times
A top Palestinian leader says he will not run for president, even as the two main Palestinian factions inch toward a unity deal that would allow elections as early as May. Published January 23, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
U.S. wind power faces an uncertain future as lawmakers grapple over whether to extend a key tax credit that has for years helped the business compete financially with fossil fuels. Published January 18, 2012
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
Sri Lanka will hold accountable every person accused of war crimes during its decades-long civil conflict, the island nation's ambassador to the U.S. says. Published December 27, 2011
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
The U.S. business community is facing "an epidemic" of regulatory overreach from the Obama administration that is creating uncertainty for corporate leaders and holding back the economic recovery, a top business leader warned Tuesday. Published December 20, 2011
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
The United States is unprepared for an international fight that's brewing over whether the Internet will remain free from government regulations or fall increasingly under the control of emerging global powers, Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell warned Monday Published December 19, 2011
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
The president of Kosovo is troubled when her 3-year-old nation is compared to other regions with separatist movements, whether in northern Spain, the Middle East, the former Soviet bloc or Asia. Published December 18, 2011
By Carla Peay - The Washington Times
To a passionate fan base in a basketball town, it seems like it has been a long time since the Washington Wizards were in the playoffs. Actually, it's only been three seasons. Published December 14, 2011
