



By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
It’s no longer just the economy, stupid. Social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and religious freedom have elbowed their way back into the political debate in the 2012 presidential race. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The House has taken the unusual move of agreeing to cede some of its highly guarded purse string power to the White House, voting Wednesday to give the president a modified line-item veto on spending bills. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times
Bound by a common desire to deny President Obama a second term, restive activists gathering Thursday for the 39th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington find themselves lacking a clear champion in the suddenly scrambled Republican race to choose an alternative. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
Fast running out of money, solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC last summer sold off nearly $60 million worth of inventory for less than $20 million in cash to a newly formed corporate entity closely tied to the company’s biggest investors, records show. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Growing instability from Syria to Egypt highlights the Obama administration’s failure to develop a consistent strategy for promoting democracy in the wake of popular uprisings in the region, analysts say. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times
House Republicans will try Thursday to push through a popular bill that ensures insider-trading rules apply to members of Congress after GOP leaders ditched a provision to expand the definition of who qualifies as a lobbyist. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press
Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney’s turf. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Brian Bakst and Jack Gillum - Associated Press
One day after Rick Santorum’s startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in future contests. Published February 8, 2012 Comments

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
“The gift of being underestimated is a great gift.” Published February 8, 2012 Comments
By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press
The Obama administration says it is not considering invading Syria or arming its rebels to remove President Bashar Assad from power. Diplomatic efforts at the U.N. have collapsed. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times
Once upon a time, political ads were simple, falling into two cliched categories: warm 'n' fuzzy soft-focus personal appeals and scathing critiques of rival candidates, rife with unflattering photographs and exploding hydrogen bombs. No longer. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
House Republicans are proposing to make federal employees pay more toward their pensions while reducing benefits in order to pay for highway programs. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
By Dave Boyer and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
President Obama has moved ahead of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Virginia for the first time in Quinnipiac University's polling, according to a survey released Wednesday. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
By Larry Margasak - Associated Press
House Republicans have introduced their version of a bill to ban insider trading by thousands of federal officials, and have added provisions to bar lawmakers convicted of a felony from collecting their government pensions. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
By Jim Abrams - Associated Press
The Republican-led House is trying Wednesday to give President Obama the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents. Published February 8, 2012 Comments
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
The Obama campaign's abrupt reversal on super PACs this week — from bashing the "independent" political groups as destructive to embracing their fundraising muscle — has opened the president's re-election team to charges of hypocrisy and blatant political expediency. Published February 7, 2012 Comments
By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Tuesday he will not run for the Nebraska Senate seat he gave up more than a decade ago, shutting down hopes for a bid both parties called Democrats' best chance to hold the seat. Published February 7, 2012 Comments
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
Clint Eastwood is setting the record straight on the Chrysler Super Bowl ad and claims in the liberal blogosphere and elsewhere that it was an implicit endorsement of President Obama and his decision to support the bailout of the U.S. auto industry. Published February 7, 2012 Comments

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times
Bound by a common desire to deny President Obama a second term, restive activists gathering ...

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Growing instability from Syria to Egypt highlights the Obama administration’s failure to develop a consistent ...

By Ben Wolfgang and Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
President Obama keeps tossing ideas to curb rising college tuition costs against the wall in ...