The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller
Caroline May
Political Reporter

White House petition: ‘Pardon Edward Snowden’

11:51 PM 06/09/2013

Soon after National Security Agency surveillance program whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed his identity Sunday, a White House petition calling for his pardon was created online.

Record 23,116,441 households on food stamps

7:12 PM 06/09/2013

The number of American households on food stamps reached a new record high in March, according to new data released by the Agriculture Department.

Senate Democrat Manchin: Holder should consider resigning

6:08 PM 06/07/2013

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Attorney General Eric Holder should consider resigning in an interview released Friday and airing on Bloomberg TV over the weekend.

Sessions: Senate immigration bill ‘was written by special interests’

4:03 PM 06/07/2013

Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions charged in an impassioned speech on the Senate floor Friday that the “Gang of Eight” Senate immigration bill was crafted by special interests.

The ‘strange’ IRS audit of a Romney fundraiser and her extended family

10:12 PM 06/06/2013

The Internal Revenue Service’s political targeting might not have been limited to a few "rogue Cincinnati agents" or even organizations seeking nonprofit status. A major Mitt Romney fundraiser and campaign official --- along with her husband and three other family members --- all got a visit from the taxman in 2012.

Paul to introduce legislation to prevent phone surveillance, restore Fourth Amendment rights

4:21 PM 06/06/2013

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul will introduce legislation to prevent the government from searching the phone records of Americans without a warrant based on probable cause when the Senate returns to session Friday.

Patriot Act author: ‘Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American’

1:23 PM 06/06/2013

Following a report that the government has been collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers under a Patriot Act provision, the author of that legislation expressed dismay at the administration's interpretation of the law.

Report: Obamacare to require Planned Parenthood clinic coverage

12:43 PM 06/06/2013

Most Planned Parenthood clinics will be eligible for coverage under Obamacare, according to a report from the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard.

Even with strengthened border, Gang of 8 fails to protect America, union chief warns

12:01 AM 06/06/2013

Even if the border enforcement mechanisms are strengthened in the Senate immigration bill, the bill will still be "fatally flawed," according to the head of the union representing 12,000 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudications officers and staff.

See Michelle Obama confront the LGBT heckler

5:42 PM 06/05/2013

In new video out Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama is seen dealing with the LGBT advocate who interrupted her talk at a DNC fundraiser last night.

GOP Rep: Senate immigration bill ‘will create more problems than solutions’

4:16 PM 06/05/2013

Nearly 50 North Carolina sheriffs have signed on to a law enforcement coalition letter in opposition to the Senate immigration bill, saying the legislation lacks the proper enforcement measures to keep Americans safe.

First lady heckler speaks out: Michelle Obama ‘came right down in my face’

8:05 AM 06/05/2013

The LGBT activist who heckled Michelle Obama at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser says she just "couldn't stay silent any longer."

VA disability claims for sleep apnea skyrocket to over $1.2 billion per year

9:38 PM 06/04/2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs is reportedly spending over $1.2 billion per year to treat sleep apnea, leading one attorney to call on Congress to investigate.

Michelle Obama heckled at DNC event, threatens to leave

9:02 PM 06/04/2013

First lady Michelle Obama was met with a heckler Tuesday evening at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, D.C.

Cruz, Sessions, Lee and Grassley: S.744 offers ‘the same empty promises Washington has been making for 30 years’

2:28 PM 06/04/2013

Four members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are calling on their Senate colleagues to heed their warnings about the Senate immigration reform bill.

IRS spent $49 million on conferences in three years

1:56 PM 06/04/2013

The Internal Revenue Service spent $4.1 million on a conference in Anaheim, California, that included “questionable expenses” on video productions and giveaways to employees, according to a watchdog report released Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton pitches ‘Project Pantsuit’ at designer award event

10:48 AM 06/04/2013

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, known for her pant-suit proclivities, offered up an idea for a reality show Monday night at Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards in New York.

Ted Cruz denounces Supreme Court ruling on warrantless DNA collection

10:41 PM 06/03/2013

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz issued a strong rebuke of Monday’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision upholding a Maryland law that allows law enforcement to collect DNA samples from arrested suspects without a warrant.

Black leaders: Gang of 8 ‘devastating’ for black community

10:23 PM 06/02/2013

A group of black leaders will issue an open letter Monday calling on members of the Senate "Gang of Eight," the Congressional Black Caucus, and senators from states with the highest rates of black unemployment to consider the impact the Senate’s immigration bill will have on black unemployment.

Cincinnati IRS employee: Washington was ‘basically throwing us underneath the bus’

3:51 PM 06/02/2013

In interviews with House Oversight Committee investigators, Cincinnati IRS employees said that they believed that targeting of conservative groups came from Washington, not from a couple of “rogue agents. “