The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

Dennis Miller: ‘A few more days like this — Obama’s going to claim he was born in Kenya’

10:58 AM 05/15/2013

On his Tuesday radio program, comedian Dennis Miller said that while President Obama is taking a lot of heat for the recent spate of scandals, the Department of Justice's wiretapping of reporters is the only story that will keep the media's attention.

Alabama AG considers action in IRS-tea party scandal

9:48 AM 05/15/2013

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is asking for any 501(c)(4) organizations in his state that believe they became a political target of the Internal Revenue Service to come forward and contact his office.

Krauthammer discourages GOP ‘exaggeration’ on Benghazi [VIDEO]

2:09 AM 05/15/2013

On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer's message was very similar to Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol's message on Sunday: On Benghazi, let the facts speak for themselves.

Douglas Brinkley: Obama may have to accept Holder’s resignation to get presidency on track [VIDEO]

7:24 PM 05/14/2013

President Barack Obama may need to accept the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder as part of a plan to "get control" of the three scandals hounding the administration, historian Douglas Brinkley advised Tuesday.

FLASHBACK 2007: Carney rails v. Bush for ‘deliberate and aggressive efforts to expand’ power

3:56 PM 05/14/2013

In a March 22, 2007 Time Magazine piece co-bylined with Massimo Calabresi, then-Washington Bureau Chief Jay Carney attacked the Bush administration for “its deliberate and aggressive efforts to expand and protect Executive power.”

Former NAACP head: Tea party ‘admittedly racist,’ ‘Taliban wing of American politics’ [VIDEO]

1:00 PM 05/14/2013

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Thomas Robert’s 11 a.m. MSNBC program, NAACP President Emeritus Julian Bond defended the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea party groups, which he described as "admittedly racist."

Cheney on White House reaction to Benghazi: ‘They lied’ [VIDEO]

9:10 AM 05/14/2013

On Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, former Vice President Dick Cheney accused the Obama administration of launching a politically-motivated cover-up in the wake of last September's terrorist attack at the the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Pelosi: If Boehner were a woman, ‘they’d be calling him the weakest speaker in history’ [VIDEO]

8:41 AM 05/14/2013

On Monday’s “All in with Chris Hayes,” Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner had failed to do anything substantial during his tenure.

Mark Levin: GOP reaction to IRS-tea party brouhaha ‘impotent’ [VIDEO]

6:37 PM 05/13/2013

On Monday's "Your World with Neil Cavuto," conservative radio show host Mark Levin, who may have prompted the recent revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups, said that the response from House Republicans has left much to be desired.

Karl Rove fires back at Bill Kristol for criticism of anti-Hillary American Crossroads ad [VIDEO]

5:27 PM 05/13/2013

Over the weekend on "Fox News Sunday," Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol took a shot at Karl Rove's super PAC American Crossroads for an ad that criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Laura Ingraham scolds Marco Rubio for using Senate resources to monitor talk radio

12:38 PM 05/13/2013

In an article in Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post, reporter Dan Balz revealed Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's staffers are  tracking how much immigration and the “Gang of Eight” bill are being discussed on talk radio. Radio host Laura Ingraham is calling foul on that.

Washington Post sports columnist compares Bryce Harper to Jesus, Edison and Gandhi

12:20 AM 05/13/2013

Is baseball star Bryce Harper a historically great figure?

George Will: Jay Carney’s ‘usefulness to this administration is diminishing rapidly’

12:11 AM 05/13/2013

George Will took another jab at White House press secretary Jay Carney Sunday on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

Mark Sanford pushes back at questions over personal life: ‘Is this Fox News or National Enquirer?’

4:51 PM 05/12/2013

Last week when former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford won election to the state’s first congressional district, he added another chapter to the political drama surrounding his infidelity, and on “Fox News Sunday” he snapped at moderator Chris Wallace when Wallace brought up the matter.

Issa: IRS ‘mea culpa’ on tea party ‘not an honest one’

2:49 PM 05/12/2013

On this weekend’s broadcast of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa dismissed the Internal Revenue Service’s apology for targeting groups with the words “tea party” and “patriot” for audits, something the AP reported the agency had known about going back to 2011.

Mother of slain Benghazi official to Hillary: ‘Happy Mother’s Day’

2:38 PM 05/12/2013

On Saturday’s episode of Fox News Channel’s “Huckabee,” Pat Smith, mother of Sean Smith, an information management officer killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, expressed her frustration with the Obama administration for not being more forthcoming about what happened in that attack.

George Will on IRS tea party attacks: ‘How stupid do they think we are?’

2:19 PM 05/12/2013

George Will joined the chorus talking about the prospect of impeachment for President Barack Obama after last week's admission from the Internal Revenue Service that it had targeted groups with the phrases “tea party” or “patriot” in their tax-exempt applications for extra audits.

Kristol: Rove’s American Crossroads uses Benghazi for ‘fundraising’

2:03 PM 05/12/2013

The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol fired a shot at Karl Rove’s super PAC American Crossroads on this weekend’s "Fox News Sunday," after Rove's group ran a recent video ad targeting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her handling of the Benghazi debacle.

MSNBC’s Bashir, Finney blame GOP ‘austerity’ for Chris Stevens’ death [VIDEO]

6:22 PM 05/10/2013

MSNBC host Martin Bashir and contributor Karen Finney explained Friday evening that the "austerity measures" passed by the Republican Party may be partly responsible for the deaths of four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Mark Levin may have prompted IRS-conservative group revelations

4:46 PM 05/10/2013

Conservative radio talker Mark Levin appears to have touched off the investigation into  Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative political groups back in  March 2012.