White House touts Taliban concession
10:13 AM 06/18/2013
Administration officials touted a statement on Tuesday from the Taliban movement as evidence the Afghan-based Islamist group is gradually cutting their alliance with al-Qaida.
Senate bill allows 46 million immigrants by 2033, says CBO
The Senate's pending immigration bill will pave the way for the arrival of 46 million legal immigrants over the next 20 years, increase the federal debt in the same time period and shrink Americans’ average wage, according Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Session’s critical reading of two new reports on the pending immigration reform bill provided by the Congressional Budget Office.
Swing voters walk away from Obama’s second term
11:05 AM 06/17/2013
A new CNN poll shows that swing voters and independents are walking away from President Barack Obama, leaving him with his base of progressive-led voters.
Obama runs immigration bill from White House, according to new report
1:38 AM 06/17/2013
The White House is playing a larger role in developing the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill than its supporters publicly admit, according to a forthcoming article in The New Yorker.
Obama plans international tax uniformity, organizes crackdown on legal tax loopholes
4:34 PM 06/14/2013
President Barack Obama will use next week’s G8 meeting to organize a community of governments to minimize companies’ legal use of foreign tax laws, according to an aide.
Obama to meet with Putin 15 months after ‘flexibility’ comment
1:49 PM 06/14/2013
President Barack Obama is slated to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, some 15 months after he privately promised more diplomatic "flexibility" after his election.
Jeb Bush backs Senate immigration bill
7:21 PM 06/13/2013
Republicans should back the Senate's pending immigration bill, Gov. Jeb Bush said at a news conference Thursday.
Obama says 2014 elections as vital as 2012 race
9:19 AM 06/13/2013
President Barack Obama told his wealthy donors Wednesday night that they should support his 2014 mid-term election campaign as much as his presidential races.
McConnell sets stage for immigration concession
12:02 AM 06/12/2013
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed a modest amendment to the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill Tuesday, a move that could set the stage for a major concession by the Kentucky Republican and his party on the far-reaching and relatively unpopular bill.
Trumka says immigration deal needs worker protections
2:27 PM 06/11/2013
AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka said his deputies will be pushing senators to improve worker-protection measures in the Senate's draft immigration bill.
‘No good reason to stand in the way’: Obama scolds opposition to immigration bill
1:18 PM 06/11/2013
President Barack Obama today scolded critics of his controversial immigration rewrite, accusing them of insincerity, fear-mongering, divisiveness and extremism.
State voters oppose inflow from immigration bill
12:40 AM 06/11/2013
Most voters don’t like the Senate’e pending immigration bill, and that’s a problem for several senators now under intense pressure to back the controversial measure, according to a new series of likely-voters polls.
Ayotte slammed by Schlafly over immigration
6:00 PM 06/10/2013
Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is getting an earful from conservative stalwart Phyllis Schlafly following Ayotte's Sunday announcement of support for the Senate’s pending immigration bill.
Senators’ immigration votes may be shaped by state economies
9:08 AM 06/10/2013
Supporters of the Senate's pending immigration bill are pushing back against a new report that says the legislation will double the annual inflow of university-trained guest workers into the United States.
Senate begins immigration debate, spurs high stakes fight
11:49 PM 06/09/2013
The Senate begins its floor debate over the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill this week, and both sides are rolling out polls and endorsements to win public commitments from the many uncommitted senators.
Independents blame White House for IRS scandal
5:25 PM 06/07/2013
A clear majority of independents, and even a plurality of Democrats, believe high-ranking IRS officials were aware of the agency's harassment of conservatives' political organizing, according to a new Gallup poll.
Obama dismisses ‘hype’ over surveillance, then lauds and criticizes program [VIDEO]
12:58 PM 06/07/2013
The public furor over the government’s cellphone and Internet surveillance programs is “hype,” President Barack Obama said Friday.
Rubio not walking away from immigration bill
12:38 PM 06/07/2013
Sen. Marco Rubio has promised not to walk away from the Senate's immigration plan, ending speculation that he would abandon the bill that would legalize roughly 30 million immigrants and provide work permits to roughly 13 million guest-workers.
Obama uses Obamacare to build Latino support
10:58 AM 06/07/2013
Half of of the low-income customers for Obamacare’s California marketplaces are Hispanics, a White House official said June 6.
Spy chief says Internet surveillance aimed at foreigners
8:27 AM 06/07/2013
The federal government’s Internet-surveillance efforts produce some of “the most important and valuable foreign intelligence information we collect, and is used to protect our nation from a wide variety of threats,” according to the nation’s top intelligence official.
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