- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RedState
This is to be expected. During the playing of the National Anthem at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Washington Post gossip columnist Helena Andrews was caught by CNN busily texting. Shortly after President Barack Obama arrived on...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comContinue reading...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsOpponents say the Supreme Court should not set public policy; supporters say a vote for would be affirmation of public opinion
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON -- Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) warned Republicans on Sunday not to go too far in accusing Hillary Clinton of making decisions during her time as secretary of state based on financial donations made to the Clinton Foun...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from dailyrecord - PoliticsNEIL Hay, who was unmasked last week as a "cybernat" troll, came under fire after it emerged he backed a campaign by Alzheimer Scotland just three weeks ago.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageMaureen Dowd, New York Times
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsThe large sums of cash in the 2016 presidential race may produce Watergate-level financial scandals.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy David Lewis and John Zodzi LOME (Reuters) - Togo's presidential election took place without major incidents, although turnout appears to...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsThe U.S. will immediately provide $1 million in aid.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comContinue reading...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsU.S. government forbids hostage ransoms, but is reevaluating how it handles hostages and their families and whether to prosecute
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Latest NewsA pair of debates in Prince Edward Island will mark the last week of an election campaign centred on two leaders with deep island roots, but who are just getting their feet wet in provincial politics. Just two months after assuming their...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from International Business TimesThe latest figures from Nepal indicate at least 2,400 people have been killed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that devastated the region Saturday. The number is expected to rise as rescue workers from around the world sift through the wr...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryLONDON (Reuters) - American rapper Wiz Khalifa's tribute to actor Paul Walker, "See You Again", kept the top spot in Britain's music charts...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsTed Cruz Facebook Interactions More Than Double Those of Jeb Bush Nationally
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostMIAMI BEACH — This is the kind of story that makes locals here shrug their shoulders and wonder what all the fuss is about. But it marvels out-of-town political reporters more accustomed to filing dispatches from Iowa farm fields and New...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryCOTONOU (Reuters) - Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi promised on Sunday to leave power when his mandate expires next year as crowds across the...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from International Business Times(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this week on whether a drug used in Oklahoma's lethal injection mix should be banned in a case that comes as a shortage of execution chemicals has sent some states scrambling fo...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a phone conversation on Sunday to...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostReligious freedom was a big topic of discussion Saturday night at an Iowa church. Several Republicans running for president attended the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition -- but Jeb Bush wasn't among them.Read full article >>
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostIf there's one thing we can count on from President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner every year, it's him making jokes about being Muslim, foreign-born and socialist.On Saturday, he joked about how busy he is, ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON -- Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) said Sunday that the administration should name a "hostage czar" amid revelations that a U.S. drone strike killed two innocent hostages in Pakistan. “What we're calling for is the creation of effec...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsThe campaign trail sometimes dishes up a few surprises.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comIt is not enough to make vaguely encouraging noises: all the parties need a deeper commitment to the value, and values, of science Continue reading...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comRep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said on Sunday that the relationship between law enforcement and ordinary citizens is "the civil rights cause of this generation" -- remarks that came just hours after protesters took to the streets of Baltim...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageEd Kilgore, Talking Points Memo
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryJERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military announced Sunday it indicted three soldiers for allegedly taking money from a building in Gaza during last...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsArkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is warning those in his party not to be overconfident.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe "Saturday Night Live" comedian joked about President Obama, the 2016 contenders and more.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsStewart hinted that she's a Clinton fan on Saturday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comThese days politicians are carefully kept clear of any member of the public who might cause them trouble – which means we’re missing a lot. A veteran of 60 years of British elections recalls the greatest heckles and putdowns Continue rea...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from stories: PoliticsSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A rural area of southeastern New Mexico is being touted as an interim storage site for the country's high-level nuclear waste. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1IcQb8z) that Gov. Susana Martinez reach...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe charity said it is "acting quickly to remedy" their missteps, as Hillary Clinton's 2016 bid and a new book draws renewed attention
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageMichael Warren, TWS
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsHaving a strong economy "matters more than anything", David Cameron says as he insists there is "no lack of drive" in the Conservative campaign.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe president commented on the 2016 presidential bids and joked about Hillary Clinton's private email scandal.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Politics - Public RSSAs parliamentarians head into post-budget week, all eyes will be on the Auditor General, who will release his spring report on Tuesday.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering changing a U.S. policy prohibiting families of hostages held overseas from...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - International agencies and governments rushed on Sunday to send search and rescue...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsThe Supreme Court's arguments on Tuesday over same-sex marriage will cap more than two decades of litigation.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageSeth Lipsky, New York Post
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comThe sectarian politics of victimisation and electoral fraud that were practised in Tower Hamlets threaten to eviscerate democracy Continue reading...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - At the gathering he jokingly called "a night when Washington celebrates itself," U.S. President Barack Obama took light-hearted aim on Saturday at a range of political friends and foes, including the people running...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from International Business TimesThe Clinton Foundation defended its fundraising and philanthropic efforts in a statement Sunday amid mounting questions regarding foreign donations. Critics say Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, may have ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageGail Collins, New York Times
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageAlbert Hunt, Bloomberg
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsMoney will be crucial for every 2016 candidate, but Jeb Bush sees a pathway to victory for under $1 billion.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from UK Politics - The Huffington PostIn likely the most outlandish outburst of the Tory's 2015 campaign, Home Secretary Theresa May said on Sunday that a Labour/SNP government could be ''the biggest constitutional crisis since the abdication.'' That’s the constitutional cri...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageThomas Edsall, New York Times
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New Category(Reuters) - HSBC , Europe's biggest bank, is weighing plans to spin off its British retail bank in a 20 billion-pound ($30.37 billion)...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryNEW YORK (AP) — New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says there's "much less tension" between the police union and city officials now than...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from All News RSS FeedCars have become more fuel-efficient, people are driving less, and the gas tax, which has not been raised since 1993, just doesn't generate enough horsepower to tow the Highway Trust Fund out of the breakdown lane. As America looks to Co...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedDAVID Cameron “bears some responsibility” for the stream of refugees fleeing to Europe from Libya, Ed Miliband insisted yesterday as he dismissed Tory claims that he was playing politics with the tragedy in the Mediterranean.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSFF chief highlights broken Coalition promises as general election campaign gets under way
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from RedState
Last night was the White House Correspondents Dinner. This is incestuous rub-fest where political figures and important media personalities mingle and laugh about how stupid the American people are. While Obama was yucking it up, a race ... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedGREECE remains at loggerheads with its European creditors over an economic reform programme required to unlock bailout loans the country will need to avoid defaulting and crashing out of the euro.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from RIA NovostiKerry says that Washington hopes that full implementation of the Minsk Agreements on Ukrainian reconciliation will be achieved.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from RIA NovostiJohn Kerry said that the US chairmanship of the Arctic Council will focus on ocean safety, climate change, and improving living conditions for the Arctic communities.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsGov. Chris Christie's administration warned the state Supreme Court on Friday that if it mandates certain pension contributions, judges could get dragged into future budget disputes.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsGordon Brown strides into a village hall to try to save Douglas Alexander from a humiliating defeat by a 20-year-old student.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedLeader Rachel Notley’s debate performance was almost universally well-received as the NDP polls at historic highs in Edmonton
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSTánaiste wants more details after reports of surge in company share activity before sale
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedTHE presidents of Russia and France have joined other leaders at ceremonies commemorating the massacre 100 years ago of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks, an event that remains a diplomatic sore point for both sides.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsAs the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on same-sex marriage, NPR's legal and political correspondents break down the historic case.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsBattlebus camaraderie, daft events involving Boris, and hacks moaning about access - are all part of the fabric of the campaigns.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from All News RSS FeedWith all the haters throwing shade at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, HOH couldn't help but wonder whether any of our fellow reporting brethren still get anything (other than a vicious hangover) out of the booze-soake...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG - Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai got a bump in status and pay when his colleagues elevated him to the top position in the chamber.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsPolling for the 91 civic bodies in West Bengal began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security. The post West Bengal: Polls to 91 civic bodies begin amid tight security appeared first on Firstpost .
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a teenager when he fired across the border from Texas into Mexico cannot be sued in U.S. courts by the Mexican teen's family, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The unanimous ru...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsIQALUIT, Canada (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is backing Saudi Arabian airstrikes against Houthi rebels as long as the rebels persist in attacking Yemeni government forces. Kerry is crediting the Saudis with making an important sh...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMary Pat Christie, wife of Gov. Christie, has left her job at the Wall Street investment firm Angelo Gordon, a move that comes as the governor considers a 2016 presidential campaign.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RIA NovostiRussia’s Minister of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy says that Canada used the Arctic Council to promote its agenda concerning Ukraine.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsBJP lashed out at the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh for trying to fool the state's people. The post UP govt trying to fool people through false propaganda machinery: BJP appeared first on Firstpost .
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe cable giant will renew its Philly franchise. But not until the city hears from customers.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RIA NovostiThe infamous six-time elected sheriff Joe Arpaio has already been found guilty of racial profiling. He’s shown a surprising aptitude for not understanding the very law he upholds. And now the Arizona lawman has admitted to secretly inves...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTwo polls conducted last week on behalf of James F. Kenney showed that he has opened a statistically significant lead over State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams in the race for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Philadelphia, while Lynne...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSKevin O’Malley to join Galway Chamber business lunch at Hotel Meyrick in city
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsIn the New York Congressional district where an an unarmed black man died at the hands of police last year, neither candidate for a special congressional election is using the death to score points.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The sprawling package of tax changes Gov. Tom Wolf is seeking may not necessarily spare lower-income households, as his administration contends, the Legislature's fiscal analysis arm said this week.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Sky News Australia
Vic Premier Daniel Andrews says the state budget will include money for dealing with youth radicalisation. - Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedWASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi has been charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after federal agents raided his home. Cochran's office issued a statement Friday saying, ...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RIA NovostiRussia’s Minister of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy said that Russia is ready for cooperation in large-scale projects in the Arctic.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSMicheál Martin’s keynote speech proposes cut in USC and attacks SF’s take on 1916
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from World PoliticsA Japanese man is arrested for landing a drone containing radioactive sand on the roof of prime minister's residence in protest over the use of nuclear power.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedLABOUR is breaking out its big guns on the Scottish front in the battle for Downing Street, with appearances from several senior figures.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedLAS VEGAS (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Nevada next month, adding it to the roster of early-voting states she is visiting at the beginning of her presidential campaign. Clinton, the expected Democratic presidential nominee...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from All News RSS FeedIf there was ever a sound reason for a congressional leader from one party to plant a kiss on the cheek of a leader from the other side, it was in the Rose Garden last week.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Four freed Guantanamo Bay detainees protested in front of the U.S. Embassy on Friday night, saying they were angry about being asked to leave a Uruguayan hotel that had been housing them and demanding Washingto...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsHONOLULU (AP) — A bill that would make Hawaii the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 cleared the Legislature on Friday and is headed to the governor. The bill would prevent adolescents from smoking, buying or possessing bot...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedWASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Washington next week comes amid heightened attention in Congress to an Asia-Pacific trade deal that has created a deep rift between President Barack Obama and members of his...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Philly.com Politics9 p.m. CDT (10 p.m. EDT)
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedPROFESSIONALS and “Tartan Tories” that defected to the SNP are flocking back to the Conservatives for the General Election, according to Scottish party leader Ruth Davidson.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsSens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are the first two 2016 Republican presidential candidates to sign a pledge promising to oppose or veto any proposal to raise taxes if they win the White House.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Sky News Australia
Diplomats say the first round of Iran nuclear talks aimed at making a final deal has been positive. - Saturday, April 25, 2015 from RedState
[caption id="attachment_215384" align="alignleft" width="300"] What Happens if you "Offend" Them.[/caption] In Post-modern America being offended shares something in common with terrorism. They both work like Hell. Neither really has any... - Sunday, April 26, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsEvery year, the president sits for a dinner with Washington reporters and delivers something of a stand-up routine. From his "bucket list" to Hillary Clinton, here's what he came up with this year.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsAllentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski officially started his U.S. Senate campaign Friday at a Montgomery County union hall, saying that he would save and create middle-class jobs.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder bid farewell to the Justice Department on Friday after six years, outlining what he said were his major accomplishments and telling staffers they helped produce a "golden age" in the departm...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Sky News Australia
European foreign ministers have sought Australia's advice in dealing with their asylum seeker crisis. - Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsBALTIMORE (AP) — Protesters who've been holding near-daily demonstrations this week over the death of Freddie Gray are promising their biggest march yet a day after the Baltimore Police Department acknowledged that it failed to get him t...
