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U.S. Condemns Thai Coup

American officials offered across-the-board condemnation Thursday of what they quickly called a coup in Thailand after the Thai military suspended the constitution and took over the government earlier in the day.“I am disappointed by the...

By Zeke J Miller

U.S. Troops for Nigerian Girls

President Barack Obama is putting American troops on the ground to help find the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram

By Zeke J Miller

No, You Can't Smoke Pot And Work For The FBI

Want to be a Fed or a spy but you inhaled, like, last night?On Monday, FBI chief James Comey seemed to open the door for pot smokers when he told the American Bar Association’s annual...

By Massimo Calabresi and Zeke J Miller

Obama: 'I Will Not Tolerate' Veterans Affairs Misconduct

"If there is misconduct it will be punished," said Obama, who defended embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki but stopped short of fully backing him

By Zeke J Miller

Christie cuts pension payments as fiscal record shows cracks

The New Jersey governor was forced to cut pension payments to make up for lower-than-expected tax revenues, another dent in his brand as a no-nonsense reformer

By Zeke J Miller

Obama Pushes U.S. Investment Opportunities

With efforts to boost the economy foundering in a divided Congress, the President is taking an Executive initiative to encourage job creation

By Zeke J Miller

Former Obama Tech Czar: "Fast Lanes" Consistent with Net Neutrality

Barack Obama's former top technology advisor at the White House backs a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to allow online "fast lanes," saying that they can be managed in a way that protects the open Internet for everyone else.

By Zeke J Miller and Haley Sweetland Edwards

Christie: U.S. Lost Moral Leadership Under Obama

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told a group of philanthropists that the President has allowed dysfunction in Washington to harm American interests overseas, stating he never followed through with his threat of punishing Syria for using chemical weapons against civilians

By Zeke J Miller

The New Conservative Manifesto

Conservative Republicans gathered privately outside of Washington Thursday to fight back against an attack from the GOP establishment. The group agreed on a nine-page manifesto outlining “constitutional conservative” principles including lower taxes and a stronger military

By Zeke J Miller

Republicans Pull Hillary Off The Sidelines

A concerted effort by Republicans has forced former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to engage in hand-to-hand combat long before she had hoped to, accelerating her reemergence as a political figure before she decides whether to run for president in 2016

By Zeke J Miller

No, John Boehner Hasn't Promised The White House He'll Pass Immigration Reform

Immigration reform "commitment" is "lost in translation," says White House's Valerie Jarrett.

By Zeke J Miller

Obama Visit Marks Opening of 9/11 Memorial

President Obama visited New York Thursday to mark the long-delayed opening of a museum and memorial dedicated to those lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks which occurred 13 years ago, declaring “Nothing can change who we are as Americans”

By Zeke J Miller

Christie: Scandal Is Water Under the Bridge

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said the scandal over the closure of lanes to the George Washington Bridge "will be a footnote" by the time the 2016 presidential race is under way, adding that he is still considering a run for the White House

By Zeke J Miller

Bill Defends Hillary On Benghazi, Rove Attacks

Former President BIll Clinton said at the Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit on Wednesday that his wife handled the attack in Libya appropriately and that he was "dumbfounded" by Karl Rove's suggestion she suffered brain damage from a fall in 2012

By Zeke J Miller

Obama Eyes Less Red Tape for Infrastructure Projects

President Barack Obama is expected to use a speech at New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge on Wednesday to unveil proposals that would accelerate the often painfully slow federal reviews of new major projects and also call on Congress to pass a new transportation-spending bill

By Zeke J Miller

Inside the Obama Administration's Fight Over the Drone Memo

The Obama Administration, under pressure from liberals and libertarians who threaten to sink a judicial nomination, is inching closer to the release of classified legal memos it claims justify the use of drone strikes against Americans fighting for al-Qaeda

By Zeke J Miller and Massimo Calabresi

U.S.: Don't Pay Kidnappers

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the United States would not support ransom or prisoner exchange as part of a deal to release more than 250 Nigerian schoolgirls who have been held captive by the extremist group Boko Haram since last month.

By Zeke J Miller

If This Is an Emergency, Press 1

The Secret Service aims to polish its image after agents' bad behavior by hiring a consultant to train them on how to interact with the media

By Zeke J Miller

Uruguay Prez to U.S.: Put Down the Cigarettes

José Mujica dropped in on the White House recently to lecture President Obama for high smoking rates in the United States. He also said that more Americans should work to learn Spanish and become bilingual

By Zeke J Miller

Michelle's Mother's Day Plea

First Lady says U.S. is doing "everything possible" to free kidnapped girls.

By Zeke J Miller
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