MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the battle of the watchdogs. The inspector general’s office at the Department of Veterans Affairs is defending...
TED BRIDIS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration set a new record again for more often than ever censoring government files or outright denying...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A third round of testing will help to determine whether an envelope addressed to the White House does indeed...
(Politico) – The great Achilles’ heel in the House Republican budget Tuesday can be found in a blue-and-white chart, tucked away on Page 40 and...
(Politico) – The Secret Service has had some trouble protecting the White House lately. Its solution? Build another one. In an effort to help train...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bolstered by a spate of upbeat economic news, President Barack Obama is claiming the upper...
(Huffington Post) – President Barack Obama told Vice News in an interview released on Monday that it was “disturbing” that the chair of the Senate Committee on...
Burgess Everett, POLITICO WASHINGTON (Politico)—Even as the White House ramps up pressure on Congress to stay out of its negotiations with Iran on a nuclear...
Nedra Pickler, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to increased high school graduation rates, President Barack Obama said Monday he’s prepared to fight with...
Philip Bump, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—For the first time since Gallup began tracking this data in 1992, neither the Democratic nor Republican...
Josh Lederman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday for holding up confirmation of President Barack...
Stephen Ohlemacher, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the...
By Charles D. Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune (NNPA)—There are now five presidential battleground states in 2016 that could be heavily...
Jack Healy and John Eligon, THE NEW YORK TIMES FERGUSON, Mo. (The New York Times)— They gathered under the fluorescent lights of the First Baptist Church...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest in a string of baffling missteps by the Secret Service prompted fresh...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Six cities will participate in a federal pilot program aimed at reducing racial bias and improving ties between law...
JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One family of six was living in a homeless-shelter apartment where a dead rat festered on the floor...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress can get so busy that senators and their staffs don’t always have time to scrutinize bills they pass...
(Politico) – Just days before her nomination as attorney general goes to the Senate floor, Loretta Lynch is stubbornly stuck right around 50 votes —...
Washington (CNN) – The Department of Homeland Security is investigating another incident of misconduct by senior Secret Service agents, White House officials said Wednesday night. Two senior...
EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in all three branches of government is at or near record lows, according to a major survey...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Federal Emergency Management Agency officials have agreed to let Superstorm Sandy victims who think their insurance claims were not fairly paid...
(Politico) – It took only a few hours after Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski made the surprise announcement of her retirement for the two Democratic lawmakers...
(The Washington Post) – It’s safe to say that no president in modern times has had his legitimacy questioned by the opposition party as much...
(ABC News) – Some law professors and liberal commentators say they believe the “open letter” Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 of his Republican colleagues sent...
