CNN: Democratic strategist Stephanie Cutter and Republican strategist Kevin Madden will join CNN as political commentators, it was announced today by CNN Washington bureau chief and senior vice president Sam Feist. The veteran communications consultants will add their expert analysis
This past week on Capitol Hill, IRS big shots Lois Lerner and Douglas Shulman testified in front of the House Oversight Committee. Can you imagine the enormity of that? Being called in front of the most powerful legislative body in
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday he believes Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service’s Director of the Exempt Organizations division, should lose her job over her participation in
Actress Christine White died on April 14 at Brinton Woods Nursing Home in Washington, D.C., but news of her passing was delayed until a quiet funeral had taken place. She was 86. A mutual friend of hers, Chaplain Carson Curcini,
MSNBC analyst Joy-Ann Reid joined host Thomas Roberts yesterday to comment on John Boehner’s call for accountability and, perhaps, jail time for individuals responsible for the IRS scandal involving harassment and denial of non-profit status to conservative advocacy groups. Reid asserted that
The names of three men who will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee next week on Capitol Hill have been released. Gregory N. Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya at the
Repeating a pattern seen many times before, a left-wing march in Seattle devolved into a violent clash between protesters and police. After police issued an order to clear the area, protesters broke windows and threw bottles and rocks at police.
By GENE JOHNSONAssociated PressSEATTLEPolice used flash bangs and pepper spray as officers and protesters clashed late Wednesday as a May Day rally turned violent in Seattle. Protesters threw several objects, possibly rocks and other items, at police officers and news
Updated: The text messages were sent from Tamerlan’s mother to other family members about Tamerlan. Tamerlan Tsarnaev had sent text messages to his mother stating that he was willing to die for Islam as early as 2011, according to two sources with
In speaking out against the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration bill at a Capitol Hill press conference on Thursday, Sheriff Sam Page of Rockingham County, North Carolina said Mexican drug cartels are active in his county despite its geographical distance
Thursday on Capitol Hill, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) went after Attorney General Eric Holder for his failure to explain how the Fort Hood terrorist attack was classified as “workplace violence,” depriving victims of Purple Hearts and appropriate medical coverage. “We’re
No law enforcement officials or representatives spoke to endorse the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill on Thursday at the group’s Capitol Hill press conference announcing it. Instead, at the “Gang of Eight” press conference, as USA Today reported they would
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are demanding an apology from the Secretary of the Army over a lecture led by an Army trainer that included a slide comparing Catholicism and Evangelical Christianity to groups like Al Qaeda, Hamas, and the KKK.
When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asked the FBI to investigate how a recording of a private meeting at his campaign headquarters in Kentucky was secretly made and then released to Mother Jones, the reaction from Washington DC political
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma knows the federal government is trying mightily to balance its books. The famed musician just doesn’t want that to involve any cuts to existing arts funding. Ma appeared on Capitol Hill today alongside former Guns ‘N Roses
At a meeting of the Ripon Society held in Washington, D.C.’s exclusive Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, new Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Mike Shields effectively declared war on the conservative grassroots. In a strong attack, Shields coined a
Members of Congress and their press secretaries are usually the only individuals in a congressional office to be mindful that their Twitter feed is being carefully watched. That is about to change. Staffers on Capitol Hill were reminded on Wednesday
Vice President Joe Biden is again plying the phones, calling his former colleagues on Capitol Hill, and bending ears over the President’s gun control ideas. His calls are coming on a “near-daily basis” as President Barack Obama mounts another push
A new Forbes article by Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President and Co-founder Peter Schweizer reveals that former Obama Administration officials and fundraisers are now leveraging their access and influence to bag big billings from Wall Street investment firms as part
(AP) Prince Harry to visit US, skipping Vegas this timeBy DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressLONDONBritain’s Prince Harry is returning to the United States _ but this time he’s skipping Las Vegas. The 28-year-old prince will travel to the U.S. East Coast as
President Barack Obama has portrayed the immediate impact of the sequester cuts as a doomsday scenario full of pink slips for teachers. The President also warned about longer TSA security lines at the airport as well as Capitol Hill janitors
President Barack Obama walked quickly past reporters and photographers as he arrived on Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Democrats Tuesday.
A former Republican Congressman who worked closely with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) during the last decade has attacked Bohner as a “lazy” lawmaker who is more interested in “golf, women, cigarettes, fun, and alcohol” than policy or legislating. Granted,
To his great credit, the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler continues to hold the White House responsible for spreading sequester falsehoods. This morning, Kessler did what good reporters are supposed to do: fact-checked a White House claim — again about Capitol
In the face of Obama’s ongoing propaganda campaign to blame his failed policies and faltering economy on what amounts to a 2% budget cut, we’re seeing small pockets of excellent reporting on sequestration, and this includes the Washington Post’s Glenn
Although Congressional hearings regarding the deadly attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi brought both Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill as well as CIA Director Leon Panetta to answer questions, Republicans still want more questions answered about the assault that
CANDY CROWLEY: As far as we can figure out, the FAA budget – we’re not even talking about the transportation – is about $15 billion give or take. They’re going to have to cut $600 million, about 4 percent. Why
After buying Current TV, Al Gore’s struggling cable TV network, Al Jazeera has now hired a lobbying firm to push its interests in Washington D.C. The Muslim-owned TV network hired the firm of DLA Piper to ply the halls of
Chris Rock led an unimpressive little celebrity posse to Capitol Hill to “demand a plan to end gun violence” today, and unbosomed himself of this brilliant observation: “I’m just here to support the president of the United States. The president
Last November, President Obama won a narrow reelection and the Democrats in the Senate added two seats to their caucus. A few high-profile Republicans lost their races. The outcome has prompted the usual round of hand-wringing from the media, pundits
Washington, DC local residents and environmentalists gathered at a meeting room in a Methodist Church on Capitol Hill last Thursday to discuss their dissatisfaction with the Capitol Hill cogeneration plant. The plant, which was completely coal fired for almost one hundred
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 25 (UPI) —Republicans must “stop being the stupid party,” recognize voter maturity and “go after every single vote,” Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told party members. But the party can come back by returning to its conservative principles,
Tea Party leader and Sirius XM Patriot Channel host David Webb and Breitbart News Excutive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will co-host a live three-hour broadcast special from the Breitbart Embassy on Capitol Hill. Guests will include Breitbart News’ Mike Flynn,
The NRA, launching a counterattack on the Obama Administration in the media war surrounding the right to bear arms, sent a fundraising email which crystallized Obama’s ultimate goal for those who can’t see it. The email reads: There are political
President Obama’s CIA Director pick, White House chief counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan, has a number of issues to answer for before Senators on Capitol Hill confirm him. PJ Media’s Patrick Poole compiled an extensive list of stories concerning Brennan dating
The Obama administration and Democrats in Congress are launching a massive gun control campaign as the President begins his second term and a divided Capitol Hill returns to work. Billed as a response to the Sandy Hook shootings in December,
One week after NBC’s “Meet the Press” host David Gregory apparently flouted DC gun laws by waving a high capacity gun magazine on television, President Barack Obama joined Gregory for an interview. Obama made it clear he planned on “putting
New York Representative Gary Ackerman used his allotted time during the Benghazi hearings on Capitol Hill to rant against “partisanship” and the GOP. He called the hearing a “ruse” and apologized to the witnesses, whom he never asked a question,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “working from home” this week after a stomach virus left her so dehydrated that she fell and suffered a concussion. It’s a politically convenient week to be confined to home considering that it precluded
Questions surround Secretary Clinton’s mysterious and timely concussion which prevented her from testifying on Capitol Hill this week. According to the State Department, the Secretary is “working from home.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced today that the President
