The fact that TMZ is currently doing the journalism the mainstream media won’t (aggressively pursuing Hillary Clinton for answers about her email scandal) did not shame the left-wing Politico into being better journalists. Instead, TMZ’s act of journalism made Politico
President Obama’s outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder made an eyebrow-raising book recommendation in his exit interview with Politico on Friday.
This week, Ezra Klein’s “explainer” news site Vox scored an interview with President Obama. Given that Vox is not yet a year old, one might expect some backbiting from the more established media outlets that did not score the big interview.
Jack Schafer writes in Politico Magazine that Vox’s interview of Barack Obama is an embarrassment, full of softball questions and graphics helping the President explain his positions.
When Comcast acquired NBCUniversal in 2011, Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts called NBC News “the crown jewel” of his new empire. With good reason: At the time, the news division was dominant on all fronts. ‘Today’ was number-one in the morning, ‘Nightly News’ was number-one at night, and ‘Meet The Press’ was number-one on Sunday.
Although other military witnesses on the scene at the time claim the chopper NBC’s Brian Williams flew in was an hour behind the Chinook shot down in 2003, Politico’s media reporter Dylan Byers is asking his readers to take those
Floridians tell pollsters they’d prefer that Marco Rubio run for reelection to the Senate, rather than running for president.
Politico remains the go-to publication for establishment Republican leaks.
Last year, Washington, D.C.-based news organization Politico hired a strident union supporter as a reporter to cover the labor beat. Now, in a move that should surprise no one, that new employee is making a push to organize the organization’s workers.
A writer at Politico, the newspaper of record for Beltway insiders, takes note of Ted Cruz’s warm welcome from conservatives in South Carolina.
Politico calls Romney’s mention of eradicating poverty “The reinvention of Mitt Romney” but wastes no time in pointing out all the criticism now headed Romney’s way, courtesy of Democrats.
As Attkisson’s story has come to light, Politico’s Dylan Byers has become increasingly dismissive of Attkisson and her claims.
Though many American political junkies will spend 2015 speculating about presidential contenders, you can get a more immediate fix by watching the following slate of important races across the globe.
Politico’s new editor, Susan Glasser, is coming in with a management style that results in a steady stream of editors and writes headed for the door, a report says.
In “Operation Revenge,” Glenn Thrush at Politico paints a portrait of a Barack Obama who needs to feel a sense of competition and a somewhat lethargic executive who needs “a slap in the face” to motivate him. The contention is that the
In response to First Presidential Attack Ad of 2016 Cycle Jabs Jeb Bush: It looks like the Jebbernaut is going to have a bumpy ride out of the garage. Not only have we got that attack ad as an opening
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) writes an op-ed in Politico about the stand he took this weekend against a continuing resolution omnibus spending bill which funded President Obama’s executive actions granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. For the past week,
On Tuesday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush announced via Facebook that he would “actively explore” a presidential run – in other words, Bush announced that he would be entering the 2016 primary sweepstakes. His early jump effectively bars the candidacies
The reaction to Jeb Bush announcing the establishment of a leadership PAC as a presumed forst step for running for the GOP 2016 nomination may not have played well across the more conservative GOP base, but the GOP’s deep-pocketed donors
Hillary Clinton joined former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to promote “data2x, a joint venture involving the Clinton Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United Nations Foundation”. The pair aren’t quite the odd couple some might think, given Bloomberg’s long
On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) communications director Adam Jentleson tweeted that Reid filed cloture on the nomination of Obama’s gun control-supporting Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy. Jentleson indicated a “confirmation vote will be early next week.” Last week, Breitbart
It was obvious yesterday that a split had emerged within the Democratic Party between a more practical wing that wanted to keep the lights on and a more extreme progressives wing that appeared willing to risk a shutdown if it
Rubio recently gathered with his top fundraisers to highlight their importance and talk about the possibility of making a White House run in 2016, saying “he expected to make a decision in the first quarter of 2015.” “He was pretty
Speaker John Boehner’s top aide for more than two decades, Dave Schnittger, has announced he is leaving Boehner’s office and walking through Washington’s revolving door to become a lobbyist at powerhouse Squire Patton Boggs–a move that will give Schnittger maximum
It will be forever known as the Obama-Boehner cromnibus spending deal no matter what happens tonight. Speaker John Boehner, well more than four hours after GOP leadership sent the House of Representatives into recess subject to the call of the
President Barack Obama is trying to save the failing 1,603-page omnibus spending bill that almost died a procedural death in the House. “President Barack Obama supports the passage of the nine-month, $1.1 trillion spending bill roiling the House,” Politico says
UPDATE: The omnibus spending bill has passed the House, 219 votes to 206. Speaker John Boehner will “roll the dice” and bring the 1,774-page $1.1 trillion cromnibus spending deal bill to the floor on Thursday night, and if it fails–as
Politicians share many of the same skills as magicians. They both use psychological misdirection by making big gestures to distract and fixate spectators, while quietly performing their tricks. A good example of this is the House and Senate agreeing to
A new analysis from the Conservative Review finds that the omnibus spending bill backed by Speaker John Boehner and House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) would bust through the spending caps set by a budget deal from House
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is signaling discontent with the government funding deal reached by House negotiators. In a statement released Wednesday, the Democratic leader cited the inclusion of two “special interest” provisions in the omnibus spending bill released
House Democrats will get their way on omitting an attachment to a spending bill that would have permitted corporations to possibly sidestep ObamaCare’s contraceptive coverage rules. As reported by Politico, a senior Democratic source said House conservatives had requested that
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Senate Democrats are “likely” to give anti-gun Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy a confirmation vote before they lose control of the Senate at year’s end. This gives departing Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) an opportunity to poke midterm voters in
Speaker John Boehner and Republican House leaders have reportedly given in to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and pulled the reauthorization of terrorism insurance from the draft omnibus spending bill. “An aide said Tuesday that the reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave remarks at his office’s annual Christmas party Monday night at the NRSC, and according to an attendee, McConnell said that people overestimate what Republicans can do even though the GOP will have majorities
Back in early, November Breitbart News featured a story about the speculation that California’s junior United States Senator, Barbara Boxer, might retire. The piece opened: In 2016, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be up for re-election for the fifth time. California’s
Late on Thanksgiving eve, with no one paying attention, the Obama administration released its regulatory road map of thousands of regulations for 2015. Within the bundle of more than 3,000 regulations lies a rule on ozone that President Obama himself
Numbers USA says its activists have made tens of thousands of calls to lawmakers urging them to defund president Obama’s executive amnesty. The anti-amnesty group is pushing Congress to use the budget process to block Obama’s recent executive actions on
Media Matters has long advertised to the public a commitment to fighting misinformation on the internet, but lately the group seems to be creating misinformation of its own. The nonprofit generally targets Republicans and is regularly cited by pundits and news outlets. More recently, the group engaged in
Many celebrities didn’t wait to see what the grand jury in Ferguson, MO had to say about the death of Michael Brown. They started firing off their opinions via social media long before we learned officer Darren Wilson wouldn’t be
What do James Franco, Joan Rivers, and Jimmy Carter all have in common? They have all been announced as nominees for this year’s Grammy Awards. According to TheWrap, Former President Jimmy Carter was nominated Friday for a 2015 Grammy Award
