Becket Adams

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker shakes hands after announcing that he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at the Waukesha County Expo Center, Monday, July 13, 2015, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Scott Walker’s vanilla problem

Becket Adams · July 14, 2015 4:01 am

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‘I don’t think you’re a Latino’: More racial tension on CNN

Becket Adams · July 14, 2015 1:34 am

As to specific questions regarding Hillary Clinton's economic agenda, Gene Sperling hedged and ducked in his answers. (AP Photo)Â

Clinton adviser can’t describe Clinton’s economic agenda

Becket Adams · July 13, 2015 11:16 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, gestures to journalists from a balcony with other members of his delegation, outside of the current round of Iran nuclear talks, being held in Vienna, Austria July 10, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

WaPo columnist: Israel will see lifting of arms embargo on Iran as a ‘direct threat’

Becket Adams · July 13, 2015 7:42 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pauses as he speaks before a crowd of 3,500 Saturday, July 11, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Trump’s team to CNN: Those immigrant rapist comments could be true

Becket Adams · July 13, 2015 6:43 pm

Referring to the "Internet of Things," the FBI described a variety of Internet-connected devices that can be hacked. (AP Photo)Â

Cable and network television just not that interested in the OPM hack

Becket Adams · July 12, 2015 12:00 pm

CNN: Maybe Republicans should’ve vetted Obama’s OPM chief better

Becket Adams · July 10, 2015 9:00 pm

In this June 18, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Cruz on booklist snub: ‘New York Times is lying’

Becket Adams · July 10, 2015 7:00 pm

Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a campaign event Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Did Jeb Bush just make a game-changing gaffe?

Becket Adams · July 10, 2015 5:00 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz's new book, "A Time for Truth," will not be included on the New York Times' forthcoming list of bestselling authors.Â (Amazon)

New York Times boots Ted Cruz from bestsellers list

Becket Adams · July 10, 2015 10:00 am

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hold up signs across the street from a protest against Trump and his his portrayal of Mexican immigrants as criminals outside the new Trump hotel, in Washington, Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Six notables who credit Trump for speaking up on illegal immigration

Becket Adams · July 10, 2015 10:00 am

Pope Francis apparently not amused by ‘hammer and sickle’ crucifix

Becket Adams · July 9, 2015 9:36 pm