Pete Kasperowicz

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"Recently, there was a Halloween party, it was reported to me, where another employee dressed up as me, as a whistleblower," Brandon Coleman said. (Screenshot)

Whistleblower: VA worker dressed up like me for Halloween

Pete Kasperowicz · November 13, 2015 2:01 pm

"Yesterday we received the support of five New Hampshire representatives who had been part of Rand Paul's team, as we see the Liberty Movement coalescing," said Ted Cruz. (AP Photos)

The top champions of spending cuts: Ted Cruz and Rand Paul

Pete Kasperowicz · November 12, 2015 6:34 pm

"We need an ambassador in Mexico City that has the trust of Congress for this important post," said Sen. Marco Rubio. "I do not believe that Ms. Jacobson is that person and will oppose her confirmation."Â (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Rubio fighting Obama, GOP, on pick for ambassador to Mexico

Pete Kasperowicz · November 11, 2015 8:37 pm

A House Democrat who supported the Iran nuclear deal is warning that amid signs Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is cheating on the deal, the U.S. must ensure there are consequences. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Dem: U.S. ‘must not tolerate’ new Iran cheats

Pete Kasperowicz · November 11, 2015 12:13 pm

Late last week, just days after Obama signed a bill to suspend the debt ceiling, total public debt rose to $13.378 trillion, doubling in just short of seven years. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Debt hits major milestone with Obama

Pete Kasperowicz · November 10, 2015 5:01 am

State Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed that two U.S. trainers were killed, and that two others were wounded in a shooting event that also resulted in the death of others. (AP Photo)

State: Americans killed in Jordan were training Palestinians

Pete Kasperowicz · November 9, 2015 8:46 pm

Funds raised by the bill would go to the Land and Water Conservation Fund to support environmental projects. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dems call for nationwide 10-cent tax on plastic bags

Pete Kasperowicz · November 8, 2015 5:01 am

"Everybody understands now, in Russia and outside of Russia, that [President Vladimir Putin's] there for life," Kasparov said.Â (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Kasparov warns: Putin will rule Russia ‘for life’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 6, 2015 2:01 pm

Americans, Jeff Sessions said, "want something done about crime, people are not safe in their homes. Drug deaths, abuse dropped dramatically since the '80s, has started back up again." (AP Photo)

Sessions: 2 million word TPP ‘confirms our worst fears’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 5, 2015 11:14 pm

Watch: VA workers act out Hungry Hungry Hippos

Pete Kasperowicz · November 5, 2015 6:49 pm

The Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

State Dept. ignores request to stop Keystone review

Pete Kasperowicz · November 4, 2015 9:04 pm

"He has tried to go around Congress by ordering his administration to create a new legal status for undocumented immigrants," Speaker Paul Ryan wrote of Presidnet Obama in an op-ed in USA Today.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ryan: Americans ‘can’t trust’ Obama to ‘uphold the law’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 4, 2015 12:58 pm