Pete Kasperowicz

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The USDA reminded teachers that the federal government has a slew of classroom aides they can use next month to get kids learning about how to eat better. (iStock Photo)

‘Fruits and veggies we adore thee’: The songs gov’t wants kids to sing in school

Pete Kasperowicz · August 14, 2015 2:33 pm

Former sugar cane worker Camilo Toussaint shows his identification card from the company he worked for during a sit-in outside Haiti's embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez)

Oops: Government accidentally violated court injunction on Obama’s immigration plan

Pete Kasperowicz · August 13, 2015 8:52 pm

The Export-Import Bank's chairman and president, Fred Hochberg, indicated he's hopeful that Congress will reauthorize the bank when it gets back, and saw a July Senate vote as a good sign. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

No layoffs at Export-Import Bank despite losing authorization

Pete Kasperowicz · August 13, 2015 3:33 pm

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent patrols near the Texas-Mexico border, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Rio Grande City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Study shows Mexican immigrants surging into the U.S.

Pete Kasperowicz · August 13, 2015 4:01 am

On August 3, the Carter Center announced that the ex-president had an elective procedural at Emory University hospital "to remove a small mass in his liver."Â (AP Photo/Ron Harris)

President Carter diagnosed with cancer after liver surgery

Pete Kasperowicz · August 12, 2015 8:46 pm

A television crew sets up its equipment front of the US embassy, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

State secret: Official refuses to say who’s attending embassy opening in Cuba

Pete Kasperowicz · August 12, 2015 8:12 pm

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) arrives for a closed door meeting in the House Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol June 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee is expected to question Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime advisor to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, about communication he had with Hillary Clinton around the time of the Sept. 11, 2011 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

National Security

Gowdy: Clinton email bombshell a ‘serious national security issue’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 12, 2015 2:47 am

"China has manipulated its currency for a long time," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (on left). "This is just the latest example, and it's past the time to do something about it." (AP File Photo)

China currency move prompts new threats of legislation

Pete Kasperowicz · August 11, 2015 10:41 pm

‘Total breakdown’: Senator investigates latest murder by illegal immigrant

Pete Kasperowicz · August 11, 2015 7:47 pm

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., said she can't support the deal because it doesn't do enough to curb Iran's nuclear appetites. (AP Photo)Â

House Dems with a say on foreign policy oppose Obama’s Iran deal

Pete Kasperowicz · August 11, 2015 3:37 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.Â "He was terrible at DEBATE!" Trump tweeted about Sen. Rand Paul.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: ‘Weird’ Rand Paul is like a ‘spoiled brat without a properly functioning brain’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 11, 2015 1:10 am

VA Secretary Robert McDonald speaks during the Disabled American Veterans convention in Denver, Monday Aug. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

New evidence shows the VA still tries to retaliate against whistleblowers

Pete Kasperowicz · August 10, 2015 9:18 pm