Tag: PennAve

Former U.S. Sen. Rick SantorumÂ fields a question during the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center on December 15, 2011 in Sioux City, Iowa. Santorum is not a fan of Fox News' decision to only allow the top-10 polling candidates to participate in its upcoming GOP debate. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Santorum: Fox rules for GOP debates are ‘arbitrary,’ ‘irrational’

Ariel Cohen · June 5, 2015 8:54 pm

While it already is against the law to smoke in most public places in the Garden State, the Senate bill would make it illegal to smoke in the car while anyone under the age of 17 is in the vehicle. (AP Photo)Â

Butt out: New Jersey residents wary of possible smoking ban

Ben Smith · June 5, 2015 8:45 pm

The entrance to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters is shown June 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. U.S. investigators have said that at least four million current and former federal employees might have had their personal information stolen by Chinese hackers. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

National Security

House staff spared from data breach

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2015 8:35 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends a Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, on the Council's 2015 annual report and a discussion of charters for the Council's committees. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Yellen: Fed withholds leak info from Congress because of criminal investigation

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2015 8:17 pm

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy. (Militant website via AP)

National Security

General: If Iraq airstrike hit civilians, blame ISIS

Tara Copp · June 5, 2015 7:50 pm

A video image of Blumenthal in 1999. He is scheduled for a June 16th deposition before the House Benghazi Committee. (AP Photo)

House Benghazi panel to interview Sid Blumenthal on June 16

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2015 7:30 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks about the Chinese hack of the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management, Friday, June 5, 2015, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Blame game: White House deflects on data breach, blasts Congress for inaction

Susan Crabtree · June 5, 2015 6:58 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives for a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Air regulators warn McConnell to back off on emission rules

John Siciliano · June 5, 2015 6:57 pm

Trump's pushback toward Krauthammer came in a series of tweets, in which Trump called him "one of the worst and most boring political pundits." Â (AP Photo)

Trump blasts Krauthammer on Twitter

Nathan Rubbelke · June 5, 2015 6:48 pm

There is "still a lot of work that needs to be done to get to the bottom of this incident," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

White House won’t confirm China’s role in massive data theft

Nicole Duran · June 5, 2015 6:36 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at Texas Southern University in Houston, Thursday, June 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Did Hillary Clinton’s lawyer inadvertently expose her electoral nightmares?

Ryan Lovelace · June 5, 2015 6:02 pm

Financial markets are likely to undergo "some turbulence" when the Federal Reserve moves to raise interest rates, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said Friday. (AP Photo)

Expect market turbulence when rates rise, Fed official says

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2015 5:36 pm