Tag: PennAve

Obama’s other immigration problem

Brian Hughes · January 4, 2015 10:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (center) , R-K.Y., Â arrives with members of the Republican senate leadership including Sen. John Cornyn (right), R-Tex., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Nov. 18, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty images)

Keystone XL showdown kicks off new Congress

Zack Colman · January 4, 2015 10:00 am

In this March 28, 2011 file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gestures as he addresses students at the business school at Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mike Huckabee to end TV show, explore presidential bid

Justin Green · January 4, 2015 12:27 am

Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke at a press conference, Monday, Oct. 16, 1978 in Boston. The senator died Saturday at the age of 95. (AP Photo/Shriver)

Former Sen. Edward Brooke, first elected African-American senator, dies at 95

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 10:48 pm

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former vice presidential candidate criticized PETA in a Facebook post Saturday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sarah Palin to PETA: ‘Chill. At least Trig didn’t eat the dog’

Justin Green · January 3, 2015 10:28 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., right, with his wife Rhonda Massie, center, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Second House Republican comes out against Boehner for Speaker

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 10:11 pm

We have devolved into a government constantly in crisis with virtually all power vested in the speaker, Colorado Rep.Â Ken Buck says. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

House GOP freshman leader eager to tackle debt, immigration

Sean Lengell · January 3, 2015 10:00 pm

From right, Rikki Klieman, wife of New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, Bill Bratton, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, arrive at the wake of New York Police Department officer Wenjian Liu at the Aievoli Funeral Home, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New York City police salute Bill de Blasio at slain officer’s wake

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 9:11 pm

President Obama, accompanied by Rep. Donald Norcross, D-N.J., waves as they walk off Air Force One at Joint Base McGuire-Dix in Wrightstown, N.J. Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Obama will preview State of the Union on three-city swing

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 8:37 pm

Former US Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., gestures during a talk at the AP Day at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Webb has formed an exploratory committee to look into his running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jim Webb staffs up for presidential bid

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 7:34 pm

From left, Rep.-elects Martha McSally, R-Ariz., Mimi Walters, R-Calif., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Barbara Comstock, R-Va., gather on the House Steps of the Capitol for the 114th Congress's freshman class photo, November 18, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

New Congress will set records for women, minority lawmakers

Rebecca Berg · January 3, 2015 6:27 pm

A voter shows off her sticker as she leaves a polling place on November 4, 2014. (Getty images/Scott Olson)

Elections an opportunity, not a mandate, for GOP, polling shows

David M. Drucker · January 3, 2015 5:00 pm