September 28, 2016
Never mind for a moment the specific ingredients reporters are pouring into their campaign news copy. The loudest beef being sounded by the candidates and their surrogates this season has less to do with what’s in the stories than how many stories are being published. The Clinton forces, which were protesting until recently that their […]
September 28, 2016
Ending a long-running dispute, the House Ethics Committee disciplined Rep. Dave McKinley (R-W.Va.) on Wednesday for failing to change the name of his former firm once he was elected to Congress in 2010. The formal “letter of reproval” issued to McKinley over the violation of House rules and the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA) is […]
September 28, 2016
In the last few minutes of Monday night’s presidential debate, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton attacked her Republican opponent Donald Trump by name-dropping former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado. “One of the worst things [Trump] said was about a woman in a beauty contest,” Clinton said on the debate stage. “He loves beauty contests, supporting them […]
September 28, 2016
John McCain and Lindsey Graham have long mocked Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempts to negotiate with Russia to stop the bloodshed in Syria. Now they’re mocking him for threatening to call off the talks. In an extraordinarily snarky statement released Wednesday, the Republican senators dismissed the idea that Kerry’s threat would lead Russia to […]
September 28, 2016
CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday expressed dismay at the Senate’s vote to override President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation allowing families of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, saying such a move is a “dangerous slippery slope.” Brennan, speaking at the Washington Ideas Forum, said he […]
September 28, 2016
Some 600 additional U.S. troops are headed to Iraq ahead of a major offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Wednesday. The troop increase was approved by President Barack Obama, Carter said in a statement, at his and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford’s recommendation and […]
September 28, 2016
A bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown easily cleared its first major hurdle on Wednesday, as Congress races to fund federal agencies until mid-December and leave town to focus on their re-elections as soon as Wednesday evening. Now that the Senate has voted to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill allowing families […]
September 28, 2016
Lindsey Graham on Wednesday delivered a stark message to Donald Trump about his debate performance: “Prepare better.” The South Carolina senator and Trump antagonist acknowledged that the Republican nominee was able to land a few blows on Hillary Clinton, but said his overall delivery on Monday night was sub-par and that he needs to up […]
September 28, 2016
The polarizing clash between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has brought out the worst in people, even to the point of severing friendships, according to a national Monmouth University poll released Wednesday. Seven-in-10 registered voters said the presidential election has brought out the worst in people (just 4 percent said this election has brought out […]