+Media | 320 days ago

Rupert Murdoch and the 9/11 Victims

By Massimo Calabresi

Everyone needs to slow down with these allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World hacked into the phones of 9/11 victims.

On Wednesday, New York Republican Pete King sent a letter to FBI chief Robert Mueller “to urge that the FBI immediately commence an investigation of News Corporation pertaining to recent media reports” of the alleged hacking. On Tuesday, West Virginia Democrat Jay Rockefeller called on “the appropriate agencies to investigate to ensure that Americans have not had their privacy violated”. Other elected officials are piling on by the minute and the Center for American Progress is too.

What, exactly, is the basis for all this outrage?

+Republican Party | 901 days ago

Desirous to Speak with Desiree

By Jay Newton-Small

Congressman Peter King had an awkward moment at the White House Monday night. Climbing the stairs in the East Wing to attend the President’s Holiday reception for Congress, the New York Republican bumped into White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers. The two exchanged pleasantries, never mentioning that King, the top Republican on the House Homeland [...]