Implies he might support doing so, but doesn’t say so explicitly
Lawmakers Mull Lifting Longtime Ban on Oil Exports
A booming domestic energy sector raises questions about whether a decades-old ban still makes sense
Obama Taps Navy Man to Lead NSA
Michael Rogers nominated to take over spy agency at a time its under harsh scrutiny
House GOP Floats Legalization Path for Immigrants
Republicans lay out tough path for undocumented immigrants to get legal status
U.S. Has No Idea How Much Aid To The Afghan Government Is Being Stolen
An IG report on Afghan aid and an interview with a terrorist suspect show why the U.S. is a long way from ending the war on terror
Syrian Christian Leaders Call On U.S. To End Support For Anti-Assad Rebels
The stories told by five top Syrian Christian leaders about the horrors their churches are experiencing at the hands of Islamist extremists are biblical in their brutality.
Bishop Elias Toumeh, representative of the Greek …
Republicans Offer Little Clarity on Debt Ceiling Strategy
With the U.S. set to reach its debt limit next Friday, Republicans opposed to increasing the nation’s borrowing authority with no strings attached still aren’t clarifying how they intend to achieve their goal
Barack Obama Minimum Wage Order Affects Only About 200,000 Workers
President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address Tuesday a forthcoming executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contractors to $10.10 per hour, in what aides billed as a first step toward …
House GOP Bullish for 2014 Despite Democrats’ Fundraising Edge
‘We will pick up seats,’ campaign chief says
MSNBC Formally Apologizes for ‘Demeaning’ Tweet After Republican Party Boycott
Suggested conservatives dislike biracial families
California Democrat Henry Waxman Leaves House After 20 Terms
A legislative fixture, the lawmaker helped pass the Affordable Care Act and authored the Clean Air Act
Obama Wants to Commute More Drug Sentences
The administration is urging lawyers to help get low-level offenders out of prison faster
Prisoner of War
Some background that helps tell Sgt. Linley’s story