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John Boehner Likes Smoking Too Much to Be President
“I smoke cigarettes and I’m not giving that up to be President of the United States,” he tells Jay Leno.
Pundit Dinesh D’Souza Indicted for Illegal Campaign Donations
The former policy advisor to Ronald Reagan allegedly reimbursed others for contributing up to $20,000 to a Senate candidate
For GOP, Adjusted 2016 Primary Calendar Is All About The Money
The Republican National Committee took steps Thursday to change how it will pick its presidential candidate in 2016, the latest effort by the national party to tighten control over the primary calendar. The motivation behind the …
Snowden Wants to Come Home
But only stronger whistle-blower protection laws will allow that to happen, he says
GOP, Dems Set To Collide In “High Risk Corridor”
Despite potential political and economic costs, GOP leaders say they’ll again set conditions on raising the US debt limit in February
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Will Give GOP State of the Union Response
First woman to deliver the official Republican response in over a decade
U.S. Attorneys Subpoena Christie’s Re-Election Campaign
Prosecutors want to determine if federal laws were broken in bridge scandal
Holder: I’m Open to ‘Conversation’ With Snowden
But the attorney general says clemency is out of the question
Republican Establishment Stands By Christie
While some Republicans have taken pot-shots at the outspoken governor, the party’s establishment is standing by him.
Huckabee: GOP Waging ‘War For Women’
“Republicans don’t have a war on women,” Huckabee said. “We’re having a war for women.”
Bill O’Reilly Will Interview Obama During Super Bowl Pregame
Fox News host also interviewed president during 2011 pregame
Surveillance Blimps Will Watch Over East Coast
Two blimp-like aircraft will have range stretching from North Carolina to Lake Erie