After failure on gun legislation, Obama learning limits of his power
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
WASHINGTON — Six months after his triumphant re-election, President Barack Obama has run into the hard reality of the modern presidency.
Did the Pentagon cry wolf over sequestration?
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
WASHINGTON — A funny thing happened on the way to a predicted disaster: The Pentagon is learning to live with the automatic budget cuts its leaders had warned would threaten national security if they took effect.
Fact Sheet: Counterterrorism procedures released by White House
Thursday, May. 23, 2013
Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities
Since his first day in office, President Obama has been clear that the United States will use all available tools of national power to protect the American people from the terrorist threat posed by al-Qa’ida and its associated forces. The President has also made clear that, in carrying on this fight, we will uphold our laws and values and will share as much information as possible with the American people and the Congress, consistent with our national security needs and the proper functioning of the Executive Branch.
Scandal draws questions about IRS role in enforcing Obamacare
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — The blossoming IRS scandal over the targeting of conservative groups is provoking new scrutiny and terse questions about the agency’s role in shaping and implementing the controversial new national health care law, with the biggest changes set to begin next year.
Obama administration targets reporters in crackdown on leaks
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — First, there was the news that the Justice Department had secretly seized telephone records of reporters at the Associated Press. A week later, reports that the department had investigated a Fox News reporter as a potential criminal for doing his job.
Alaska Rep. Don Young, gone hunting in Africa, misses subcommittee oil hearing
| Thursday, May. 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — When a key House of Representatives panel took up a bill this week that would require annual lease sales and streamline permitting in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, home state Rep. Don Young missed the session.
Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and “heavily constrained,” but he also appeared to be laying groundwork for an expansion of the controversial targeted killings.
Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college post
|Thursday, May. 23, 2013
MOBILE, Ala. — U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced Thursday that he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama system.
Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and other home medical supplies to Medicare recipients who may not need or want them.
Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Anthony Foxx avoided the controversy of other Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday, receiving a mostly warm reception from senators who considered his nomination to become transportation secretary.
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