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Christie: Health care individual mandate is both tax and penalty
In typically brash fashion, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday morning brushed off an assertion Monday by a top adviser to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney that the individual mandate in President Obama's health care law was not a tax.
Poll: Obama holds 3-point lead over Romney
President Obama holds a three-point overall lead over presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in a new poll released by CNN/ORC, though Mr. Romney holds a robust 51 percent to 43 percent lead among voters in 15 "battleground states.
Virginia's McDonnell to chair RNC Platform Committee
Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus announced Monday that Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia has been tapped to serve as chair of the influential committee responsible for drawing up the party's platform at the Republican National Convention.
Tea party leader criticizes Romney campaign: 'Is it too late to switch?'
The leader of a national tea party group suggested Monday that Republican might want to start exploring whether it is too late to replace Mitt Romney atop the party's ticket after one of the campaign's top advisers argued that the individual mandate in the President Obama's health care law is not a tax.
Men's outdoor track earns reprieve from Maryland
Program must generate $1 million by year's end to survive beyond spring 2013
An early look at Maryland's offensive line
Insight from long-time assistant coach Tom Brattan on the likely starting five up front entering camp
Maryland formalizes cut of seven sports; men's outdoor track survives
Financial woes leave school with 20 varsity sports
Republican governors pull in the cash
Buoyed by the high-profile recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the Republican Governors Association hauled in $16.7 million during the second quarter of 2012 and has raised $29 million total in 2012.
Targeted Dutch lawmaker addresses conservative gathering
Launching a book tour when you've been targeted for assassination can be problematic, which is why it was surprising to see Geert Wilders here Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit.
PICKET: Mexico's poll workers ask voters for ID at polls
Mexican voters go to the polls today and are electing a new president. Most are hoping for a leader who will find a way to provide better security to Mexicans from violence stemming from the drug cartels. Polls show Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate Enrique Pena Nieto leading two other left leaning presidential contenders.
PICKET: GOP Governors to ignore Obamacare
Since the U.S. Supreme Court released its ruling upholding the obamacare mandate as a tax, governors are either reaffirming or publicly stating for the first time they will not comply with the health care law in their states. Republican Governors appear to be banding together and ignore the latest Supreme Court decision and at least wait until after the November elections.
MILLER: D.C. arrests vet for unregistered ammunition (part 1)
Washington, D.C.'s restrictive gun laws are being used to persecute soldiers. The pattern is disturbing, as what follows is the third case I’ve uncovered of a veteran being unfairly prosecuted under laws that should not be on the books. In September 2011, former Army Specialist Adam Meckler was arrested at the VFW in the District because he happened to have a few long-forgotten rounds of ordinary ammunition in his bag. The veteran of both the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was jailed and later accepted a plea deal, which he now regrets.
Retaliation feared for Fast and Furious whistle-blowers
The two men leading Congress' investigation into Fast and Furious said Friday they see signs the administration is retaliating against the whistle-blowers who first shed light on the botched gunwalking operation that has President Obama and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. under fire.
PICKET: (AUDIO) DNC's Wasserman Schultz response to profane Obamacare tweets- 'Have a nice day'
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Democrat and Chair of the Democratic National Committee, only offered up a "have a nice day" before she climbed into a black SUV and closed the door, when I asked about DNC staffers' profane tweets after the Supreme Court released it's ruling to uphold the healthcare law mandate as a tax.
PICKET: Mukasey on intel leak investigator pick: 'This was the guy who came up with Biden'
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey addressed the New York Young Republican Club on Wednesday evening at the club’s annual dinner. The former George W. Bush AG did not discuss the “fast and furious” scandal in his speech other than briefly implying that Attorney General Eric Holder, the center of the storm of the botched gun walking operation investigation, would be the subject of House contempt charges the following day.
'Crucifying' ex-EPA regulator joins Sierra Club
Two months after resigning his post at the Environmental Protection Agency, Al Armendariz, infamous for his pledge to "crucify" oil and gas companies as a regulatory tool, has taken a job at the Sierra Club environmental lobby.
Romney sees money surge after health ruling
Mitt Romney's presidential camp said Friday that the money continues to flow into the presumptive GOP nominee's campaign coffers in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that upheld most of President Obama's controversial health care law.
PICKET: Ann Coulter's warning against Roberts went unheeded
In the midst of Republicans' frustrations of Senate Democratic filibusters of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees, the Bush administration scrambled to find a judicial nominee who could make it through the now rough confirmation process but be an acceptable choice to conservatives.
