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PICKET: (VIDEO) Issa says Obama admin 'going to be most corrupt in history'
Congressman Darrell Issa, California Republican and Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, spoke to Bloomberg Television on Tuesday regarding the corruption investigations his committee is conducting that are aimed at the Obama administration.
Hoyer says Democrats will take back House
The No. 2 Democrat in the House said Tuesday his party will overcome its 52-seat disadvantage and take control of the chamber after the November elections.
Top Republican senator boycotts immigration hearing
Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, said he won't take part in Tuesday's Judiciary Committee hearing on Arizona's immigration law and said the whole exercise — coming a day before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the law — smacks of another effort to pressure the justices.
Virginia Tech fires Seth Greenberg, but the tough part is still to come
Questioning the overall ceiling in Blacksburg
Romney noncommittal on Rubio's Dream Act
Mitt Romney said Monday that he's "studying" the proposal being drafted by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to legalize some of the children of illegal immigrants brought here through not fault of their own — signaling a potential shift in the hardline immigration stance the presumptive GOP nominee staked out in the primary contest.
Obama to make appearance on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'
President Obama will make his first appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" this week, his third time on late-night television.
PICKET: Twitter death threats hurled at Zimmerman, family, lawyer, and judge
It did not take long for death threats to arise on Twitter against George Zimmerman, his family, lawyer, and Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester, who allowed Zimmerman to be released on $150,000 bond. After being fitted with a GPS monitoring device, Mr. Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail in Sanford at midnight Monday morning.
Giuliani the latest skeptic to embrace Romney
Just months after calling former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the kind of "man who will say anything to become president," former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani endorsed Mr. Romney for president on Monday, arguing that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee provides a "clear contrast to President Obama."
Maryland sets 3 p.m. kickoff time for season opener
Terps will have mid-afternoon start to Sept. 1 game against William & Mary
PICKET: EPA conducts human testing for air pollution research
According to an EPA case study published in Environmental Health Perspectives in September 2011 a human test subject was used by the EPA to study the effects of air pollutants on our bodies.
Five thoughts: Maryland spring game
Brandon Ross, Nigel King score touchdowns for Terps, who emerge from spring mostly free of injuries
Virginia falls in ACC tournament, but final grade still to come
North Carolina earns 11-9 victory in Charlottesville
Impatient offense dooms Maryland to ACC semifinal loss
Duke advances to title game with 6-5 victory
Obama celebrates Soldier Ride with Wounded Warrior Project
President Obama welcomed two dozen injured U.S. servicemen and women participating in the 34-mile Wounded Warrior bicycle race to the White House Friday, reminding the audience that they were in the "presence of heroes."
Class warfare dominates Massachusetts Senate race
Class warfare emerged as a dominant theme in the bitter Massachusetts race for Senate this week, with GOP incumbent Sen. Scott Brown and his likely Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren each posing as an advocate for the common man while trying to link their opponent to wealth and privilege.
Obama hit on travel to swing states
The White House Friday attempted to brush off concerns that President Obama's decision to travel next week to Iowa, North Carolina and Colorado — all considered swing states in the 2012 election — was motivated by political interests.
Obama hires Planned Parenthood spokesman
The Obama administration has hired Planned Parenthood's spokesman for a communications position that will likely involve hot-button issues like abortion and contraception.
PICKET: Nugent responds
The Rock and Roll gun toting guitar legend Ted Nugent became embroiled in a politically incorrect controversy when he told attendees at the National Rifle Association Convention in St. Louis "If Barack Obama becomes the president in November again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year." The U.S. Secret Service met with Mr. Nugent over his remarks and was cleared by the agency. Nugent wrote an op-ed for the Washington Times Opinion Page responding to his critics and the uproar of his comments.
