Blog
Latest Blog Entries
The remarkably not-so-star-studded lacrosse final four
Just one first team All-America pick is still playing on the season's final weekend
S.C.'s Gowdy: GOP hasn't properly explained Ryan budget
Rep. Trey Gowdy said the GOP needs to do a better job of explaining to voters the Ryan budget and the proposed Republican restructure of Medicare.
PICKET: Sec. Duncan responds to critics of gainful employment rule
The Washington Times caught up with Education Secretary Arne Duncan last week and asked Mr. Duncan why the Department of Education felt the need to rush through a rule to be imposed upon for-profit schools, when the creation of the rule itself is still being investigated by his Department's Office of the Inspector General.
White House to kill, tweak unnecessary regulations
The Obama administration on Thursday said it plans to eliminate or streamline scores of overly burdensome government regulations in a move officials said would save taxpayers and businesses billions of dollars over time.
Food fight: Senator tells first lady to keep potatoes on school menus
Maine grows a lot of potatoes, and one of the state's two U.S. senators is telling Michelle Obama and the Agriculture Department to let potatoes keep a prized place on school menus.
Morning Roundup: May 26
D.C. budget passes, Sulaimon must be served in person!, Draft plan for D.C. redistricting, U-Va. must hand over climate-change scientist's papers, gas-tax holidays in Md.?, MoCo fire union chief in trouble
Inhofe: Obama stand on Israel makes no sense
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe said Thursday that he thinks President Obama is out on a political limb with his endorsement of the 1967 borders — with modifications — as the basis for a final peace deal between Israel and a new Palestinian state.
Tax dollars at work: Jell-O wrestling in the Antarctic, shrimp on treadmills
Your taxpayer money has gone to fund Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole.
PICKET: Dems use NY 26 Medicare smokescreen to bash Ryan budget
Capitol Hill Democrats celebrated their victory in New York's 26th Congressional District on Wednesday by clubbing the budget plan of Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, over the heads of the GOP.
Landrieu: Obama should increase disaster relief
Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu has urged her fellow senators to press President Obama to boost funding for natural disaster victims in the South and Midwest.
Wisconsin Poll: Gov. Walker's popularity wanes
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker's popularity has continued to decline over the last three months, and state voters now say they would vote to recall him if there was a new election, a new polls says.
Sunshine State not happy with Gov. Scott
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been in office less than five months but voters already have grown weary of the Republican by a 2-to-1 ratio, a new poll shows.
Morning Roundup: May 25
Gray's Wal-Mart ultimatum, Uncollected tax dollars?, DOJ to ask lawmakers about redistricting, D.C. budget vote, More bed bugs at hospital
Cheh memo outlines committee 'priorities'
D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh's lightened the tone of what's been a fairly contentious budget process with the release late Tuesday of a memo outlining her committee "priorities" in advance of an initial vote Tuesday on the city spending plan.
President fixated on ... 2008?
Well, it was a good year for him. President Obama mistakenly signed the year "2008" instead of "2011" in the Westminster Abbey guestbook Tuesday.
Georgetown's Mirabito, Seligmann earn North-South invites
Hoya seniors to close college careers in all-star game on Friday
Turgeon won't "add a stiff to add a stiff"
Terps have nine scholarship players entering 2011-12
Morning Roundup: May 24
Troubled D.C. schools security contract, D.C. principal under investigation, father charged with killing daughter, 'Squids' plaguing highways, tip leads to arrest
Rhamel Bratton won't play in final four for Virginia
Senior's indefinite suspension will last the rest of the season
