Dated: May 23rd 2013 By USA TODAY
Anthony Weiner wants New York voters to forgive and fuhgeddaboudit. The disgraced former Democratic congressman entered the New York City mayor's race late Tuesday, another politician asking for redemption through re-election. "I made some big mistakes, and I know I let a lot of people down," Weiner said in a video announcement. "I hope I [...]
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By Associated Press
DENVER -- Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election. Hickenlooper on Wednesday granted an indefinite reprieve to Dunlap, who is on death row for the ambush slayings [...]
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By Washington Times (DC)
House Speaker John A. Boehner says it "really is inconceivable" that President Obama wouldn't have known about the unfolding IRS scandal before learning about it from reporters, as the White House has claimed. "It's pretty inconceivable to me that the president wouldn't know," he said on Greta van Susteren's Fox News program that aired late [...]
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By USA TODAY
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON -- The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more in a November 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, has continued pulling down a paycheck since the attack. Maj. Nidal Hasan is scheduled to go to court-martial on July 1 on 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted [...]
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By Evening Mail; Birmingham (UK)
LONDON -- A man believed to be a soldier was brutally murdered in a horrific street attack, which ended with two suspected terrorists being shot by police marksmen. Eyewitnesses said the victim was hacked to death "like a piece of meat", with some suggesting his attackers tried to behead him. Earlier reports said that the [...]
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By Washington Times (DC)
True the Vote - one of the conservative groups the IRS subjected to special scrutiny when it applied for tax-exempt status - sued the federal government on Tuesday, demanding the tax agency approve its application that has now been pending for three years. Other lawsuits are expected this week on behalf of other conservative groups, [...]
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By USA Today
Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counterterrorism drone strikes since 2009. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Holder said only one of the four, radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, was specifically targeted in the operations against al-Qaeda. Holder said the letter, directed by President [...]
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Dated: May 23rd 2013 By Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
GRAPEVINE -- Greg Bourke delivered a message Wednesday that some in the Boy Scouts of America don't want to hear. "It is time for [Boy Scouts] to stop fostering a climate where bullying, homophobia and discrimination can fester," Bourke said. Today, about 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts national executive committee are expected to [...]
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Dated: May 22nd 2013 By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The U.S tax official at the center of the storm over the collection agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions. In one of the most electric moments since the tax [...]
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The first deadline of the session is coming up soon, with the 13 Senate policy committees having until Feb. 22 (the end of next week) to act on Senate bills. I serve on two of these committees: one that looks at governmental operations and one that deals with financial institu