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Obama to discuss North Korea with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
President Obama will meet with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the White House Thursday afternoon, and the two leaders will discuss U.S. efforts to work with allies in South Korea and Japan, as well as Russia and China, to persuade Pyongyang to tone down its bellicose rhetoric.
Rep. Darrell Issa schedules hearing on Postal Service Saturday delivery decision
One day after the U.S. Postal Service abruptly changed course and announced it would keep delivering mail on Saturdays, a top House Republican has scheduled a hearing to examine the agency's motivations.
Obama has more planned on the gun-control front, adviser says
President Obama will keep seeking more gun-control measures no matter what the outcome of the current Senate debate, a top White House official said Thursday.
ATM fees jump 20 percent
ATM fees have jumped 20 percent over the last five years, and some banks are now charging as much as $5, according to a new government audit released Thursday.
NASA seeks more money to fight killer asteroids
Just months after the planet was buzzed by a pair of "near-Earth objects," President Obama's proposed new budget for NASA is seeking more money to track killer asteroids in the future.
Rep. Dave Camp passes on Mich. Senate race
Rep. Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican who is chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said Thursday he is not gunning for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Carl Levin in 2014. saying he is more focused on passing comprehensive tax reform during this session of Congress.
Ammo hoarding: Could bullets become currency?
"Bullets are easy to store, non-perishable, and they hold their value or even increase in times of crisis. So they're a lot like gold or any other commodity that has served as hard money through the ages," notes one analyst.
Dr. Ben Carson cancels Hopkins speech after gay-marriage protests
Conservative darling and neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson has canceled a scheduled commencement speech at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after an uproar over his gay-marriage stance, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Bill Richardson: Let's sit down with North Korea (again)
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson still believes that sitting down and talking to North Korean leaders is the best way to avoid war.
Obama tax hikes 'dead on arrival,' GOP Rep. Kevin Brady says
President Obama is looking to again raise taxes as part of his Fiscal 2014 budget, but those attempts are a waste of time and stand no chance of becoming law, a Republican congressman said Thursday morning.
Americans don't know much about sequestration, Gallup poll says
If Americans seem less-than-outraged about the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts this year, there's a reason for that: Almost half don't know enough to have an opinion, a new Gallup poll says.
Karl Rove-linked Crossroads GPS fed up with FEC info requests
Crossroads GPS, the Karl Rove-affiliated conservative group that spent at least $30 million on issue ads and other advocacy leading up to Election Day, is darn tired of being asked by the Federal Election Commission to tell the public where it gets its money and how it spends it.
North Dakota AG seeks war chest to defend abortion law
Gearing up for legal battles to come, North Dakota's attorney general is asking lawmakers to put an extra $400,000 into his budget to fight expected court challenges following the passage of the state's tough new anti-abortion legislation, which is among the most restrictive state laws in the country.
Anti-gun flashmob to feign injuries and chalk up fake crime scene at Lincoln Memorial
On cue, a gaggle of dramatic folk will pretend they've been shot in slow motion, raise their arms, sink to the sidewalk. Someone will chalk their outline on the concrete, just like a crime scene. It's all been choreographed by a Broadway performer, say organizers of an upcoming demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial to "create a visual reflection of the destruction caused by gun violence."
Anthony Weiner still has a $4.3 million campaign war chest and a taste for redemption
"The question is why Weiner is so eager to enter a race that seems so tough for him to win. There is the matter of the $4.3 million in the Anthony Weiner for Mayor war chest."
Confidence in Obama's handling of economy hits four-year high, poll finds
As he rolls out his fiscal 2014 budget on Wednesday, a new survey finds that Americans haven't felt this confident about President Obama's handling of the economy since his first year in office.
First lady takes gun control push to Chicago
First Lady Michelle Obama will take the White House's legislative push for gun control to her hometown of Chicago Wednesday where she will address a luncheon on youth violence.
DeMint calls for transparency in crafting of immigration bill
Former Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina said Tuesday that lawmakers should be more transparent about the comprehensive immigration bill they are hammering out behind closed doors with business and labor leaders.
McCain gets clearance to use leftover campaign cash from 2008
Five years after he lost a bid for the presidency to Barack Obama, Arizona Sen. John McCain is making moves with leftover campaign cash. Nearly $600,000 that was restricted to use for legal purposes, such as the possibility of a recount, has been freed up to use for political or charitable purposes and moved to the main long-dormant campaign committee, filings showed Tuesday.
2014 getting ugly: Sen. Jerry Moran declares 'Watergate-era tactics have no place in our campaigns'
This 'anything to win: laws and rules be damned' mentality has to stop. I hope that Leaders Reid and Schumer will join me in condemning these tactics, Sen. Moran says.
