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Arriving in Mali and getting an assessment
John Price is a former U.S. ambassador to Comoros, Mauritius and the Seychelles islands, and currently serves as a resident scholar at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics. He is the author of "When the White House Calls" and regularly writes commentaries on Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. He is traveling in Mali, where he will meet with officials and residents to assess recent events there.
Levin joins McCain, Graham in push for more action on Syria
A top Senate Democrat on Thursday joined Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham in pressuring the Obama administration to get the United States more aggressively and deeply involved in Syria's civil war.
Peres gives Obama top Israeli civilian medal
Israeli President Shimon Peres gave President Obama Israel's highest civilian award, the Medal of Distinction, during a ceremonial dinner held in Mr. Obama's honor Thursday evening at the Israeli president's residence.
U.S. bishops slam Obama's contraception exception as a 'gerrymander'
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has formally lambasted the contraception mandate in President Obama's health care law as a violation of American freedoms that employs a "religious gerrymander" to avoid the objections of faith-based nonprofits and business owners.
Biden misspeaks again: Gabby Giffords was 'mortally wounded'
Vice President Joseph R. Biden added to his long list of verbal flubs Thursday when he said former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been "shot and mortally wounded."
Sequester cuts snuff out Air Force Academy's July 4th fireworks
The sequester has caused the Air Force Academy's July 4th fireworks show to go boom — and not in a good way.
Obama heckled during speech to Israelis
President Obama was heckled Thursday during a speech to an audience that included scores of university students in Jerusalem.
Death Wish Coffee, strongest in the world
For those who can't stay awake as the politicians drone on and on, it's "Death Wish Coffee," which contains 780 mg of caffeine — about three times as much as the typical brew.
3,100 lobbyists working on immigration, study shows
The Sunlight Foundation says that over the last five years more than 3,100 lobbyists registered to work members of Congress on immigration — a figure that underscores the big stakes involved both ideologically and economically.
NCAA: President Obama picks Indiana, brackets a few heartland votes
Yes, President Obama is following the NCAA tournament, for better or worse.
House's GOP doctors slam 'Obamacare' on third birthday
Members of the House GOP Doctors Caucus on Thursday marked the three-year anniversary of President Obama's health care law with a renewed call for a full repeal while acknowledging that a piecemeal effort to "chip away" at the reforms is more politically feasible.
Hillary Clinton tops Bush, Rubio in Florida 2016 White House poll
Florida voters overwhelmingly would chose former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2016 over the state's two highest profile Republicans, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio, a new poll shows.
Rep. Peter King calls Obama's trip to Israel 'successful'
Republican Rep. Peter King said Thursday that President Obama's trip to Israel has been "very successful" and applauded his outreach to the Middle East country.
HHS Secretary Sebelius: 'Obamacare' is lowering health care costs
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has pushed back at Republican claims that President Obama's health care reforms are draining the economy, saying "Obamacare" has lowered Medicare and private insurance costs significantly.
Joe Biden: White House still pushing assault weapons ban
Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday that the White House is still pushing for a so-called assault weapons ban to pass Congress, even though the measure is on life support after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said this week it will not be part of a base bill Democrats plan to introduce next month.
Democrats force GOP to kill conservative budget
Democrats tried to embarrass Republicans Wednesday by refusing to cast votes on House conservatives' budget, forcing the GOP to have to kill one of its own plans.
GOP video mocks White House for canceling tours
Rep. Darrell Issa, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is poking a little fun at President Obama's decision to put a stop to White House tours in the face of the sequester instead of making more targeted spending cuts.
Joe Biden: U.S. nearly got power of the papacy
Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday the U.S. "almost had a chance at power" of the papacy, asserting that Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley nearly got elected pope.
Rep. Steve Scalise slams President Obama for releasing hoops bracket before budget
Rep. Steve Scalise, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, condemned President Obama Wednesday for making his picks for the NCAA college basketball tournament before releasing his annual budget, calling it a "shocking failure of leadership."
Sen. Orrin Hatch knocks treadmill desks, $10B for new health center
Sen. Orrin Hatch has never been shy in voicing his concerns about President Obama's health care law, but he was particularly put off by one aspect of a newly created health innovation center under the Affordable Care Act — treadmill desks.
