This week the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is discussing its safety and protection standards for people who participate in federally-funded scientific studies. It’s a sensitive topic for the government, as late last year information surfaced that from 1946 to 1948, the U.S. Public Health Service More…
The rumor mill on Capitol Hill has the nation anticipating a federal government shutdown, which could happen in nine days if Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on the federal spending plan for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. The current plan runs out on More…
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul hasn’t declared publicly which office he’ll aim for in 2012, but he’s officially started raising money.
Paul is “strongly considering a presidential run”, a senior adviser told CNN earlier this week. Paul’s also said he’s thought about the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by More…
Rahm Emanuel is not a legally viable candidate for the Chicago mayor’s office, according to a Monday ruling from an Illinois appellate court. The panel decided on a 2-1 vote that Emanuel did not meet the residency qualifications.
Emanuel, a former congressman for part of Chicago, served as President Obama’s More…
Rumors of Bill Richardson replacing Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State exploded across the internet Monday and appear to have been started by a report from Examiner.com and have been falsely attributed to Washington Examiner — which is unrelated to Examiner.com — by Fox News, among other outlets.
A lot of hubbub this morning surrounding a Huffington Post article that suggested the White House was willing to cave on its position of permanently extending tax cuts for most Americans while only temporarily extending those for the upper two percent and instead accept the idea of a temporary More…
Last-minute editing by the White House of a Department of the Interior report on the Gulf oil spill led to the false implication that the report’s recommendation of a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling had been peer reviewed by scientists and industry experts, an inspector general report said on Monday. More…
As the debate over the possible lapse or extension of the Bush tax cuts heats up in anticipation of Congress’ post-election return next week, you might have noticed that the goal posts of a possible compromise between Democrats and Republicans keep getting pushed back. A long time ago, many Democrats More…
Staff for Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who is positioning himself to become chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent reporters a Nov. 1 column today written by the congressman that suggests he will investigate White House climate and energy policy coordinator Carol Browner.
If you want to understand what kind of outcome the White House would consider worth celebrating on Tuesday night in spite of inevitable GOP gains across the map, look no further than President Obama’s four-city trip this weekend, meant to help close the enthusiasm gap and put the Democrats More…
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