It takes an election to raise a peace flag. So much was made of the allegedly deteriorated relationship between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during last year’s U.S. elections — remember Republican Mitt Romney’s tour of...
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President Barack Obama with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they walk along the Colonnade of the White House in this March 5, 2012 file photo.
Obama’s Netanyahu Welcome Note: Israeli Flag of ‘Unbreakable Alliance’
‘Most Liberal:’ 14 House Democrats Tie
Allies of President Barack Obama frequently complain about how the tendency among House Republicans to march — and vote — in lockstep keeps thwarting his agenda. A cadre of House Democrats, though, do a striking job of sticking together as well,...
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David Gill answers a questions during a debate with Rodney Davis for the 13th Congressional District in Normal, Ill.
Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate Sues IRS Over Regulating Non-Profits
An unsuccessful Democratic congressional candidate and a watchdog group have sued the Internal Revenue Service for failing to regulate nonprofit groups that spend millions on campaign ads without disclosing their donors. The lawsuit was filed today in U.S. District Court by...
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Biden: Double-Barrel Shotgun Does It
Jill, get your shotgun. So says Vice President Joe Biden, countering the idea that someone protecting the home-front requires a semi-automatic weapon with a high-capacity ammuniton clip (assault weapon) to fend off home-invaders. Biden is the point-man on the Obama...
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The King College Prep band plays as the hearse carrying the body of Hadiya Pendleton arrives at Cedar Park Cemetery in Riverdale, Illinois, on February 9, 2013.
Mayors Take Aim at the Possible: Background Checks for Gun-Buyers
The tragedy of the narrative is breathtaking. The pragmatism of the political calculation is sobering: Hadiya Pendleton, 15, performed with her Chicago high school band at President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration. She was gunned down in Chicago a week later....
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A newly-renovated corridor leading to a ramp is seen at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
Obama: ‘Brutal’ Budget Cuts March 1 Threaten Economic Recovery
The “automatic, brutal” spending cuts in Defense and other sectors of discretionary federal spending set to take effect March 1 pose a threat to the nation’s economic recovery, President Barack Obama said today. “Our top priority must be to do...
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David Axelrod on 'Meet the Press' in Washington on Jan. 20, 2013.
Axelrod on the Air: NBC, MSNBC
David Axelrod shaved his moustache in a simulcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and NBC’s “Today Show.” Now he’s coming back as a paid political analyst. The Chicago-based political strategist and one-time political reporter for the Chicago Tribune who nurtured Barack...
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A papaya tree in Hawaii.
Papaya’s Tax-Break: How Sweet It Is
In today’s object lesson on tax complexity, the object is a papaya. The Internal Revenue Service issued a notice today removing the orange-fleshed, seed-filled fruit from a sort of agricultural-tax watch list — plants such as almonds, mangoes, persimmons and...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. speaks to reporters following a Democratic Caucus on August 1, 2011 at the Capitol.
For Jackson Jr., It’s About the Money
Jesse L. Jackson Jr., the former Illinois Democratic congressman accused of using campaign funds for personal enrichment, once co-authored a book about the importance of financial planning and building wealth. Jackson wrote the 1999 book “It’s About the Money!” along...
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A White House aide carries the golf bag of Eric Whitaker, a friend of President Barack Obama, aboard Air Force One on Feb. 18, 2013, in West Palm Beach, Fla. President Obama spent the weekend golfing in Palm City, Fla.
Obama to Tiger Woods: ‘Good to See You Play Well Again’
President Barack Obama had a story to tell about his long President’s Day weekend in Florida. And he gave it to Golf World: He was going to school on Tiger Woods. The president’s radio silence during three days of golf...
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