All Politics
- Why Sarah Palin launched her own online TV network
The Sarah Palin Channel, which went live Sunday, aims to 'cut through the media’s politically correct filter.' It also includes a clock calculating the time left in the Obama administration, out to the second.
- Is Putin to blame for MH17 tragedy? Hillary Clinton has harsh words.
Hillary Clinton has again made sharp comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he is partly responsible for the crash of MH17. In recent months, she has been one of Putin's most vocal critics.
- Obama to 'unlock' cellphone rights: How free will you be?
Congress passed a bipartisan bill to allow customers to unlock their cellphones and use them with any carrier. President Obama says he'll sign the bill. But the battle isn't over.
- Has impeachment talk gone too far?
Both parties are openly talking about impeachment when, politically speaking, it's going nowhere. The chatter shows how impeachment – or at least talk of it – is evolving as a useful political tool.
- Governors chafe at quiet dispersion of child border crossers
Governors are learning secondhand that some of the unaccompanied child border crossers are being sent to their states to live during deportation proceedings. Some are not happy at the lack of communication or coordination.
- Why Democrats love all the ‘impeach Obama’ talk
At a Monitor breakfast Friday, an Obama aide said that House Speaker John Boehner’s move to sue President Obama has ‘opened the door to Republicans possibly considering impeachment.’
- Monitor BreakfastObama will take executive action on immigration after summer, adviser says
The move could trigger impeachment proceedings against President Obama, said his senior adviser, Dan Pfeiffer. A spokesman for the House speaker called the impeachment comments 'political games.'
- Obama to corporations: Be an 'economic patriot,' stop using tax loopholes
In a speech Thursday, President Obama criticized a loophole that allows American companies to shift to a foreign address and lower their tax bill.
- Child-migrant crisis: Will Obama help rally Democrats to back a GOP plan?
Senate Democrats and House Republicans release sharply different responses to President Obama's $3.7 billion request to deal with the border crisis. Pressure mounts for the president to help broker a deal.
- Why the White House thinks it will win latest Obamacare legal battle
Even before a federal appeals court in Virginia sided with the White House, the Justice Department said the D.C. Circuit's decision is 'inconsistent with congressional intent.'
- Nominee Robert McDonald: VA can be fixed with 'urgent action'
Former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald says he aims to use his experience digitizing that company to help the embattled VA free up people to take better care of veterans.
- Appeals courts disagree on Obamacare subsidies: how it affects you
Two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings on whether millions of Americans enrolled in Obamacare are entitled to subsidies, an issue of vital importance to the health-care law.
- Monitor BreakfastHamas's use of human shields is to blame for Gaza toll, Israeli envoy says
'When you turn a school into a weapons depot, that’s a war crime,' Ambassador Ron Dermer said at a Monitor breakfast with reporters, voicing dismay at criticism of Israel for the rising civilian death toll in Gaza.
- Rick Perry sends Texas National Guard forces to border. What are their orders?
Texas Gov. Rick Perry aims to use the National Guard to help deal with border crime and a humanitarian crisis. But he's also turning up the heat on the Obama administration to improve border enforcement.
- Child migrant crisis: 4 consequences if Congress doesn't act before recess
President Obama has requested $3.7 billion in emergency funds for the child migrant crisis, but Republicans and Democrats disagree on numerous details. Here’s what could happen if Congress breaks without doing anything.
- Hillary Clinton's $12 million problem: Will focus on her wealth persist?
Hillary Clinton has earned $12 million since leaving the State Department in early 2013, says a Bloomberg News report. Though GOP officials are gleefully sharing this story on social media, here's why the issue of her wealth is likely to fade.
- Elizabeth Warren for president? Four reasons she won't run in 2016
The buzz around Elizabeth Warren running in 2016 is rising – or perhaps reaching a crescendo. But there are at least four reasons why the Senator from Massachusetts won't run for president.
- Obama too cautious in responding to Malaysia Airlines shoot-down?
UN Ambassador Samantha Power was more forceful than President Obama about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine. “Other administration officials can say things that presidents can't,” says one analyst.
- Border kids protests build amid calls for troops on the border, even secession
Anti-migrant protests come as polls show the problem is No. 1 among national concerns, and as President Obama struggles to solve a humanitarian crisis while addressing border security concerns.
- Child migrants: Does US have a moral obligation to them?
The child migrant crisis at the border is reviving questions about America's humanitarian obligation to vulnerable children. Some recall how the US failed to respond to Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler's Germany.