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Romney released a statement late Tuesday saying: "As I said yesterday, Todd Akin's comments were offensive and wrong and he should very seriously consider what course would be in the best interest of our country. | 0 | 1 | info |
"But I do think that you can't just read it like a speech and then leave skid marks on it in your legislative record." | 0 | 0 | neu |
The video was released shortly after Obama met in the Oval Office with Sanders. | 0 | 0 | neu |
(Federal officials believe WikiLeaks published material, including emails from the Democratic National Committee’s servers, that had been obtained via Russian hackers.) | 0 | 1 | info |
The prior fight left little appetite on either side of the aisle for another shutdown, leading to the passage Thursday of the compromise measure. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“I’m in shock,” said Representative Patrick T. McHenry, Republican of North Carolina. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Politico reported over the weekend that many of his supporters as well as other GOP operatives believe that a Steele run was looking increasingly doubtful, due in part to the fact that he "has built no known reelection team or structure, making the prospect of a campaign unlikely in the face of competition that grows fiercer by the day." | 0 | 0 | neu |
"But let me tell you, whatever our disagreements may be, I’ve come here to say we must put them aside for the good of our country." | 0 | 0 | neu |
Clinton did not even have a government email address during her tenure as America's top diplomat, which lasted from 2009 to 2013, and The Times reports that her aides took no action to preserve her emails on department servers, as required by the Federal Records Act. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The Idaho congressman, echoing other conservatives, has said that Congress should wait until at least 2015 to take up the issue again because President Obama must make a clear attempt to take steps to secure the borders and step up interior enforcement of immigration laws. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The proposal would instead affect the future production and sale of military-style weapons or high-capacity magazines. | 0 | 0 | neu |
One of the more exotic items they bought was an elk head from a taxidermist in Montana. | 0 | 0 | neu |
I used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that I apologize," he said in the ad. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He said Grassley, though, would likely become chairman of that committee if Republicans take the Senate. | 0 | 0 | neu |
So dishonest! Rigged system!” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Huckabee, 59, quit his job hosting his own Fox News show, "Huckabee," in January. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Asked whether the country would find itself dipping towards the economic doldrums if Congress waited a month or two to get a tax cut package passed, Rob Shapiro, a former commerce official in the Clinton White House and a proponent of the current tax cut deal, offered more sober-minded analysis. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Sen. Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, told reporters that a tax cut bill could be on the Senate floor as early as Thursday. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., made the request in a letter sent Tuesday to Clinton's lawyer. | 0 | 0 | neu |
His lawyer said then that the congressman intended to cooperate fully and had already repaid about $60,000 to his campaign to correct for mistaken payments for personal items. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Asked, for instance, if the White House would be willing to revise the informal compromise to bring more Democratic lawmakers on board, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said any changes would be fine, so long as they didn't result in decreased support. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Four years ago, when Democrats controlled the Senate and Republican senators were blockading Mr. Obama’s appeals court and executive branch nominees, Democrats changed the chamber’s rules to bar filibusters for such positions — but left the filibuster rule in place for Supreme Court nominations. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Several prominent conservatives offered swift, negative reactions to Michael Steele on Friday, after the RNC chairman was caught on camera saying that Afghanistan is a largely unwinnable war of President Obama’s choosing. | 0 | 0 | neu |
A strong defender of Israel, he has been sharply critical of Mr. Obama’s treatment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and said a proposed nuclear deal with Iran is “terrible” because Iran cannot be trusted. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) has apologized for his combative behavior over the weekend in a statement released by his office: | 0 | 0 | neu |
Remember sailors pictures on the submarine? | 0 | 0 | neu |
"I was talking about energy, this idea that man is here to serve the Earth as opposed to husband its resources and be good stewards of the Earth. | 0 | 0 | neu |
It’s a “horrific policy,” Mr. Perry said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Technically, Mr. Hutchison’s task force is independent of the rifle association, even though it paid for the study, and Mr. LaPierre was not present on Tuesday. | 1 | 0 | lex |
(Alabama law, both in 1979 and now, finds that someone who is 19 or older and has sexual contact with someone between the ages of 12 and 16 is guilty of second-degree sex abuse.) | 0 | 0 | neu |
Multiple sources identified the suspect to Fox News as Cesar Sayoc of Aventura, Florida. | 0 | 0 | neu |
This is so much bigger that politics.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
“While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I know in my heart it’s time for me to move along and look for new ways to serve,” Mr. Farenthold said in a statement on Friday, thanking his staff, his family and the voters who elected him. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"There are key questions surrounding the identity, actions and motivations of the perpetrators that remain to be determined," she said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
There is no national emergency,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who has sued the Trump administration multiple times, said in a statement. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Brat had little help from national groups that have funded other Tea Party challengers. | 0 | 0 | neu |
That plan is expected to meet resistance from Ms. Pelosi, who retains the power to appoint people to those positions, though some Democrats have expressed an interest in the idea. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But asked if Mr. Trump should recalibrate his approach to the Putin meeting, Mr. Gowdy said, “That’s above my pay grade.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
And I think a lot of radical environmentalists have it upside down," Santorum said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
McConnell said over the weekend that he intends to move to vote on an immigration bill if both parties can’t agree to one by Feb. 8, as long as the government is still fully open. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He and his wife, Sandra, had agreed to plead guilty in deals with federal prosecutors. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved,” Etheridge said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But there's no way to know exactly how much legal pot is leaving Colorado. | 0 | 1 | info |
WASHINGTON — It is a lesson politicians never seem to learn from others’ mistakes: The microphone is always on. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Ms. Lauten, now a footnote in Mr. Fincher’s career, is the latest cautionary tale about the dangers of social media sniping directed at the country’s most famous offspring. | 0 | 1 | info |
Mr. Strzok’s dismissal was not unexpected. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"It's a remarkable commentary on the most camera-friendly senator that he's more than happy to weigh-in on caffeinated malt beverages, but he won't take a public position on the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero," NRSC spokesman Brian Walsh said in a written statement. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The debate veered across the spectrum of topics from the campaign trail. | 0 | 0 | neu |
WASHINGTON — Representative Anthony D. Weiner, trying to put to rest a bizarre episode that is overshadowing his role as liberal pugilist and threatening his dream of becoming New York’s mayor, emphatically denied on Wednesday that he had sent a suggestive photograph to a woman in Washington State but said he could not be sure that he is not the person in the image. | 0 | 1 | info |
Mr. Obama shifted the focus on the war on terrorism from Iraq to Afghanistan and last year announced his plan to send 30,000 more troops there. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The savings, she said, “do not cut a single guaranteed Medicare benefit.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) was considered a front-runner to challenge McCarthy. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He was the longest-serving Arkansas governor, from 1996 to 2007. | 0 | 1 | info |
The forum, which ended Friday, was hosted by the Safari Club International Foundation and the United Republic of Tanzania. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“The charges brought against Mr. Stone have nothing to do with the president,” she told CNN. Asked whether he directed a campaign aide to contact Mr. Stone about the WikiLeaks emails, she repeated that the charges did not involve Mr. Trump. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, wore a shirt from Louisiana State University, Mr. Scalise’s alma mater. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The national emergency declaration gives Trump a chance to reroute other government money to fund the project ― and sets up a legal battle that could tie up the president’s signature project for months or years. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Christie's favorability rating among voters skyrocketed after he made himself visible through interviews, press conferences and tours of storm damage during the disaster. | 0 | 1 | info |
“The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action,” he said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
By Saturday, the president clarified that he was not speaking about the "wisdom" of the Islamic cultural center per se, just the right of the group to build the Cordoba House in downtown Manhattan. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Cowan will hold the seat in an interim capacity until an election in June. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Representative James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, said the way that applicants for tax-exempt status were buried in I.R.S. paperwork reminded him of another sore point that Republicans have with the Obama administration. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Court papers released by federal prosecutors on Wednesday provided new details about how Mr. Jackson and his wife used the $750,000 in campaign money to finance their lavish lifestyle. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. George did shed some light on the extent of the accusations against the I.R.S., saying that at this point in this investigation he had no reason to believe any illegal conduct occurred. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Before he spoke on Friday, throngs of protesters were causing disruptions on the edges of the security zone in Washington. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Act like being in the White House matters to you. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Ms. Pelosi, whose victory was mockingly cheered by Republicans as good news for them, dismissed the idea that House Democrats could no longer win with her at the helm. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Jay Roberts, 60, lives nearby and said the game was “probably one of the few moments with all this rancor and politics that they can have some normalcy.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
The cover goes with an article by Lois Romano about Ms. Bachmann’s place in the Tea Party movement and on the national stage. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Tom Kirsch, an attorney for Jackson's wife, said she has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors and would plead guilty to one tax count. | 0 | 0 | neu |
We conversed on policy issues, on where to take the country. | 0 | 0 | neu |
If that’s the case, what was Merrick Garland about? | 0 | 0 | neu |
Still, gun legislation is likely to begin in the Senate because the House is controlled by Republicans, many of whom oppose new restrictions on guns. | 0 | 0 | neu |
It was quickly deleted, but a frenzy of coverage and comment ensued on blogs, cable news outlets and other media. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Earlier Sunday, Clinton released a statement unequivocally calling the massacre an “act of terror.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
According to the Times, Mary Cheney, who is openly gay and married her partner, Heather Poe, in Washington, DC last year, took to Facebook to rebuke her sister's remarks. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Trump said the inauguration was not merely the transfer of power from one president to another. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The "Celebrity Apprentice" star has shot up in the polls as a potential GOP nominee, in part because of his questions about whether Obama is constitutionally allowed to be president if he doesn't prove he is a natural-born citizen of the United States. | 0 | 1 | info |
Durbin said he regretted that Netanyahu could not meet with the Democrats. | 0 | 0 | neu |
U.S. Reps. John Lewis, Andre Carson and Emanuel Cleaver said some demonstrators, many of them tea party activists, yelled a racial epithet as the black congressmen walked from House office buildings to the Capitol. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Although I did not serve in Vietnam, I have seen first-hand the affects of military action, and no one wants it to be the first resort, nor do we want to mortgage the countries future...." | 0 | 0 | neu |
"I have the same view on marriage that I had when I was governor and that I expressed many times. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“It’s always a lively and engaging conversation,” Mr. Hutchinson said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
On Wednesday night, a diminished number of protesters marched around a single block in Ferguson as a thunderstorm filled the sky with lighting and dumped rain. | 0 | 0 | neu |
WASHINGTON — As State Department lawyers sifted last summer through a new batch of documents related to the Benghazi attacks, they repeatedly saw something that caught their attention: emails sent to and from a personal account for Hillary Rodham Clinton. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mrs. Clinton, in a book released last year, said Mr. Comey’s disclosure hurt her campaign’s momentum and helped Mr. Trump win the election. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"Everybody's going to get their say, and they've giving it." | 0 | 0 | neu |
The weed was headed for at least 40 different states. | 0 | 0 | neu |
James Fitzgerald, a retired FBI profiler and forensic linguist who, in 1996, helped catch "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski -- who killed 3 people and injured 23 in bombings between 1978 and 1995 -- told Fox News on Wednesday that the letter sent to John Brennan, the former director of the CIA and a staunch Trump critic, reminded him of something the Unabomber would send because of the number of stamps used on the package. | 0 | 1 | info |
But the message was clear: supporting anything that closely resembled the Democratic agenda would no longer fly with the modern GOP. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Obama told Senate Democrats this week that he believes that Boehner will make sure immigration reform is passed this year, according to The Hill, a a political publication in Washington, D.C. | 0 | 0 | neu |
It's possible that instead of an outright victory for Wal-Mart, the justices could issue a split decision of sorts and allow only the injunction part of the lawsuit to move forward. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He held several key positions in the F.B.I., eventually becoming a top deputy in the counterintelligence division. | 0 | 1 | info |
But the justifications for the delay were “unpersuasive” and had “far-reaching consequences,” the inspector general said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
At a closed-door Democratic lunch on Thursday, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois urged party members to hold the line if he is selected. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Liberal groups, which are deeply skeptical whether Republicans will keep their word after years of inaction on codifying protections for the undocumented young people often called Dreamers, angrily slammed Democrats ― and in particular Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ― for giving away leverage with no firm promise that an immigration bill would reach President Donald Trump’s desk. | 1 | 0 | lex |
The Special Counsel’s report must be provided to Congress immediately, and the Attorney General should swiftly prepare a declassified version of the report for the public. | 0 | 0 | neu |
A spokeswoman for Brevard College in North Carolina confirmed to HuffPost that Sayoc attended the school for three semesters starting in the fall of 1980 and did not graduate. | 0 | 0 | neu |
President Trump on Saturday said he appreciates FBI special counsel Robert Mueller releasing a statement disputing parts of a BuzzFeed news report claiming Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the timing of discussions over a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"The time has come for them to accept the responsibility that comes with influence and make clear there is no place for racism and anti-Semitism, homophobia and other forms of bigotry in their movement." | 0 | 0 | neu |
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