Blog Profile / Business Insider: Politix
| URL : | http://www.businessinsider.com/politics | |
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| Filed Under: | Politics | |
| Posts on Regator: | 10234 | |
| Posts / Week: | 104.8 | |
| Archived Since: | July 11, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Here's The Search Warrant Where The FBI Called A Fox News Reporter A 'Co-Conspirator' In A Leak Investigation
New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza points out the "most chilling" part of the search warrant on Fox News reporter James Rosen during a 2009 leak investigation. In an application for a search warrant, FBI agent Reginald Reyes wrote that there was probable cause Rosen had violated the Espionage Act by soliciting classified information from Stephen J. Show More Summary
26 Of The Best Behind-The-Scenes Photos From Obama's Month Of April
President Barack Obama had a big month of April, as the White House was largely captivated by some major news events — the Boston Marathon bombings and the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. As always, White House photographer Pete Souza documented Obama's every step along the way. Show More Summary
The Department Of Justice Targeted A Fox News Reporter During A Leak Investigation
The Department of Justice heavily tracked Fox News reporter James Rosen during a 2009 leak probe, according to a report from Ann E. Marimow in the Washington Post. The report comes at a time when the Obama administration is facing renewed...Show More Summary
FORMER OBAMA AIDE: Maureen Dowd Has Written The Exact Same Column For The Past Eight Years
Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, snarkily pushed back at the latest criticism from one of the administration's most prominent liberal critics — the New York Times' Maureen Dowd. On Sunday, Dowd wrote a column that unfavorably cast his last week in the same light as the scandals during the Clinton presidency. Show More Summary
Bob Woodward: Obama Administration Acted 'Nixonian' In Regard To Benghazi
Bob Woodward of the Washington Post took to task some in the Obama administration today, saying they’re not telling the truth about the Benghazi attacks. From his appearance on Meet the Press: “…On the whole Benghazi thing, you lookShow More Summary
How One Overworked IRS Worker Ignited The Tea-Party Targeting Scandal
The IRS' office of Exempt Organizations sounds like a terrible place to work. Piling on to the critical report from a Treasury Inspector General, at least four sweeping media assessments this weekend show a department that is overwhelmed, underfunded, and poorly managed. Show More Summary
AP: Sources Aren't Talking To Us Out Of Fear The US Government Will Spy On Them
The Obama administration's decision to seize phone records from the Associated Press was "unconstitutional" and sends a message that "if you talk to the press, we are going to go after you", the news agency's boss Gary Pruitt said Sunday. Show More Summary
ABC Reporter 'Regrets' Incorrect Reporting At The Center Of His Bombshell Benghazi Report
ABC reporter Jon Karl said he now regrets some of his reporting in a bombshell report on the Benghazi talking points that has come under intense scrutiny in the past week. Karl's reporting came under question when the White House released emails showing the evolution of the Benghazi talking points, which contradicted some of Karl's report. Show More Summary
ASSAD: Peace Talks Will Fail And America Will 'Deal With' Regime Victory
Syrian President Bashar-al Assad gave a hard line interview with Argentina’s Clarín newspaper, dismissing international peace efforts and blaming the West for supporting “terrorists” fighting his government. “No state talks to terrorists," he said, according to a transcript in English provided to The New York Times. Show More Summary
Republicans Are Ripping The White House's Dan Pfeiffer For Saying The Legality Of IRS Targeting Is 'Irrelevant'
Republicans are ripping White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer this morning for referring to the legality of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups as "irrelevant." But Pfeiffer said that to reinforce the White House's assertion that the IRS' behavior is inexcusable. Show More Summary
White House Adviser Tells Fox News Host Chris Wallace His Questions On Benghazi Are 'Offensive'
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer battled with Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday in a contentious three-minute segment over President Barack Obama's whereabouts on the night of last September's terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Show More Summary
Leading Pakistani Politician Zahra Shahid Hussain Shot Dead Outside Her Home
A senior female member of Imran Khan's Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI) was shot dead outside her home in Karachi on Saturday. Reports suggested that Zahra Shahid Hussain, who was senior vice-president of the PTI, was killed while resisting an attempted robbery in the upmarket Defence neighbourhood of the city. Show More Summary
TOP VETERANS' ADVOCATE: Obama's Budget Contains One Of The Most Galling Mistakes Of His Presidency
As a concession to Republican members of Congress who want to see meaningful entitlement reform President Barack Obama included in his budget the so-called Chained CPI, a cumbersome economic fix that will lead to thousands of dollars lost to Social Security beneficiaries. Show More Summary
IRS Chief Refuses To Name The Boneheads Who Targeted Tea Party Groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. Show More Summary
Why The Benghazi Problem Won't Go Away
WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Show More Summary
Environmentalists Slam Obama For Rules That Allow Oil Companies To Keep Their Fracking Chemicals A Secret (HTTPQZCOM85880GREENS, SLAM, OBAMA, FOR, DRAFT, FRACKING, RULES, ON, FEDERAL, LAND)
The Obama administration is still playing it cool with environmentalists. First it skirted the protracted battle over the Keystone XL pipeline, which could carry dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the American Gulf Coast. Now it’s facing opposition to proposed fracking regulations on tens of millions of acres of government land. Show More Summary
No, Inequality Isn't Preventing A US Economic Recovery
Stock markets and corporate profits are up, wage growth anemic. So Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin is wondering whether the “large and increasing amount of inequality in income and wealth” is hampering the current US economic recovery...Show More Summary
Official Reveals That Obama Administration Members Knew About Conservative IRS Complaints During The Election
J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's Inspector General, disclosed during Congressional testimony on Friday that Obama administration officials in the Treasury Department knew about inappropriate targeting of conservative groups during the 2012 election. Show More Summary
This Is The Most Brutal Gun Control Ad Directly Targeted At A Senator Who Opposed The Background Check Bill
Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), the pro-gun control group backed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, released an ad targeting Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), one of the opponents of the Senate's high-profile background check amendment that failed last month. Show More Summary
No, Having Big Biceps Doesn't Mean You'll Be More Conservative
A study by a group of researchers about biceps and politics that has made waves over the past couple of days following its publication in Psychological Science has been widely misinterpreted by several news outlets. The study looked at correlations between a man's socioeconomic status, his upper body strength, and his political views. Show More Summary