Posts Tagged ‘Over’

E-Mails Show Jostling Over Talking Points on Benghazi

More than 100 pages of e-mails released by the White House “reveal intensive jostling between the C.I.A. and the State Department over the government’s official ‘talking points’ in the aftermath of last September’s attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans,” the New York Times reports. Tweet This Post

Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Tweet This Post

Lawmakers outraged over another military sex case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers say they're outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. Tweet This Post

Natural-Gas Exports Loom Large Over Washington

COVE POINT, Md.–Along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, a little more than an hour south of the U.S. Capitol, sits a facility whose golden days of importing natural gas are gone. Back in 2004 and 2005, when fuel prices were high, ships hauling natural gas from overseas docked here two or three times a [...]

Senators argue over immigration bill ID mandates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators weighing a landmark immigration bill defeated an effort by Republicans Tuesday to require biometric identification — such as fingerprinting — to track who is entering and leaving the country. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Voters Trust Clinton Over Republicans on Benghazi

A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that Republicans aren’t getting much traction with their focus on Benghazi over the last week. Voters trust Hillary Clinton over House Republicans on the issue of Benghazi by a 49% to 39% margin and Clinton’s 52% to 44% favorability rating is identical to what it was in late [...]

Paul Seeks to Win Over Evangelicals

The Washington Post reports that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has aggressively courted evangelical Christians over the last few months. Tweet This Post