Boehner dances between GOP, Dems on immigration Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:43 am, Thursday, June 20, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — The immigration protesters advanced on the news conference, poking signs that read "Do Not Reward Criminals" and "No Amnesty!" over the heads of Republicans who ...

Barack Obama called George Osborne "Jeffrey" then apologises saying he had confused him for the black soul singer Jeffrey Osborne.

BERLIN -- In 2008, some 200,000 people packed the streets near this city’s Victory Column and listened raptly to candidate Barack Obama promise to lead a different America on the chaotic global stage – one that would embrace action to fight climate change, shutter the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected extremists, seek to eliminate the [...]

Paul Ryan issued a challenge. The Heritage Foundation picked up the challenge. Mark Levin wants to see this debate as well. It’s time — past time — for a full and open discussion in the conservative family about immigration. To stop with the sound bite presentations. To put an immediate stop to the idea of comprehensive immigration bills zipping through ...

If the Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, many federal benefits enjoyed by straight couples will be extended to same sex couples. But there are other things that will not change.    

A lot of gay rights activists have predicted the Supreme Court will overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, which deprives gay couples of federal benefits associated with marriage. But the court could surprise everybody by not ruling on the controversial case at all.  While it seems bizarre the Supreme Court would take on DOMA and then not rule on it, that's a real ...

The Supreme Court in the coming weeks will issue rulings in major cases dealing with controversial issues like same-sex marriage and affirmative action

In the next week, many experts believe the Supreme Court could strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act. But a legendary congressman says the fight is just beginning, and that battle could be on the floors of Congress.

Holman Jenkins, Wall Street JournalMedia outlets lately have emphasized the challenge of enticing healthy young adults to sign up for ObamaCare, "exactly the type of person insurance plans, states and the federal government are counting on to make health reform work," as the L.A. Times put it. These pieces are useful as far as they go, but miss a key ...

President Obama used the backdrop of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday to renew calls for the U.S. to reduce its stockpile of nuclear warheads, but the modest disarmament push underscores just how much has changed for a man who five years ago drew 200,000 people for a similar speech in ...

POLITICO Junkies: New reporting and analysis from VandeHei, Harris, Palmer and Thrush on the difference between President Obama's reception in Europe in 2008 and today, and how his administration is reacting to drop in polls domestically.

Richard Benedetto, RCPIn recent days, there has been discussion about how Democrats and liberals, once severe critics of anti-terror surveillance programs when Republican President George W. Bush was conducting them, have been more careful, and less critical, when responding to the massive data collection sweeps that have come to light under President Obama."It is jarring to see the left so ...