By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
A Republican congressman called Wednesday for an audit of all U.S. government secrecy standards, saying “classification inflation” is forcing federal agencies to issue more and more clearances, increasing the chances for leaks about vital programs. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said Wednesday that Tuesday testimony from intelligence officials on the government’s data-surveillance programs did little to close what he called a “credibility gap.” Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The Senate immigration bill will be good for the U.S. economy as a whole, but for individual workers the picture is not as good — in fact, unemployment will rise slightly and average wages will drop over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis Monday. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended talks on a bilateral security deal with the United States to protest the Obama administration’s handling of peace negotiations with the Taliban militants who sheltered Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
President Obama, the former college lecturer on constitutional law, got a lecture on privacy rights Wednesday from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and faced tough questions from the German press about his perceived failure to be less warlike after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Speaker John A. Boehner said Tuesday that he won’t bring an immigration bill to the chamber floor unless it can win the support of a majority of House Republicans, creating hurdles for those hoping to see Congress legalize illegal immigrants. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Annie Z. Yu — The Washington Times
When Lucinda Sweazey’s family immigrated from Canada in 1999, it took seven years and an estimated $45,000 in fees to secure permanent resident status in the U.S. Ms. Sweazey and other legal immigrants are voicing concerns that providing amnesty for those who arrived illegally will only encourage more of the same. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Author Noam Chomsky blasted the Obama administration in an interview on Tuesday, charging that President Obama "is running the biggest terrorist operation that exists, maybe in history." Published June 19, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
President Obama left a high-level international summit Tuesday without having secured the major breakthrough on Syria he'd hoped to achieve. Published June 18, 2013
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
The announcement that U.S. and Cuban officials will hold landmark talks this week toward restarting direct mail service between the two nations prompted a mix of reactions on Monday on whether the Obama administration plans a broader outreach to the Castro regime in the president’s second term. Published June 18, 2013
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Senators on Tuesday rejected building the 700 miles of double-tier border fencing Congress authorized just seven years ago, with a majority of the Senate saying they didn't want to delay granting illegal immigrants legal status while the fence was being built. Published June 18, 2013
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
President Obama bristled at comparisons with the Bush administration in his first interview addressing the National Security Agency’s broad gathering of data about Americans’ phone calls and online communications. Published June 18, 2013
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
Outnumbered at the just-completed G-8 conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not give an inch on Syria, preferring to maintain one of Russia's most valuable, though unpopular, alliances. Published June 18, 2013
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, will give classified details of terrorist plots foiled with the help of the National Security Agency's broad data gathering about Americans' phone calls and online communications when he delivers rare open testimony to the House intelligence committee Tuesday. Published June 18, 2013
