Publication: Politico

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 2 reports

Murkowski endorses gay marriage

Lisa Murkowski endorsed the right of gay couples to marry on Tuesday, joining Rob Portman and Mark Kirk as the third Republican senator to do so.The Alaskan senator announced the news in comments to Anchorage TV station KTUU on Wednesday morning and in ... [Published Politico - 20 mins ago]

Entities: Lisa Murkowski, Gay, Mark Kirk, Rob Portman

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 2 reports

Rick Perry

Rick Perry: 'Fish where the fish are'

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says his campaign to lure business away from states like Connecticut and New York is healthy competition, and his goal is to drive civil discourse. Perry defended the campaign on the same day he launched an ad attacking New York ... [Published Politico - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Rick Perry, Dannel Malloy, Climate, Jerry Brown

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Dave Camp

Beck tea party rally hears from Camp

A controversial appearance by the top Republican tax writer in Congress on Wednesday at a tea party rally to audit the IRS made one thing clear: There may be no new details on who is to blame but the investigation is making political hay for conserva ... [Published Politico - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Dave Camp, Sander Levin, Glenn Beck, Investigation, Steve King

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Massachusetts Senate

Candidates nastier in final Mass. Senate debate

The candidates for Massachusetts Senate sparred Tuesday over their resumes in the final and testiest debate yet before next weeks special election. Republican Gabriel Gomez bragged that President Barack Obama indirectly invests in his private equity fund ... [Published Politico - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Massachusetts Senate, Ed Markey, John McCain, Private Equity

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Russ Feingold

A move toward peace in Congo

Secretary of State John Kerry sent a powerful signal Tuesday to the people of war-torn eastern Congo by appointing former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) as the new U.S. special envoy to Africas Great Lakes region. Feingolds appointment signals strong leadership ... [Published Politico - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Republic of the Congo, Russ Feingold, Special Envoy

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 5 reports

Republican Party (US)

Nuclear option uniting Republicans

Senate Republicans have found an issue to rally around as immigration reform threatens to cleave them: opposition to the Senate Democrats filibuster reform threat.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has frequently come to the Senate floor in ... [Published Politico - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Mitch McConnell, Nuclear, Harry Reid, John D Rockefeller IV

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

Selling of Obamacare officially begins

The nonprofit organization spearheading the effort to enroll Americans under President Barack Obamas health care law officially started Tuesday, with more than 50 events scheduled this week across the country in settings ranging from farmers markets to ... [Published Politico - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Obamacare, Health Insurance, Marketplace

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 reports

Biden concedes W.H. gun push falters in Congress

Six months after Newtown, the White House has pulled back hard on its gun control push.But in the first event since the Senates failed April 17 background checks vote, Vice President Joe Biden insisted to a subdued audience at the Eisenhower Executive ... [Published Politico - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Joseph Biden, Gun Control, White House, Chris Murphy

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

Obama in Belfast

President Obama is in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the G8 Summit. Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, are traveling with him. ... [Published Politico - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Belfast (United Kingdom), Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

Snowden: Companies' disclosures deceiving

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden slapped back Monday at companies like Google and Facebook, saying in an online chat that they were misleading in their denials of knowledge of participation in the PRISM program.Snowden, who has exiled himself ... [Published Politico - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: US National Security Agency, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp, Surveillance, misleading, Google Inc

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Pols taking selfies (PHOTOS)

Play SlideshowFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has officially waded into the world of Twitter: she tweeted her first "selfie" over the weekend.Scroll through the gallery above to see other pols taking snapshots of themselves. (Don't worry, we've ... [Published Politico - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Anthony Weiner, Hillary Clinton, Twitter

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Senator's angling prompts Gang of Eight angst

The Senates Gang of Eight is out in force to sell its immigration bill to the public, minus one pivotal member: Marco Rubio.The Florida Republican has spent hours strategizing in private with the bipartisan group of senators, but he hasnt appeared in ... [Published Politico - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Marco Rubio, Immigration, Charles E Schumer, Alex Conant

Quotes

...Norton can trace their families back to former slaves who entered this District seeking freedom and helped build this city," he said. "The people of the District made the right choice in selecting Frederick Douglass as their representative, and they put both Eleanor Holmes Norton and Frederick Douglass in this Capitol, and quite frankly, I don’t see either of them leaving until all the District residents get their voice."

Biden plugs DC home rule, voting rights at Frederick Douglass statue dedication [Published Politico - 3 hours ago]

"He had set up … a roundround table with four seats around it for us to have lunch! And then there was a White House waiter there and there was a menu. I was so unbelievably, profoundly nervous that I had no appetite whatsoever,” the actress said. “I couldn't make a decision about what to eat.”"

'Veep' recaps lunch with Biden [Published Politico - 17 hours ago]

"Hastings' hallmark as reporter was his refusal to cozy upup to power," Rolling Stone wrote in its obituary. "While other embedded reporters were charmed by McChrystal's bad-boy bravado and might have excused his insubordination as a joke, Hastings was determined to expose the recklessness of a man leading what Hastings believed to be a reckless war."

BuzzFeed: Michael Hastings has died [Published Politico - 20 hours ago]

"The FISA warrant was on a web server that he had access to as an analyst coming into the Threat Operations Center," Alexander said. "It was in a special classified section that as he was getting his training he went to."

NSA chief: Access during training [Published Politico - Jun 18 2013]

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