Elizabeth Sanders
John Kerry may have established a reputation for being anti-war early in his career. But he’s no more immune to the powers of the Washington foreign policy establishment than anyone else, and has become more hawkish as his stature has…
Who needs the Secret Service when you have Elijah Cummings on your side? House Oversight and Reform Committee ranking member Cummings defied Chairman Darrell Issa this week by releasing transcripts of testimony from an IRS employee, which he says completely…
The New York Times might think the Tea Party is dead, but the Tea Party disagrees. A little over four years after the first Tea Party protests in 2009, people from around the country gathered on the lawn of the…
It seems like all of those llama slideshows might be coming back to bite BuzzFeed. The website, which is known for aggregating images from other sources, is being sued by a professional photographer whose photo was used in a typical…
The U.S. is set to restart formal peace negotiations with the Taliban on Thursday after three years of failed attempts. The Washington Post: After more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, and nearly three years of sputtering and unsuccessful…
Just when it seems like things have hit a stride in the Middle East, something new happens and turns everything on its head. On Thursday, the U.S. announced its plans to intervene in Syria on behalf of the rebels, and…
It looks like the IRS has decided that having all of your health care data is enough power. Less than a week after ordering spy equipment, the agency cancelled its order. CNS News: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has cancelled…
In April, Israel said it had proof that Assad used chemical weapons against the rebels in the Syrian civil war, and the Obama administration now agrees. That conclusion will be used to justify increasing non-lethal aid to the rebels, the White…
The Republicans in the Senate are a bunch of cowards if you ask Joe Biden. In a fundraiser for Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Ed Markey yesterday, Biden accused GOP senators of acquiescing to conservative ideas because they’re scared of Rand Paul and…
Apparently, arithmetic isn’t math anymore. At least it isn’t if you ask the Democratic candidate to fill John Kerry’s senate seat, Rep. Ed Markey. In a debate with his Republican opponent, Gabriel Gomez, Markey said Gomez was making things too…
