Monthly Archives: July 2011

COMMENTARY | Tea party members were quick to counter-attack against Sen. John McCain after his remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday. But it appears that many of them ignored his point — or didn’t understand the gist of it or … Continue reading →

It was Wednesday and still no sign of a breakthrough in the current debt ceiling negotiations. Tea party Republicans had told Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, that they would not support any debt limit raise without at least … Continue reading →

A large organization of university professors voiced its opposition yesterday to a new Department of Education policy lowering the standard of guilt for sexual misconduct cases on university campuses. The American Association of University Professors sent a letter to Education … Continue reading →

Led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 43 Republican senators declared in a Saturday afternoon letter they wouldn’t vote the debt ceiling plan Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is offering. The letter means Reid’s bill won’t get the 60 votes … Continue reading →

Memo to Washington: You have no idea how bad you look right now. And another thing: No one will emerge as a winner from this debt-ceiling debate and debacle. Not the president, who sought to grab the high ground of … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers raced against the clock Sunday in hopes of hammering out a deal that would avert a disastrous US debt default and a downgrade in its credit rating. “There are negotiations … Continue reading →

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will stop checking flights from Europe for traces of the deadly E.coli bacteria as the number of new infections falls, the RIA news agency reported on Saturday. “We will abolish checks of flights next week,” Gennady … Continue reading →

Mitch McConnell doesn’t want to be known as the Republican who undercut House Speaker John Boehner – and he made that abundantly clear moments after Sen. Chuck Schumer praised the Kentucky Republican’s debt proposal in an appearance on MSNBC. “Tell … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – Officials say the White House and Republican leaders in Congress are making significant progress toward a last-minute agreement to avoid a default threatened for next week. These officials say the two sides are discussing a plan to raise … Continue reading →