Newsmax RSS FeedWed, 19 Jun 2013 23:35:02 EDTSpeaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, had a closed door meeting with more than two dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Wednesday, after which the leaders of the Democratic group said they felt "cautiously optimistic" that an immigration reform bill could...Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:29:26 EDTAfter secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country...Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:28 EDTLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa can't run for re-election, but he still has his eyes on politics, saying he'd like to be governor of California one day. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:37:13 EDTHeritage Foundation President Jim DeMint on Wednesday blasted the sweeping immigration bill being debated in the U.S. Senate, while one of the bill's sponsors - Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona - said it would boost the nation's economic growth. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:13 EDTFormer federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy says President Barack Obama's bombshell revelation in Berlin that America's nuclear arsenal should be dramatically reduced was a mistake and may turn a lot of Americans off. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:33:51 EDTA college professor appearing on MSNBC accused Republicans of wanting to advance white supremacy for a vote to restrict late-term abortions. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:02:08 EDTRep. Steve King hosted a marathon six-hour news conference Wednesday on the Capitol lawn to protest the proposed pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants under debate by lawmakers. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:53:38 EDTWith polls showing Cory Booker the runaway front-runner in the Democratic primary for the seat of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, the Newark mayor has begun signing up several veterans of President Barack Obama's political team.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:09:40 EDTCritics are outraged at the price tag of President Barack Obama's trip to Africa this month, which is slated to cost as much as $100 million in the midst of sequester-related budget cuts.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:07:58 EDTSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Republicans are absolutely unified in opposing a Democratic threat to curb the chamber's rules on the filibuster. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:40:19 EDTAfter months of disappointment among Minnesota Republicans that there was no substantive contender emerging to take on Democratic Sen. Al Franken in 2014, there may actually be a hotly fought nomination contest between two strong GOP candidates.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:43:52 EDTLouisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory, who recently switched from the Democratic Party and became a Republican, has explained the move in a new video.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:17:44 EDTCiting a "clear cultural shift," Alaska's senior US lawmaker on Tuesday became the third Senate Republican to openly back marriage equality, as the US Supreme Court prepares to rule on landmark gay rights cases.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:13 EDTA New York City fundraiser scheduled next week for Sen. Mark Begich was canceled following Mayor Michael Bloomberg's admonishment in a letter to potential donors to withhold their support to lawmakers who voted against the Senate background check gun bill.Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:59:54 EDTFlorida voters disapprove of Sen. Marco Rubio's handling of immigration and gun issues, but still give him a positive job approval rating, a new poll has found.Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:40:02 EDTOn Tuesday, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, refused to honor the wishes of Committee chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and released the full transcript of an interview Congress conducted with an IRS manager that Cummings said...Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:12:10 EDTThe Republican underdog fighting for Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat in a Tuesday debate attacked his rival, a veteran Democratic congressman, over recently revealed programs in which federal agencies track Americans' use of phones and the Internet. Republican Gabriel...Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:39 EDTHouse Speaker John Boehner said he won't bring an immigration bill to a vote unless it has the support of most Republicans in the chamber.Boehner, an Ohio Republican, sought today to quell any idea that he might rely on Democrats and a handful of Republicans to pass an...Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:54:10 EDTThe striking down of Arizona's voting law by the U.S. Supreme Court is a mistake that wrongly strips states of local powers they should have and could lead to more voter fraud, according to Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. The court made a mistake and once again...Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:07:18 EDTSenate Minority Whip John Cornyn last year supplemented his Senate salary with three public pensions, bringing in some $65,383 in public retirement benefits to add to his $174,000 a year salary for serving as senator.