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President Barack Obama speaks at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Okla. (credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

House Passes GOP Bill To Bypass President To Speed Approval Of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review.

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Senate Rejects GOP Bid To Let States Run Food Stamps

The Senate has rejected a Republican amendment to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.

2013/05/22

Poll: Vast Majority Of Americans Have Negative View Of Country’s Moral Values

The vast majority of Americans are highly pessimistic about the values held in the U.S. and the direction that the country is headed.

2013/05/22

Obama To Speak On Legality Of Drone Program

President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration’s secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.

2013/05/19

Obama Aims To Halt Perception Of A Passive President

Faced with a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama is trying to halt a perception spreading among both White House opponents and allies that he has been passive and disengaged as unexpected developments consume his second term.

2013/05/16

A new Gallup poll asked respondents how other fellow Americans feel about abortion: 51 percent of U.S. adults said they think the public is mostly “pro-choice,” while 35 percent said “pro-life” stances held the majority. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Poll: Americans Incorrectly Believe ‘Pro-Choice’ Dominates US Abortion Views

More than half of Americans misjudge the country’s views on abortion, believing incorrectly that the U.S. public is predominantly “pro-choice.”

2013/05/15

House Panel Set To OK Cuts To $80 Billion-A-Year Food Stamp Program

The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive.

2013/05/15

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic fundraiser in New York City, on May 13, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Pushes Back Against Dems Who Want Him To Adopt More Defiant Democratic Tone

Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York.

2013/05/14

History suggests it might be a tough lift. The issue is complex, the next presidential election is more than three years away, and a number of reports and officials have disputed criticisms of Clinton's role when she was secretary of state. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Dems: GOP Fails To Prove Any Allegations Of Scandal In Benghazi Deaths

Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year’s fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats.

2013/05/09

GOP Continues Benghazi Probe, 2016 Elections Possibly At Stake

House Republicans insist the Obama administration is covering up information about last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, rejecting administration assurances to the contrary and stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race.

2013/05/08