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Sunday shows: Dan Pfeiffer tries to pull the White House out of a Republican scandal 'swamp'
On Sunday morning, Dan Pfeiffer, a top adviser to President Obama, fanned out across five Sunday shows, in an effort to move the administration past the controversies that are currently distracting from the administration's second-term agenda. More
Sunday shows: Republicans are ready to fight over spending, Hagel and guns
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the rounds on Sunday morning to insist that taxes are no longer up for discussion, after last week's deal to avert the fiscal cliff, and signaled that Republicans are ready to fight over the debt ceiling. More
Obama lampoons Congress but says a deal is 'in sight'
President Obama said an agreement on the fiscal cliff is "in sight," at an afternoon appearance inside a White House auditorium packed with a few dozen rowdy specators billed as middle class Americans. More
Romney, getting it from both sides, gets booed by the NAACP for an 'Obamacare' promise
Mitt Romney drew boos from the crowd at the NAACP's annual convention today when he promised to repeal President Obama's signature health care law. More
(1)Obamacare repeal will cost Republicans the House, Schumer says
On Sunday morning, politicians from both parties tried to navigate the tricky political aftermath of last week's landmark Supreme Court ruling on President Obama's signature health care law. More
(1)Double-bullet theory: Schumer-Durbin jockeying is keeping Harry Reid in power
Dick Durbin was on "Meet the Press" this weekend to deliver the message for Washington Democrats in defense of the president and the economy. Last weekend, when the issue was the president's health care plan and the Supreme Court, it was Chuck Schumer speaking on behalf of the party. More
Caitlin Halligan's trial: Blocked from a federal judgeship for excessive Spitzerism
Yesterday afternoon, in a move that could have far-reaching consequences for the federal judiciary, Senate Republicans blocked the appointment of Caitlin Halligan to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, branding her as a judicial "activist" unsuited to sit on the country's second-highest court.
Halligan currently serves as the general counsel to the Manhattan district attorney's office, but her opponents have mostly focused on her six years as the state's solicitor general under Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, when it was Halligan's job to make the legal case for the positions advocated by the office, like holding handgun manufacturers accountable for shootings, and recognizing certain same-sex marriages. More
Schneiderman sounds the alarm about a concealed-weapons bill as Thune returns
If federal officials pass a law allowing people registered to carry concealed weapons in one state to carry those weapons in other states, it would have a "devastating effect" on New York law enforcement, warned Eric Schneiderman, the state attorney general. More
A Jet is bought and paid for, but is the debt-ceiling deal 'done' or not?
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
