White House

Budget Battles

  • Why Congress Should Simply Bag the War Powers Debate

    By Eric Pianin

    Years from now, historians may be scratching their heads and asking why it was that Congress refused to grant President Obama specific new war powers to carry out a critical military campaign against...

  • Obama Goes on Attack Over Iran Letter

    By Rob Garver

    The Obama administration stepped up its verbal assault on Congressional Republicans who seem intent on ensuring an international agreement being negotiated with Iran over its nuclear program is...

  • Hillary Clinton’s 5 Big Privacy Issues (Before the Emails)

    By Jeff Gerth, ProPublica

    Back in April of 2007, when she was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination for the first time, then-Senator Hillary Clinton lashed out at the secrecy of the George W. Bush...

  • FILE PHOTO - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a point during his final news conference in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. on January 12, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo

    Jeb Bush Denies He Has Clinton-Like Email Problem

    By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post

    Jeb Bush used his private email account as Florida governor to discuss security and military issues such as troop deployments to the Middle East and the protection of nuclear plants, according to a...

  • Why We Have to Worry About ISIS South of the Border

    By Kevin Baron, Defense One

    A top US commander warns Caribbean and South American countries are unable to track 100 foreign fighters that could return from Syria. With little ability to track and monitor foreign fighters when...