Brown, Warren spar as records released Elizabeth Warren said yesterday she is “proud” of her Native American heritage and indicated she had no problem with Harvard Law School using her roots to claim her as a diversity hire, but her campaign still could not produce documents proving her lineage. “I am very proud of my [...]
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Famed pastor Joel Osteen reiterated his position that Mitt Romney is a Christian on Tuesday, saying as long as the likely GOP presidential nominee believes that Jesus is the Son of God then he subscribes to the Christian faith. “When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God–that [...]
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This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” April 26, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Vice President Joe Biden goes after Governor Mitt Romney, blasting the governor about his foreign policy. Listen to this. JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE [...]
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House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that President Barack Obama was acting “beneath the dignity of the White House” when he traveled around the country this week to pressure Republicans to help keep federal student loan costs from ballooning. Boehner said Obama should reimburse taxpayers for the trips’ costs. The Ohio Republican spoke a day [...]
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The federal government will suspend deportation proceedings against many illegal immigrants who do not pose a threat to national security or public safety, the White House has announced. Republicans have decried the reform as backdoor amnesty, while Democratic congressional leaders praising the move said it would ease the way for individuals who came to the [...]
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The former Speaker is likely to appear with Romney next week at a campaign event to make a formal endorsement. Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden White House bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally Republicans behind their apparent nominee. Gingrich had a friendly telephone conversation Wednesday with Romney and [...]
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Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown’s re-election campaign is taking aim at Elizabeth Warren, his chief Democratic rival, for her refusal to release six years of income tax returns and for accepting a zero-interest loan from her employer more than 15 years ago. In a series of press releases sent on Tuesday, Brown’s campaign manager Jim [...]
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Thank you Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York! And tonight I can say thank you, America. After 43 primaries and caucuses, many long days and more than a few long nights, I can say with confidence – and gratitude – that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility. And, together, [...]
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The most oppressive aspects of the ObamaCare law don’t kick in until after the 2012 election, when the president will no longer be answerable to voters. More “flexibility,” he recently explained to the Russians. But certain voters would surely notice one highly painful part of the law before then — namely, the way it guts [...]
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Newt Gingrich hinted he may withdraw from the presidential race if he has a poor showing in the Delaware primary Tuesday – a state where he has been actively campaigning for several weeks. “I think we need to take a deep look at what we are doing,” Gingrich told NBC News in an exclusive interview [...]
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Restore Our Future, a super political action committee backing Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, will change the source of a $400,000 donation on Federal Election Commission reports, a committee spokeswoman said. The March 1 contribution, attributed in FEC reports to Seaspray Partners LLC, will be listed instead as being from Gerald and Darlene Jordan of Palm Beach, Florida, [...]
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Is the tea party breaking up? After playing a dominant role in a number of elections in 2010 — Christine O’Donnell, anyone? — there is growing evidence that the power (and visibility) of the movement has faded somewhat of late. To wit: ●Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the establishment candidate, secured the Republican presidential nomination after the [...]
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With Mitt Romney now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the chatter has increasingly turned to the man or woman the former Massachusetts governor will tap to run alongside him during the general election. Romney will campaign Monday in Pennsylvania with another senator and possible vice presidential pick, Marco Rubio of Florida. Rubio was elected in [...]
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After a three-week lull, the Republican presidential primaries resume on Tuesday when five Northeastern states — Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island — have their say. With Rick Santorum having dropped out of the race earlier in the month, Mitt Romney has an overwhelming lead in the delegate count, but both Newt Gingrich [...]
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Capitol Hill Republicans have a brand new super PAC in their corner. The only problem: None of them want it — or trust it. The super PAC in question is the Coalition of Americans for Political Equality PAC, a mysterious Washington-based group better known as CAPE PAC whose stated mission is “restoring conservative values in [...]
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