Is sanity creeping into the GOP leadership?
WASHINGTON -- Is it possible that the adults in Congress are finally taking over? That prospect has reared its head in the decision of Republican leaders in both the House...
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Americans are shunning the ‘evil weed’ (and embracing another)
WASHINGTON -- Americans' addiction to harmful drugs is in the news again in a big way. The nation's largest cigarette-selling pharmacy firm, CVS Caremark, has decided to stop peddling them...
A more realistic president?
WASHINGTON--As President Obama embarks on his sixth year in the Oval Office, he does so with a greater reality of the political equation he faces, as clearly demonstrated the other...
Obama’s unheralded goal: Getting foreign policy off combat track
WASHINGTON -- The most poignant moment in President Obama's fifth State of the Union address came near the end, when he introduced the Army Ranger severely wounded in Afghanistan sitting...
The curse of the two-term limit
WASHINGTON--As Barack Obama struggles to gain political traction as a lame-duck president in his remaining three years in office, the two-term limit on service in the Oval Office has encouraged...
Nuclear safety issue lingers
WASHIINGTON--Shades of Cold War anxiety were rekindled recently by reports that Air Force investigations were underway into alleged drug use, as well as cheating on preparedness tests, among nuclear missile...
Gates reflections flawed on America’s last 40 years of war
WASHINGTON--Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in discussing his new book, has had a lot negative to say about how President Obama and his national security team operated during his...
Advice to candidates: Don’t underestimate New Jersey
WASHINGTON -- It's called the Garden State and in earlier days was known for the many vegetable farms in its rural central and southern counties. But New Jersey's reputation beyond...
Anticipating tough midterm elections, Obama mounts bully pulpit
WASHINGTON -- Nine months before the midterm congressional elections that could make or break the final push for President Obama's legacy, he is revving up a broader outreach effort in...
Jules Witcover: Default averted, a fresh start for Obama
WASHINGTON -- While the tea party faction of the Republican Party licks its wounds and strains to put a positive spin on its abysmal failure to defund Obamacare, President Obama...