Government

State Department Begins Work on New $178M Embassy Complex in Benin

Jeryl Bier · August 21, 2013 5:46 pm

"Government," liberal Democratic politicians like to say, "is simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together." (Photo: Thinkstock)

Doing things together doesn’t mean a big-government program

Timothy P. Carney · August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Obama administration secretly halts aid to Egypt, senator says

Brian Hughes · August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Food Stamp Trafficking Up 30% From 2008 to 2011

Jeryl Bier · August 16, 2013 10:58 am

Sky Still Not Falling

Sky Still Not Falling

Geoffrey Norman · August 14, 2013 11:48 am

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., wrote to Lerner in a letter Tuesday after learning that she forwarded some IRS documents to a personal MSN email account labeled âLois Home.â (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Darrell Issa: Did IRS official use private email to avoid oversight of targeting?

Joel Gehrke · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

GOP basks in latest Obamacare delay

Brian Hughes · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during the 2013 America Bar Association annual meeting Monday in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

UPDATE: Eric Holder trumpets new limits for drug sentences

Brian Hughes · August 12, 2013 4:00 am

A former senior aide to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. has called out the Obama administration and the president himself for claiming Friday that he welcomed a public debate on the governmentâs surveillance programs and the privacy concerns they provoke. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Former Ron Wyden aide challenges Obama’s surveillance claims

Susan Crabtree · August 12, 2013 4:00 am

Sarah Palin blasts Chris Christie as a ‘big government’ Republican

Beltway Confidential

Sarah Palin blasts Chris Christie as a ‘big government’ Republican

Charlie Spiering · August 10, 2013 4:00 am

Portland, C’est Moi

Ethan Epstein · August 9, 2013 4:10 pm

President Obama's policy in Syria was "let's go defend international norms rather than the United States of America," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

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Ted Cruz: Dick Durbin is setting up conservatives for more political targeting

Joel Gehrke · August 9, 2013 4:00 am