Think ObamaCare was controversial? On Friday, Politico reports the Obama administration will propose new EPA rules placing strict limits on emissions from new power plants and setting the state for an even more ambitious proposal next year. Critics of the new rule point out that it’s being done as an end run around Congress and […]

House Republican leaders announced they will vote to defund ObamaCare this Friday, the Washington Post reports. Nearly simultaneously, conservatives in the U.S. House released their long-awaited proposal to replace ObamaCare, as reported by The Hill. But not all on the right agree on the strategy. The Weekly Standard reports Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a stalwart […]

National Review reports House Republican leadership will announce plans Wednesday for budget legislation which would avert another debt ceiling crisis in exchange for defunding ObamaCare. James Capretta argues in the Weekly Standard that delay is the right play now for conservatives. Roll Call reports conservatives in the U.S. House are set to unveil their alternative […]

President Obama has waived a federal law which bans supplying arms to terrorists in order to facilitate aid to Syria rebels, reports the Washington Examiner. Other outlets have previously reported that parts of the Syrian opposition are connected with al-Qaeda. Also in the region, the Associated Press reports top Iranian officials claim the new Iranian government is ready […]

The Obama administration reached an agreement with Russia this weekend to disarm Syria of chemical weapons. John Kerry threatened Syria with bombing if it didn’t comply. The Jerusalem Post, however, reports Syria has already moved 20 trucks worth of chemical weapons materials into Iraq. Meanwhile, David Sanger reports in the New York Times on how […]