Politics Informer

Most second-term presidents become fixated on global affairs because the world beyond our shores, with all its strife and misery, often seems more malleable than life in Washington, with its fractious Congress and waning electoral mandate. The trick, though, for a foreign policy president, is to be good at it—and these days those skills appear [...]

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An ethical cloud is following Sen. Robert Menendez in Washington, even as he plays starring roles in some of Congress’ most fraught domestic and foreign policy dramas. Full News here – FOXNews.com

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Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted a major forum on immigration policy Tuesday in Los Angeles featuring some major national and international figures. But will the latest attempt to change the nation’s faulty immigration policy fare any better than it did in 2006 and 2007, before top Republicans realized how definitively they were losing the Latino [...]

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Crises have flared abroad in the last several weeks, just as public opinion surveys have shown a dip in Americans’ approval of President Obama’s handling of foreign policy.      Full News here – NYT > Politics

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Editor's Note: This blog post is cross-posted from the ONDCP Blog. The President has outlined his vision of an America built to last—where an educated, skilled workforce has the knowledge, energy and expertise to compete in the global marketplace. Yet–for far too many Americans–that vision is limited by drug use, which not only diminishes the [...]

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Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Wednesday that he would spend the second half of this year mulling whether to run for president in 2016. He seems already to have a campaign theme: jobs and innovation. Full News here – The Caucus

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A federal agency and a senator launched probes into whether news of an important government announcement was improperly leaked to traders about 30 minutes before it was made public. Full News here – WSJ.com: Politics And Policy

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Alerted by a private message about a potential coming change in government health-care policy, certain investors earlier this week sparked a frenzy of trading in some of the industry’s largest companies. Full News here – WSJ.com: Politics And Policy

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Newtown. Today, the name of the town itself immediately conjures many images and emotions for people throughout our country. After visiting Newtown myself yesterday I am left with the memory of two words specifically — perseverance and character. I was privileged to visit the Newtown Prevention Council, a drug free communities coalition dedicated to reducing [...]

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