Senate Defeats Bill on Keystone XL Pipeline in Narrow Vote  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, by a single vote, stopped legislation that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, one of the most fractious and expensive battles of the Obama presidency.

It's Time For Leftist Gruber Truthers To Give It A Rest  —  Jonathan Gruber was a key architect of Obamacare who was intimately involved in the drafting of the legislation.  —  That is a fact.  It is not arguable.  It is not assailable.  It is backed up by overwhelming contemporaneous evidence long …

TURLEY AGREES TO SERVE AS LEAD COUNSEL FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE  —  As many on this blog are aware, I have previously testified, written, and litigated in opposition to the rise of executive power and the countervailing decline in congressional power in our tripartite system.

White House prepares activists for Obama's immigration order  —  The White House held calls with activist groups on Tuesday to prepare them for President Obama's executive action on immigration, sources tell The Hill.  —  Administration officials didn't go into detail on what would be included …

Obama's Agenda Threatens to Divide the Democratic Party  —  Hillary Clinton's ability to win the White House in 2016 depends on the president moving to the middle, not playing to his base.  —  President Obama's biggest problem over the next two years may not be coming from recalcitrant Republicans …

GOP Rep. Hal Rogers Floats ‘Rescission’ Plan To Combat Executive Amnesty  —  The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee pitched GOP colleagues on a plan to rescind funding for targeted programs in the next Congress to respond to President Obama's planned executive amnesty, throwing a new idea into a ring already full of them.

McConnell looks to create super PAC dedicated to GOP Senate  —  CONGRESS SENATE REPUBLICAN PARTY MITCH MCCONNELL KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN FINANCE 2014 ELECTIONS 2016 ELECTIONS PENNAVE SUPER PACS 2014 MIDTERMS  —  Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is exploring the creation …

K Street to cash in on GOP ties  —  A cadre of former congressional staffers on K Street stands to gain influence with the rise of a new crop of GOP chairmen in the Senate.  —  Lobbyists whose stock is about to skyrocket include those with ties to new leadership on the Banking, Finance …

A Walker '16 boom: He looks great — on paper  —  Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc.  —  The Republican nomination for the presidency in 2016 may be Scott Walker's to lose.  If your response, as it might be, is “Scott Who?” then you're not paying attention yet.  —  I just spent a week among people who are …

Congresswoman on transgender son: I love my child no matter what  —  Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla..  (Handout via Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)  —  Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has words of advice for other parents with transgender children: Don't reject them, and always show your love.

Dem anger flares over pregnant lawmaker  —  A meeting of House Democrats flared up on Tuesday over the increasingly thorny issue of whether a pregnant member should be allowed to vote from afar in the party's leadership elections this week.  —  Democratic leaders, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi …

Palestinians in Gaza celebrate terror attack at Jerusalem synagogue  —  Hamas: Jerusalem synagogue attack in response to deat...  Police chief: Lone wolves apparently carried out dead...  Abbas twice condemns deadly attack on Jewish worshipe...  Revelers in Rafah hand out sweets, brandish axes and posters in praise of terrorists.

NAACP responds to racial school administrator retweet  —  UPDATE: The NAACP sent 13News Now the following statement: … NORFOLK — A retweet has stirred up controversy at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk.  —  The tweet, allegedly sent from the account of a school administrator …

Key ObamaCare official used threats, ‘tantrums’ to push website launch despite concerns, email claims  —  This Nov. 5, 2013 file photo shows Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP)  —  A key ObamaCare official engaged in a “cruel and uncaring march” …

“God View:” Uber Investigates Its Top New York Executive For Privacy Violations  —  In the wake of a BuzzFeed News story, the transit company is looking into the official's tracking of a journalist's location.  —  BuzzFeed News  —  Uber said Tuesday that it is investigating its top …

McConnell Pushes Republicans to Silence Senate Debate on NSA Reform Bill  —  The Republican leader said the measure would help ISIS kill Americans.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is asking his fellow Republicans to block a bill that would curtail the government's domestic spying powers.