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Director of hacked federal agency should be fired: GOP
WASHINGTON — A growing chorus of lawmakers wants to sack the head of the federal agency where the personal data of 21.5 million people got hacked. Republican House Speaker John...
Schumer blasts Boehner for 'ignorance' on Amtrak
NEW YORK -- A U.S. House committee announced Friday it would hold a hearing on the deadly Amtrak crash while U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer launched another push to get Congress...
Boehner rips reporter for 'stupid question' about Amtrak funds
https://youtu.be/y-eux952wZI WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that this week's fatal Amtrak crash wasn't caused by a lack of federal funds and mocked a reporter for even asking...
Relations between cops, African Americans a 'national crisis': Boehner
Relations between police and African Americans have boiled up to a national crisis, House Speaker John Boehner said.
Boehner says US-Israel bond is 'strong as ever'
House Speaker John Boehner stood side-by-side with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Wednesday, insisting that bonds between the two nations are “strong as ever” and “they’re going to...
Boehner visits Jordan in first stop of Mideast tour
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner began a Holy Land victory tour Monday, with plans to meet this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Boehner���s trip comes just weeks...
Boehner rips Obama’s treatment of Netanyahu as ‘reprehensible’
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s treatment of Benjamin Netanyahu has been disgraceful, House Speaker John Boehner charged Sunday. “I think the animosity exhibited by our administration toward the prime minister of...
Boehner 'baffled' by reports that Israel spied on Iran nuke talks
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that he's "baffled" by reports that Israel spied on negotiators in the closed-door talks over Iran's nuclear program — espionage that Israeli...
Boehner plans Israel visit after Netanyahu's election win
House Speaker John Boehner is rubbing Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in President Obama’s nose — heading to Israel as relations between the White House and the Israeli prime minister have hit...
Democrats denounce GOP letter to Iran
WASHINGTON — Democrats in the White House and Congress accused 47 GOP senators of undermining President Barack Obama in international talks to curb Iran's nuclear program, saying that trying to...
Homeland Security funding drama darkens fiscal outlook
Congress narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the US domestic security agency late Friday, but the forces behind the chaotic episode remain — fractious Republicans and House Speaker John Boehner's lack...
Boehner says it’s not easy leading Republicans
WASHINGTON — Under fire for an ongoing showdown over funding for Homeland Security, Speaker of the House John Boehner said Sunday it’s not easy to lead his rambunctious Republican caucus....
Democrats pledge to boycott Netanyahu's address to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington Sunday evening for his controversial address to Congress, which will be boycotted by dozens of Democratic lawmakers — including two from New...
Netanyahu still has 'respect' for Obama on eve of trip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on the eve of his controversial trip to Washington that he still has “respect” for President Obama. “I want to take this opportunity to...
Boehner ready for Homeland Security Department shutdown
WASHINGTON -- The possibility of a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security seemed more likely Sunday after Speaker of the House John Boehner said he was "certainly" prepared to...
Boehner admits keeping Obama in dark about Netanyahu
WASHINGTON -- Speaker of the House John Boehner admitted he purposely kept President Obama in the dark about inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress. “I frankly...
O Jerusalem! Making Israel a wedge issue
If Ron Dermer didn’t exist, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman would have to invent him. The Miami-born Dermer is Israel’s envoy to the United States. Before that, he was...
Pope Francis to become first pope to address Congress
Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of Congress on Sept. 24, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday, a first for the leader of the world's Roman Catholics. While it...
Congress' power to invite Netanyahu
Could President Obama go to court to try to block Congress from inviting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to a joint meeting of the House and Senate?...
An unwelcome ally: White House's bizarre pique on Bibi invite
The White House has now become a stickler for protocol, especially when it comes to relations between the two political branches. The new persnicketiness arises from House Speaker John Boehner’s...