14 min ago | Illinoisreview
Roskam Introduces Bill to Repeal Obamacare's 'Bay State Boondoggle'
Congressman Peter Roskam has introduced H.R. 2053, The Medicare Hospital Wage Index Equity Act of 2013, which would repeal a portion of the Obamacare law commonly referred to as the 'Bay State Boondoggle,' that would result in Illinois hospitals losing more than $60 million in Medicare payments.
4 hrs ago | New York Post
Team Obama's endless Syria bungling
Since his inauguration, President Obama's gullibility about Syria's brutal dictatorship and its ally Russia's Middle East objectives has injured America's stakes in the region.
5 hrs ago | The Gulf Today
Kerry pushes $2.1 b defense deal in Oman
US Secretary of State John Kerry met on Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon.
Mass. lawmakers push to retain $250m for hospitals
The Massachusetts congressional delegation, after holding a rare emergency meeting Wednesday, launched what could be a final effort to preserve more than $250 million in bonus Medicare payments to the state's hospitals that critics call the "Bay State boondoggle." But the prospect of holding on to the windfall is dimming.
US Senate Candidate Markey Greets Shoppers at Roche Bros in West Roxbury
Democratic US Senate candidate Ed Markey was joined by several local political leaders in a campaign stop at Roche Bros in West Roxbury on Tuesday.
Some U.S. utilities say they're under constant cyber attack
Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyber attacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring down the U.S. power grid.
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.
Audrey Young: Kerry I'll be back to NZ
It's usually the Terminator who says "I'll be back", but yesterday it was US Secretary of State John Kerry, a sign-off statement to reporters as he headed into bilateral talks.
State Democratic Chairman Rallies Berkshire Voters
John Walsh delivered a dose of adrenaline to Berkshire Democrats on Sunday as the party ramps up campaigning for Edward Markey.
Kerry in Oman to help ink $2.1b defence deal
MUSCAT US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalise an estimated $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defence system to the Gulf nation.
Mass. US Senate race focuses on 9/11 resolutions
In their contest for a U.S. Senate seat, Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey continued to clash Tuesday over votes Markey cast against two resolutions honoring the victims of the Sept.
DeFazio vying for Markey slots
Rep. Ed Markey hasn't yet won the Massachusetts special election for the open Senate seat, but some of his colleagues are already weighing in on his committee seats.
Newsweek in 1975: Tornado outbreak blamed on global cooling
Over the past several years, one of the knee-jerk reactions from political and media personalities following natural disasters has been to blame man-made global warming.
Gabriel Gomez is an ambitious guy. In January, with Massachusetts senator John Kerry all but certain to be confirmed as secretary of state, the 47-year-old Gomez wrote a letter to Governor Deval Patrick.
In one of his first visits to the city since winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep.
Benghazi is all about Republican politics
Republicans are going over the top with their pursuit of Benghazi as a monumental scandal.
Conservatism Lost a Battle, But Not the War
Dear Patriots. We lost! Obama-supporter Gabriel Gomez beat Conservative Republican Michael Sullivan in the Massachusetts primary.
Israelis And Palestinians Blast Kerry For Peace Efforts
John Kerry is so far not having a good run at Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. It's not for a lack of effort: he's about to make his fourth trip of his young tenure as Secretary of State to Israel and the Palestinian territories to try to jumpstart talks.
Stop me if you've heard this one before. A "fresh face" in Massachusetts politics decides to run for U.S. Senate.
Markey Disinvites Old Friend, Georgia Dem 'Cooter' from D.C. Fundraiser
Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey, his party's nominee for Senate in next month's special election, asked a former House colleague not to show up to a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. earlier this week.