December 20, 2015 Obama expected to name AG nominee after midterms, setting up lame-duck battle President Obama plans to wait on nominating a new attorney general to replace Eric Holder until shortly after the November election, setting up a likely battle in a lame-duck session despite calls from Republicans to wait even longer -- until the new Senate is seated.
December 20, 2015 Biden: James Brady turned tragedy into action Vice President Joe Biden is praising the late James Brady, a onetime White House press secretary, as a rare example of turning tragedy into action.
December 20, 2015 Pulling 'an IRS'? EPA reportedly loses text messages now sought in request According to the Washington Times, Justice Department attorneys plan to notify the archives in the next couple of days and will detail what the EPA admits to losing.
December 20, 2015 Biden completes apology tour with phone call to Saudi official Vice President Biden apologized Tuesday to a top Saudi official for remarks last week suggesting key U.S. allies destabilized Syria by sending arms and money to extremists.
December 20, 2015 VA fires 4 senior executives in response to scandal Among those fired are a top purchasing official at the Veterans Health Administration, directors of VA hospitals in Pittsburgh and Dublin, Georgia, and a regional hospital director in central Alabama.
December 20, 2015 Biden comment shakes US-Arab alliance against ISIS The vice president has apologized twice now for suggesting last week that key U.S. allies inflamed the situation in Syria by sending arms and money to extremists opposed to Bashar Assad.
December 20, 2015 Biden on being vice president: It’s ‘a b-tch' Vice President Joe Biden laughed that being VP is “a b-tch” while speaking to students at Harvard University on Thursday.
December 20, 2015 Enemy or Asset? FBI documents show radical cleric Awlaki communicated with federal agent in '03 Watchdog group Judicial Watch has obtained more than 900 pages of new documents in the course of its federal lawsuit against the FBI.
December 20, 2015 Top Senate Republican Barrasso warns against lame duck Holder replacement The simmering bipartisan battle over whether the Senate will try to swiftly replace retiring Attorney General Eric Holder heated up Sunday with a top Senate Republican saying such a move would show the “desperation” Democrats feel about possibly losing control next month of the upper chamber.
December 20, 2015 Holder resigning as attorney general after tumultuous term Attorney General Eric Holder is resigning from the Obama administration, capping a tumultuous six-year term marked by several high-profile clashes with Congress.