Pete Kasperowicz

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"Oh, Sean Spicer, our four-Pinocchio press secretary, is this the end?" the board asked. "We know we are not supposed to 'just yell out questions,' but rather 'raise our hands like big boys and girls,' but is it really, truly over?" (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

New York Times mocks Sean Spicer as Trump’s ‘four-Pinocchio press secretary’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 22, 2017 1:46 pm

Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., said the increase in the number of overweight kids is a sign that more education about food and nutrition is needed at school. (AP Photo/ Kathleen Foody)

Democrats demand more ‘nutrition education’ in public schools to fight obesity

Pete Kasperowicz · July 21, 2017 5:20 pm

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., argued Friday that President Trump's effort to investigate special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team is a "standard" practice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican lawmaker: Probing Mueller’s team is ‘standard legal practice’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 21, 2017 12:22 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov joked about the furor over President Trump's meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

National Security

Sergey Lavrov jokes about Trump-Putin meetings: ‘Maybe they went to the toilet together’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 21, 2017 11:50 am

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson credited President Trump with sharply reducing illegal immigration through the southwestern U.S. border just through the power of his tough talk against illegal migrants. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeh Johnson: Trump ‘scared off’ illegal immigrants with ‘rhetoric’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 20, 2017 12:20 pm

Trump stressed several times that the Senate needs to keep at it and that he wouldn't accept failure as an option. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump shames GOP senators on their ‘promise’ to repeal Obamacare

Pete Kasperowicz · July 19, 2017 8:59 pm

Trump spent Wednesday morning trying to rally the GOP, starting with tweets in the morning, and then in the afternoon by telling senators they are close to a deal. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: ‘We have to stay here’ until healthcare reform is passed

Pete Kasperowicz · July 19, 2017 5:19 pm

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California are clearly leading Democrats in Congress, but he said there is no overall leader. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Tim Ryan: Democrats have no national leader

Pete Kasperowicz · July 19, 2017 1:09 pm

In June, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin suggested that Congress could give the VA authority to move existing money around in order to fund the program past August.

Congress scrambling to keep key VA health program funded past August

Pete Kasperowicz · July 19, 2017 4:01 am

Democrats say failing to collect this data will give federal policymakers an incomplete picture of the U.S. population, which could hurt LGBT people when policy is made. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Democrats demand feds collect data on sexual orientation, gender identity

Pete Kasperowicz · July 18, 2017 4:29 pm

Alan Dershowitz shot down a prime argument for Democrats on why Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian attorney violated campaign finance law. (File photo)

Alan Dershowitz destroys Democrats’ ‘unconstitutional’ argument against Donald Trump Jr.

Pete Kasperowicz · July 16, 2017 9:32 pm

Authorities are hoping to form a Washington Metrorail Safety Commission to act as an oversight authority for the train service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House set to vote on authorization for Metro safety commission

Pete Kasperowicz · July 14, 2017 9:17 pm