Pete Kasperowicz

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Cartwright said many working-class people can't afford to take off the one to three hours needed to vote.. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Democrats to companies: Give workers paid time off to vote

Pete Kasperowicz · June 24, 2017 7:54 pm

Sanders seemed to dismiss the idea that there are two sides politically when it comes to helping people. (Peter Kasperowicz/Washington Examiner)

Deion Sanders defends Koch family: Helping the country is ‘what they do’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 24, 2017 7:00 pm

Freshman Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., proposed the resolution Thursday along with most freshmen from both parties. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Lawmakers call for ‘civility training’ in public schools

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2017 6:28 pm

Charles Koch says society's key institutions are leaning too heavily on a bloated federal bureaucracy, in a new video that revealed what's on his mind a day before the Koch brothers' Seminar Network holds a summit meeting in Colorado Springs. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)

Charles Koch: Government taking on ‘much more than it’s able to handle’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2017 1:49 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Friday that one key element that needs to be included in the Senate healthcare bill is a connection between consumers and healthcare providers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul: Lasik surgery shows health prices fall when consumers can shop

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2017 12:49 pm

Just before he left office, President Obama authorized a plan to seed Russia's cyber infrastructure with "cyber weapons" in retaliation for Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg)

Obama wanted to plant cyber ‘bombs’ in Russia’s infrastructure: Report

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2017 11:51 am

President Trump wants to penalize so-called sanctuary cities, or jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Congress ignores White House pressure to tweak Russia sanctions bill

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2017 4:01 am

Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

GOP resolution says welfare programs ‘discourage marriage’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 22, 2017 9:19 pm

A House Democrat said Thursday that Nancy Pelosi's time as a leader of the Democrats is over, as Democrats have been stuck in the minority since 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrat: Nancy Pelosi’s time has ‘come and gone’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 22, 2017 11:44 am

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones during a flight test off Hawaii. (Photo by Missile Defense Agency photo)

National Security

US fails to intercept missile in test over Hawaii

Pete Kasperowicz · June 22, 2017 11:05 am

President Trump said the American economy will harness energy in all forms, rejecting pressure to focus solely on so-called clean and green energy solutions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Energy and Environment

Trump zings clean energy zealots: ‘I don’t want to just hope the wind blows…’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 22, 2017 1:43 am

McCabe called being able to handle classified information responsibly "vital" to the national security of the United States. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe warns leakers: We will find and prosecute you

Pete Kasperowicz · June 21, 2017 8:38 pm