This Week (tv program)

Fusion power on the right

2013-03-21 00:00:00

"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed The Week magazine. Meanwhile, The New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...

As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage

2012-12-02 06:25:00

President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...

O'Malley becomes regular figure in Sunday talk

2012-07-21 14:47:00

It might have been back in February when he got under the skin of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on CBS' "Face the Nation." Or maybe it was in May when he went toe to toe with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on NBC's "Meet the Press." None of the...

The pollution of political discourse

2012-11-16 00:00:00

As the dust settles in the wake of the latest presidential election, where can the open-minded voter turn these days for reasonably unbiased analysis and commentary on the state of political affairs? It's a challenge in this era of talk radio and cable...

Paul Ryan's billionaire populism

2012-08-22 03:00:00

Last Friday, Paul Ryan, the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee, made the most populist speech of this campaign season. "It's the people who are politically connected, it's the people who have access to Washington that get the breaks," he...

Issues vs. 'distractions'

2012-04-23 03:00:00

It's going to be bait and switch for as far as the eye can see. That's how it looks now that the smoke has cleared after the recent "Mommy war" skirmish over Democratic operative Hilary Rosen's comment that mother of five Ann Romney had "never worked a...

Business community AWOL in debt debate

2011-08-11 04:45:00

Where was the business community when the debt ceiling debate was going on? Why weren't they piling into Washington with grim faces and falling charts showing Congress what was likely to happen if America continued make a spectacle of itself, looking...

IRS officials aren't cooperating in probes at top or bottom

2013-05-22 15:35:03

WASHINGTON Internal Revenue Service officials are not fully cooperating with efforts to learn who is responsible for targeting conservative groups, lawmakers learned Wednesday during the third and most tense, dramatic hearing on the scandal. First, the...

White House says it knew of IRS investigation a month ago

2013-05-20 17:05:03

WASHINGTON The White House acknowledged Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements about who in the White House...

White House accuses Republicans of 'fishing expeditions'

2013-05-19 12:20:03

By Tabassum Zakaria and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday accused Republicans of conducting political "fishing expeditions," while Republican lawmakers showed no let up in attacking President Barack Obama's...

Mitch McConnell on 'Meet the Press'; Paul Ryan on 'Fox News Sunday'

2013-05-17 10:07:00

The Sunday morning talk shows will find a lot to talk about in the Washington controversies over the IRS, the Department of Justice and the Benghazi attack. White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer will talk to NBC's "Meet the Press," CNN's "State of the...

Benghazi attack tops Sunday morning news menu

2013-05-10 11:47:00

The Benghazi attack will be the main topic this weekend on Sunday morning chat programs. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., talk to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. They will discuss whether there was...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be a guest on ABC's "This Week"

2012-12-14 16:27:00

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be a guest on ABC's "This Week"

2012-12-14 16:27:00

Cokie Roberts, co-anchor of ABC-TV's "This Week," is shown in an undated file photo. Roberts says she is being treated for breast cancer that was detected in the early stages and that she does not expect any major disruption in her work schedule at ABC News.

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