John Solomon

Republican debate winners and losers

The fifth Republican presidential debate Tuesday night displayed the undeniable impact of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks, with a heavy focus on terrorism that played to the strengths of a handful of candidates. And the Las Vegas venue produced some clear winners before Americans ease into the holiday celebrations.

Labor Department throws football party, but bans Redskins jerseys

When the U.S. Labor Department's Center for Civil Rights wanted to celebrate its accomplishments last week, its managers threw the staff a football-themed tailgate party in the office parking lot.

Harry Reid pressed in Utah pay-to-play probe

A Utah state prosecutor who has been investigating allegations of wrongdoing against Harry Reid for more than a year on Wednesday night challenged the Senate minority leader to voluntarily provide evidence to clear his name.

FBI braces for ISIS holiday terror attacks

FBI officials on the front lines of the war on terrorism see a new round of threats rising and worry they don't have all the tools to cope.

Islamic State plotting to infiltrate, destabilize Balkans, intelligence suggests

As Croatian voters go to the polls Sunday to potentially unseat remnants of the country's communist past, there is growing intelligence that the Islamic State may be setting its eye on infiltrating and destabilizing the Balkans.

John Kasich wants new tax system for offshore businesses, smaller government

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, fighting to rise in the Republican presidential race, says he would allow U.S. companies to repatriate without penalty trillions of dollars they have earned and kept offshore and then create a new system ensuring Americans aren't double-taxed on foreign profits.

Hillary Clinton to testify before Benghazi committee: Fact and fiction on tragedy

On Thursday, Hillary Clinton will face the House Select Committee on Benghazi in one of the more highly anticipated congressional hearings of the year.

Hillary Clinton signed deal that let Huma Abedin double dip on salaries

Hillary Rodham Clinton personally signed the controversial deal in 2012 that let her top aide Huma Abedin simultaneously work for the State Department and a private New York firm with deep ties to the Clinton family, according to records made public Thursday.

Republican debate winners and losers

With Ronald Reagan's library serving as a hallowed backdrop, the second Republican presidential debate Wednesday night produced plenty of sharp exchanges, clear policy solutions and some clear winners and losers.

Hillary Clinton emails compromised spy satellite data on North Korean nukes

One of the most serious potential breaches of national security identified so far by the intelligence community inside Hillary Rodham Clinton's private emails involves the relaying of classified information concerning the movement of North Korean nuclear assets, which was obtained from spy satellites.

Hillary Clinton emails: Chuck Grassley questions lack of permanent IG at State Department

The chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday demanded the Obama administration explain why it allowed Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the only Secretary of State in more than a half-century without a permanent independent watchdog to police conduct inside the department.

FBI examining foreign travel of Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, Chattanooga shooting suspect

The FBI is closely examining the foreign travels of the man who gunned down four Marines in Tennessee, in particular a trip he made last year to Jordan to see if he came into contact with any Islamist extremists, a law enforcement official said Saturday.

Scott Walker vows to turn back clock on taxes to Reagan era

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Jumping into a crowded 2016 presidential field, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker vowed Monday to return federal tax rates to their levels under Ronald Reagan, eliminate the sequester cuts restraining Pentagon spending and tackle federal budget deficits by reforming entitlement programs and returning money and power to the states.

Ben Carson launches 2016 White House bid

Ben Carson, the pediatric neurosurgeon turned political sensation, will formally launch his improbable bid for the Republican presidential nomination Monday from the same streets of Detroit where his rags-to-riches story began six decades ago as a black child raised by a single mother in poverty.

Arab leaders agree to form joint military force

Mark Mansfield, childhood actor turned CIA spokesman, dies at 56

Mark Mansfield, a childhood actor who rose through the ranks of the CIA to become a decorated officer and the agency's chief spokesman, has died from complications due to kidney disease. He was 56.

Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dies at 82

Mario Cuomo, the golden-tongued son of Italian immigrants who rode his liberal views and hard-nosed political acumen to the pinnacle of Democratic politics as New York's governor but repeatedly shunned a run for the White House, died Thursday at the age of 82.

The biggest losers … Barack Obama’s big government, ‘war on women,’ and unions

Americans spoke with a vengeance on Election Day 2014. They no longer trust big government to solve their deepest worries. They're tired of the war on women narrative, too. They still want their economy fixed and don't mind their governors taking on public unions, either.

Paul Ryan: Voters reject ‘incompetence of big government’

Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president in 2012, said the GOP gains in Tuesday's election were fueled by voters finally experiencing the inability of a big federal government to deliver on President Obama's promises.

Ben Carson officially switches parties, returns to GOP

The Senate wasn't the only political player bracing for a party switch on Tuesday.