Past Articles by Frank James
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Former IRS Head To Senate: It Wasn't My Fault Douglas Shulman, who led the IRS during the years when agency workers targeted tax-exempt applications from conservative groups, did his best to deflect accusations from unhappy senators. |
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Former IRS Head To Senate: It Wasn't My Fault Douglas Shulman, who led the IRS during the years when agency workers targeted tax-exempt applications from conservative groups, did his best to deflect accusations from unhappy senators. |
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Why The IRS Scandal Is Built To Last Of all the current Washington scandals, the one involving the IRS appears to have the most staying power. It rolls into one package an agency many love to hate, partisan suspicions and the American appetite for conspiracies. |
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Why The IRS Scandal Is Built To Last Of all the current Washington scandals, the one involving the IRS appears to have the most staying power. It rolls into one package an agency many love to hate, partisan suspicions and the American appetite for conspiracies. |
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Why The IRS Scandal Is Built To Last Of all the current Washington scandals, the one involving the IRS appears to have the most staying power. It rolls into one package an agency many love to hate, partisan suspicions and the American appetite for conspiracies. |
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A New Front In The War On Obamacare: Twitter Republicans slammed Obamacare with a barrage of three-word tweets. But the White House trolled them in response. |
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A New Front In The War On Obamacare: Twitter Republicans slammed Obamacare with a barrage of three-word tweets. But the White House trolled them in response. |
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A New Front In The War On Obamacare: Twitter Republicans slammed Obamacare with a barrage of three-word tweets. But the White House trolled them in response. |
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10 Things We Learned From the IRS Inspector General Report Among the things we learned about the IRS from the inspector general's report was that their boss told the group of employees at the controversy's heart to stop their dubious practices. Which they did, for a little while at least. |
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10 Things We Learned From the IRS Inspector General Report Among the things we learned about the IRS from the inspector general's report was that their boss told the group of employees at the controversy's heart to stop their dubious practices. Which they did, for a little while at least. |
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10 Things We Learned From the IRS Inspector General Report Among the things we learned about the IRS from the inspector general's report was that their boss told the group of employees at the controversy's heart to stop their dubious practices. Which they did, for a little while at least. |
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Controversies Risk Starving Obama's Agenda Of Air This was the critical moment, the brief time between his inaugural and when the nation's collective focus turns to whom his successor will be, when President Obama had to make real progress on his second-term agenda. Instead, controversies have intruded, eating up precious time. |
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Clinton White House Crisis Manager Dings Obama's Message Team Lanny J. Davis, a onetime crisis manager in former President Clinton's White House operation, doesn't give President Obama's communications team high marks. |
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Clinton White House Crisis Manager Dings Obama's Message Team Lanny J. Davis., a onetime crisis manager in former President Clinton's White House operation, doesn't give President Obama's communications team high marks. |
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Clinton White House Crisis Manager Dings Obama's Message Team Lanny J. Davis, a onetime crisis manager in former President Clinton's White House operation, doesn't give President Obama's communications team high marks. |
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IRS's Tea Party Scrutiny Adds To Conservatives' Case Against Obama The targeting by IRS workers in Cincinnati of the filings of conservative groups for added scrutiny was an innocent mistake, said an agency official who apologized. But President Obama's critics see more nefarious motives in the action. |
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IRS's Tea Party Scrutiny Adds To Conservatives' Case Against Obama The targeting by IRS workers in Cincinnati of the filings of conservative groups for added scrutiny was an innocent mistake, said an agency official who apologized. But President Obama's critics see more nefarious motives in the action. |
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Do GOP's Benghazi Charges Harm Hillary Clinton For 2016? Republican charges against the former secretary of state's handling of Benghazi struck some Democrats as an attempt to damage her presidential chances. Republican officials deny the accusations. |
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Do GOP's Benghazi Charges Harm Hillary Clinton For 2016? Republican charges against the former secretary of state's handling of Benghazi struck some Democrats as an attempt to damage her presidential chances. Republican officials deny the accusations. |
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Do GOP's Benghazi Charges Harm Hillary Clinton For 2016? Republican charges against the former secretary of state's handling of Benghazi struck some Democrats as an attempt to damage her presidential chances. Republican officials deny the accusations. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that apparently strong voter turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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Both Sides Hopeful In Last Hours Of Sanford, Colbert Busch Race Updated at 9:29 pm ET — Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford handily won the race for his old House seat, beating Elizabeth Colbert Bush. Earlier in the day, both sides expressed confidence that strong turnout was a good omen. And it was — for Sanford. |
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DeMint's Departure: A Onetime Ally Spurns Rubio In his new role as president of the Heritage Foundation, the former South Carolina senator parts company with a conservative Senate ally on the subject of immigration. |
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DeMint's Departure: A Onetime Ally Spurns Rubio In his new role as president of the Heritage Foundation, the former South Carolina senator parts company with a conservative Senate ally on the subject of immigration. |
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DeMint's Departure: A Onetime Ally Spurns Rubio In his new role as president of the Heritage Foundation, the former South Carolina senator parts company with a conservative Senate ally on the subject of immigration. |
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Ayotte Becoming Gun Control Lightning Rod The nation's gun debate seems to be settling on New Hampshire, where first-term Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is facing daily questions about her vote against expanded criminal background checks for gun buyers. |
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Ayotte Becoming Gun Control Lightning Rod The nation's gun debate seems to be settling on New Hampshire, where first-term Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is facing daily questions about her vote against expanded criminal background checks for gun buyers. |
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Obama's Bush Library Speech Leaves Iraq And More Unspoken Imagine having to deliver a tribute for someone you've openly excoriated for years. That was essentially the task President Obama had before him in his speech at the dedication ceremony for former President George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas. |
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Obama's Bush Library Speech Leaves Iraq And More Unspoken Imagine having to deliver a tribute for someone you've openly excoriated for years. That was essentially the task President Obama had before him in his speech at the dedication ceremony for former President George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas. |
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Giffords Group's Radio Ads Hit McConnell, Ayotte On Gun Vote A pro-gun control superPAC started by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, onetime astronaut Mark Kelly, launched radio ads against Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Kelly Ayotte for voting against bipartisan background check legislation. |
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Giffords Group's Radio Ads Hit McConnell, Ayotte On Gun Vote A pro-gun control superPAC started by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, onetime astronaut Mark Kelly, launched radio ads against Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Kelly Ayotte for voting against bipartisan background check legislation. |
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Plenty Of Finger-Pointing As Budget Cuts Delay First Flights Blame shifting was in high gear Tuesday on Capitol Hill and at the White House as the first air traffic delays tied to the furloughs of Federal Aviation Administration controllers began to get attention. |
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Budget Cuts Delay Flights But Not Fingerpointing Blame shifting was in high gear Tuesday on Capitol Hill and at the White House as the first air traffic delays tied to the furloughs of Federal Aviation Administration controllers began to get attention. |
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Immigration Overhaul Seems On Track Despite Boston Tragedy Did the Boston bombings slow or derail efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration system? Early indications are that it's on track. |
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Immigration Overhaul Seems On Track Despite Boston Tragedy Did the Boston bombings slow or derail efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration system? Early indications are that it's on track. |
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Immigration Overhaul Seems On Track Despite Boston Tragedy A not insignificant question hanging over immigration overhaul efforts a week after the Boston Marathon bombings was whether that violence had slowed or derailed the legislative effort. Early indications were that it still appeared on track. |
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Stubbornly, Manchin Maintains Optimism On Background Checks Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who lent his name to bipartisan legislation that would have extended background checks for gun purchasers to gun shows and online sales, isn't letting go. At least not yet. Others in the Senate, however, seem ready to move on. |
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Stubbornly, Manchin Maintains Optimism On Background Checks Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who lent his name to bipartisan legislation that would have extended background checks for gun purchasers to gun shows and online sales, isn't letting go. At least not yet. Others in the Senate, however, seem ready to move on. |
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Gun Fight Didn't End Too Soon For House GOP, Some Democrats With the failure of Senate gun-control legislation, House Republicans need not worry about a torrent of negative campaign ads against them over their opposition to such bills. Some Senate Democrats are likely breathing a sigh of relief, too. |
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Gun Fight Didn't End Too Soon For House GOP, Some Democrats With the failure of Senate gun-control legislation, House Republicans need not worry about a torrent of negative campaign ads against them over their opposition to such bills. Some Senate Democrats are likely breathing a sigh of relief, too. |
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Obama Uses And Loses Political Capital On Gun Control The president had put his political weight behind expanded background checks. But if he couldn't get an important win on a popular measure in a Democratic-controlled Senate, what's in store for other parts of his second-term agenda? |
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Obama Uses And Loses Political Capital On Gun Control The president had put his political weight behind expanded background checks. But if he couldn't get an important win on a popular measure in a Democratic-controlled Senate, what's in store for other parts of his second-term agenda? |
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Obama's 'Terrorism' Description Follows Cautious First Words President Obama has been the anti-George W. Bush when it comes to labeling perpetrators of violent acts "terrorists." On Tuesday, he called the Boston Marathon bombing "terrorism," but his stance has long been that his predecessor used the term too loosely. Some say Obama is too cautious. |
