Just when you think that Republicans are developing a respectable reputation on innovation, they nominate the most reviled policymaker in the technology industry to chair House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Rep Lamar Smith (CrunchGov Grade: F), sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act, which sparked arguably the largest online public outcry in Int... Read more
Republicans have not had a friendly relationship with science these past few months: crazy theories about rape, attacking climate scientists, and referring to evolution as "lies straight from the pit ... Read more
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) Energised by his election victory, a confident President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda from reigniting the growth of middle class to fixing immigration to curbin... Read more
Washington, March 20 (IANS) Challenging White House's claim that it had nothing to do with the release of over 2,000 immigration detainees from jail, opposition Republicans have suggested it was moti... Read more
Washington, March 16 (IANS) Chiding his own Republican Party's "obsession with zeroes" Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal said the conservatives were falling into "the sideshow trap" o... Read more
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has brushed off speculation about the 2016 presidential race, saying any Republican already considering a bid needs to get h... Read more
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) An angry, combative and sometimes emotional Secretary of State Hillary clashed with Republican critics over her department's handling of the Sep 11 terrorist attack in Libya... Read more
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Louisiana's Indian American governor Bobby Jindal has lashed out at fellow Republicans to rethink their arguments against Democrats and appeals to voters.
"We must stop bei... Read more
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Two Republican lawmakers, who courted controversy with their provocative remarks on rape and abortion of the type some Haryana politicians have made, have been defeated scut... Read more