Paul Bedard is a journalist and columnist known for his political reporting and coverage of Washington politics. He is a longtime columnist for the Washington Examiner, where he writes the "Washington Secrets" column covering political news, government policy, and campaign developments. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard between 2012 and 2018 on topics ranging from IRS oversight to Supreme Court nominations.
Now that one woman has claimed that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her while the two teens were drunk at a high school pool party, others from Georgetown Prep’s class of 1983 are being urged to tell tales to help ruin his chances of winning confirmation.
President-elect Trump's team is being urged to kill new Food and Drug Administration rules that threaten to snuff out the e-cigarette business and rob chainsmokers of an alternative to ending their habit.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is stepping up his criticism of President Obama’s plan to regulate the internet, warning that new rules will lead to the types of taxes and fees slapped on telephones and cable service.
Refuting Democratic suggestions that progressive groups were also swept up in the IRS probe of the tax status of Tea Party organizations, the Treasury Department's inspector general has revealed that just six progressive groups were targeted compared to 292 conservative groups.
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton says it's time for a woman in the Oval Office, music to her mom Hillary Clinton's ears.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the national spotlight since her husband ran for president in 1992, has broken the Gallup Poll record books, becoming the most admired woman in history, topping their list for the 17th time, far ahead of first lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Queen…