Topic: Frank Wolf

Why Republicans think Obama's back is against the wall on 'sequester'

President Obama has spent the past week trying to put Republicans on the defensive over the sequester. But many Republicans believe the pressure is on him.

U.S. seeking options in Chinese activist's case

Chen Guangcheng's statement that he wants to leave China has complicated high-level talks between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Chinese government.

China-U.S. ties strained by blind activist's desire to leave

Chen Guangcheng is asking to leave China with his family and go to the United States; his decision comes in the midst of a high-level meeting in Beijing between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese officials.

Mitt Romney's problem with women voters: views from a battleground state

In Virginia, a 2012 battleground state, women prefer Obama to Mitt Romney by 13 percentage points, polls show. Analysts say Virginia reflects the national outlook, which could bode well for the president come November.

NASA's Bolden walks tight rope on China trip

NASA administrator Bolden's trip to China comes at a time of upheaval in the US human spaceflight program, including doubt about Bolden's future at the space agency's helm.

Al Qaeda websites present growing threat, FBI's Mueller warns

Al Qaeda, once limited to areas surrounding Afghanistan, may be using the Internet to recruit and radicalize, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified Wednesday before a House Appropriations subcommittee.

The Monitor's View: America's $53 trillion jumbo loan

The next president and Congress must not let the national debt surprise the country the way the subprime crisis did.

Congress's spending goes unchecked, with more likely

Lawmakers approve war costs, new veterans' benefits, and relief for flooded Midwest. But 'pay as you go' principle is ignored in the Senate.

Congress's spending goes unchecked, with more likely

Lawmakers approve war costs, new veterans' benefits, and relief for flooded Midwest. But 'pay as you go' principle is ignored in the Senate.

Chinese hacked computers, U.S. lawmakers say

The alleged attack renews cyberwarfare concerns.

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