By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
Lending to homebuyers in the U.S. remains little above the depressed levels hit during the recession because banks are wary about lending amid a slew of regulations coming out next year and proliferation of enforcement actions by state and federal regulators, a top mortgage banking official told The Washington Times. Published December 20, 2012 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A majority of Americans didn’t just cast a vote for President Obama on Nov. 6. They also came down firmly on the side of renewable energy and the federal government’s efforts to “level the playing field” with fossil fuels, argues the chairman of the solar power industry’s leading trade group. Published December 5, 2012 Comments
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Grover Norquist says Republicans will emerge victorious from the “fiscal cliff” fight if they put television cameras in the negotiating room and smoke out Democrats over their reluctance to cut entitlement programs — the biggest drivers of federal spending and the national debt. Published December 2, 2012 Comments
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Obama’s re-election on Tuesday smoothed the way for states to implement his signature health-care reforms, a challenge the District took on with vigor while other states waited to see if Republican opponent Mitt Romney could deliver on a promise to unravel the controversial law. Published November 8, 2012 Comments
By Shaun Waterman and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
A senior adviser to the Taiwanese government on Wednesday downplayed the likelihood that a war will erupt in the festering dispute between Taiwan, China and Japan over a chain of tiny islands in the East China Sea. Published October 17, 2012 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said the rise of the tea party and Rep. Ron Paul’s supporters within the Republican Party will push the GOP platform this year to focus more on matters such as the deficit and constitutional liberties. Published July 29, 2012 Comments
By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson said Monday that he won’t release his tax returns, joining his voice to that of presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who has declined to release more than the two most recent years. Published July 23, 2012 Comments
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
The government of Cyprus will rely on a combination of austerity measures and growth programs to dig its way out of a financial crisis that has forced it to turn to its European Union partners for aid, the Cypriot ambassador in Washington said Tuesday. Published July 3, 2012 Comments
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
Maldives’ first democratically elected president says the United States must acknowledge that he was ousted in a coup and press the current government of the Indian Ocean island nation to hold presidential elections this year. Published June 27, 2012 Comments
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Morocco may have avoided the upheaval of an Arab Spring revolution, but it faces other challenges due to its economic closeness to crisis-riddled Europe and heavy reliance on remittances. Published June 14, 2012 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Other Republicans may be worried about the campaign prospects of Mitt Romney but not Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the conservative caucus in the House, who said voters have made the decision to reject President Obama and replace him with the GOP nominee. Published September 23, 2012
By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) might one day overtake the European Union as an economic power, Singapore's foreign minister says. Published June 18, 2012
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
The United States and the European Union have fallen victim to a "kind of hysteria" in their reactions to the new constitution enacted this year by Hungary's ruling nationalist, a leading spokesman for the Central European nation says. Published June 5, 2012
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
Tanzania's president is waging a war on hunger — and while he's at it, he wants to modernize his East African nation's agricultural sector to lift millions of his countrymen out of poverty. Published May 21, 2012
