http://www.ksat.com/-/478556/4757604/-/wvirviz/-/index.html en-US © 2011 Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. Home Home en-US © 2011 Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/Obama-says-US-at-crossroads-in-terror-fight/-/2567674/20266688/-/uw2nqoz/-/index.html President Barack Obama in a major counterterrorism speech Thursday defended the American drone program, saying that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:38 GMT 20266688 2013-05-23T19:32:38Z http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/Pritzker-denies-role-in-offshore-tax-accounts/-/2567674/20271214/-/yvk46u/-/index.html Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker denied any role Thursday in the creation or control of offshore tax accounts used to help manage her family's vast fortune - a politically sensitive issue for President Barack Obama in the wake of last year's... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:25:36 GMT 20271214 2013-05-23T18:25:36Z http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/bill-clintons-106m-speech-circuit-windfall/-/2567674/20275730/-/mwgn6wz/-/index.html As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarks on her new career as a paid speaker, she joins a lucrative family business that already has earned her husband more than $100 million since leaving office in 2001. Thu, 23 May 2013 18:11:21 GMT 20275730 2013-05-23T18:11:21Z http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/shame-on-us-if-weiner-elected-ny-gov-says/-/2567674/20271578/-/13lb6xf/-/index.html On the day of Anthony Weiner's first official campaign stop, the governor of New York offered a scathing evaluation of the disgraced former congressman's bid for mayor. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:44:46 GMT 20271578 2013-05-23T15:44:46Z http://www.ksat.com/news/key-staffers-resign-during-heated-china-grove-meeting/-/478452/20267324/-/i3iqe2z/-/index.html A China Grove City Council meeting took an abrupt turn Wednesday night when five city employees suddenly resigned from their positions. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:20:02 GMT 20267324 2013-05-23T07:20:02Z http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/4-Americans-killed-in-drone-strikes-since-09/-/2567674/20260714/-/qs0wbiz/-/index.html Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, the U.S. government acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday, one day before President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on related policy. In a letter to Senate Jud... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:28:44 GMT 20260714 2013-05-23T05:28:44Z http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/texas-budget-standoff-shows-late-signs-of-easing/-/2567674/20264536/-/14mr0w1z/-/index.html A spending bill crucial to a complex Texas budget deal contains an extra $200 million to public schools as pledged by Senate negotiators. Thu, 23 May 2013 01:17:46 GMT 20264536 2013-05-23T01:17:46Z http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/house-members-kill-more-senate-bills-as-revenge/-/2567674/20264528/-/10vl3lm/-/index.html Members of the Texas Houses temporarily expanded their retaliation against the Senate for failing to move their bills. Thu, 23 May 2013 01:11:43 GMT 20264528 2013-05-23T01:11:43Z http://www.ksat.com/news/lawmakers-take-aim-at-sugary-drinks-in-school/-/478452/20261906/-/13kawoyz/-/index.html A bill aimed at slimming waist lines could limit the amount of available drink options in elementary and middle school vending machines. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:37:24 GMT 20261906 2013-05-22T22:37:24Z http://www.ksat.com/news/politics/IRS-official-takes-the-5th-at-hearing/-/2567674/20252682/-/1d1qytz/-/index.html A six-hour congressional hearing Wednesday on Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups lacked one thing -- answers from the woman who heads the unit responsible for a scandal dominating Washington politics. Lois Lerner, the IRS direct... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:48:57 GMT 20252682 2013-05-22T21:48:57Z