Political positions of Newt Gingrich

Recent gas price rise causes a stir in the Presidential Race

Global Politics

The price of gasoline is on the rise, and so is debate on fenergy solutions. In a recent campaign advertisement, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blamed the Obama administration’s “anti-gas” policies. However, the President remains firm in his belief in a need to invest in alternative energy sources.

As Gingrich presses, fiction becomes fact on food stamp debate

Global Politics

Newt Gingrich, Twitter and social media on the presidential campaign trail

Environment

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Newt Gingrich Proposes Radical Change in Labor Laws

GOP and Newt Gingrich Part Ways on Budget

Top members of the GOP and Newt Gingrich are trading barbs after Gingrich  criticized  the Paul Ryan budget. After Donald Trump’s announcement that he wouldn’t run, Gingrich may be one of the most bankable presidential candidates for Republicans, but is he already burning bridges? Newt Gingrich said about Paul Ryan’s proposal: “I think that that is too […]

Newt Gingrich Readies Presidential Bid

He’s got a website, an exploratory committee and a history of leadership; can Newt Gingrich become the next president? The former speaker of the house has officially entered the race. With analysis is Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich.  

Presidential Hopeful Newt Gingrich and the Class of ’94

Newt Gingrich is entering the “exploratory” phase of a possible presidential run in 2012 against President Barack Obama and a host of Republican challengers. Gingrich’s biggest political accomplishments on the national stage arguably happened when he swept into Congress with a Republican majority in the second half of Bill Clinton’s presidency. But where are Newt’s […]

The World

Health care reform: a critic’s take

Global Politics

The Democratic leaders are touting the heath care reform bill’s passage as a victory, but Republican critics are fighting back, saying that the bill will be on voters’ minds during the midterm elections.

The World

Newt Gingrich on the President’s Nobel Peace Prize

Conflict & Justice

The mastermind of 1994’s ‘Republican Revolution,’ former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, has never been shy with his opinion. He joins us this morning giving his read on President Obama’s accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.