Print William Bigelow Read Full Bio Obama's Approval Rating Plummets Worldwide from 2009 According to a new Gallup poll, by the time Barack Obama reached his fourth year in office in 2012, the world had grown far more disenchanted with American leadership. 14 Mar 2013 Obama and Balanced Budget: Blowin' in the Wind Barack Obama admitted on Wednesday that he’s not interested in seeking a balanced budget, saying, “My goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance.” 14 Mar 2013 House GOP Gives Obama Standing Ovation--Twice Jonathan Karl of ABC News has reported that GOP sources told him House Republicans gave Barack Obama a standing ovation at the beginning and end of his get-together with them on Wednesday. 14 Mar 2013 Pope Francis I's First Speech The first speech of the new pope, Pope Francis I, showed a sense of humor, remarking on how far the Vatican had to travel to find him in Argentina. He also asked for a blessing for his predecessor, Benedict XVI. He humbly asked the cheering crowd to pray for him before he gave them his blessing. 14 Mar 2013 Obama Administration Backs Down on Waiving Welfare Requirements The Obama administration, sensing they can only go so far in weakening welfare requirements, voiced concerns but did not veto a new GOP bill, H.R. 890, that would repeal the efforts by the government to waive certain work requirements for welfare recipients. 13 Mar 2013 Democrats to Reveal First Budget in Four Years Senate Democrats are about to reveal their first budget in four years, and it reportedly calls for $1 trillion in new taxes. 12 Mar 2013 Pakistani Christians Protest Against Muslim Violence In Pakistan, hundreds of Christians fought with police on Sunday as they demonstrated against the lack of will shown by the Pakistani government in defending them from Muslims who have terrorized them. In Lahore and Karachi, at least 1,000 Christians took part in the protests. Christians comprise 5% of the Pakistani population. 11 Mar 2013 WaPo: White House Tour Closure 'Teaching How Democracy Works' Leave it to the Washington Post to spin the closure of White House tours by the Obama Administration as a lesson in civics and democracy. In Saturday’s edition, a story ran titled “In canceled White House tours, a civics lesson: Disappointed tourists help administration show sequester’s pain.” 11 Mar 2013 Obama Jokes About Transparency, Press Is Shut Out of Gridiron Dinner It doesn’t get more ironic than this: Barack Obama, who boasted of how his administration was the “most transparent in history,” cracked jokes at the Gridiron Club annual dinner Saturday night about his transparency while the event was closed to outside press. 10 Mar 2013 Graham: How Do You Say No to the President? Graham was invited with a number of GOP senators including Bob Corker (Tenn.), Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), John McCain (Az.), Dan Coats (Ind.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Pat Toomey (Pa.), Ron Johnson (Wis.) and John Hoeven (N.D.). 10 Mar 2013 Previous 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Next
Obama's Approval Rating Plummets Worldwide from 2009 According to a new Gallup poll, by the time Barack Obama reached his fourth year in office in 2012, the world had grown far more disenchanted with American leadership. 14 Mar 2013
Obama and Balanced Budget: Blowin' in the Wind Barack Obama admitted on Wednesday that he’s not interested in seeking a balanced budget, saying, “My goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance.” 14 Mar 2013
House GOP Gives Obama Standing Ovation--Twice Jonathan Karl of ABC News has reported that GOP sources told him House Republicans gave Barack Obama a standing ovation at the beginning and end of his get-together with them on Wednesday. 14 Mar 2013
Pope Francis I's First Speech The first speech of the new pope, Pope Francis I, showed a sense of humor, remarking on how far the Vatican had to travel to find him in Argentina. He also asked for a blessing for his predecessor, Benedict XVI. He humbly asked the cheering crowd to pray for him before he gave them his blessing. 14 Mar 2013
Obama Administration Backs Down on Waiving Welfare Requirements The Obama administration, sensing they can only go so far in weakening welfare requirements, voiced concerns but did not veto a new GOP bill, H.R. 890, that would repeal the efforts by the government to waive certain work requirements for welfare recipients. 13 Mar 2013
Democrats to Reveal First Budget in Four Years Senate Democrats are about to reveal their first budget in four years, and it reportedly calls for $1 trillion in new taxes. 12 Mar 2013
Pakistani Christians Protest Against Muslim Violence In Pakistan, hundreds of Christians fought with police on Sunday as they demonstrated against the lack of will shown by the Pakistani government in defending them from Muslims who have terrorized them. In Lahore and Karachi, at least 1,000 Christians took part in the protests. Christians comprise 5% of the Pakistani population. 11 Mar 2013
WaPo: White House Tour Closure 'Teaching How Democracy Works' Leave it to the Washington Post to spin the closure of White House tours by the Obama Administration as a lesson in civics and democracy. In Saturday’s edition, a story ran titled “In canceled White House tours, a civics lesson: Disappointed tourists help administration show sequester’s pain.” 11 Mar 2013
Obama Jokes About Transparency, Press Is Shut Out of Gridiron Dinner It doesn’t get more ironic than this: Barack Obama, who boasted of how his administration was the “most transparent in history,” cracked jokes at the Gridiron Club annual dinner Saturday night about his transparency while the event was closed to outside press. 10 Mar 2013
Graham: How Do You Say No to the President? Graham was invited with a number of GOP senators including Bob Corker (Tenn.), Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), John McCain (Az.), Dan Coats (Ind.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Pat Toomey (Pa.), Ron Johnson (Wis.) and John Hoeven (N.D.). 10 Mar 2013
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