It’s usually about this time in the election cycle when a self-important star will vow to flee the country should the GOP take the White House. For Lady Gaga, leaving the country isn’t good enough. Is the singer mocking the
The Department of Labor released its initial report on August non-farm payrolls this morning. Job growth in August was a sub-par 96k jobs created. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% though, as more people left the workforce. Consensus on Wall
By DAVID ESPO and ROBERT FURLOWAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C.His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama acknowledged slow progress toward solving the nation’s economic woes Thursday night but declared in a Democratic National Convention speech, “Our problems can be solved, our challenges
BOSTON, MA – Romney for President Campaign Manager Matt Rhoades released the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention: “Tonight President Obama laid out the choice in this election, making the case for more
Remarks as prepared for delivery: In this campaign, we have a fundamental choice. Will we protect our country and our allies, advance our interests and ideals, do battle where we must and make peace where we can? Or will we
Excepts remarks as prepared for delivery: “But when all is said and done – when you pick up that ballot to vote – you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation. Over the next few years,
Remarks As prepared for Delivery: Hello, Charlotte! I am honored to be here as co-chair of President Obama’s re-election campaign, and so proud of my friend and fellow Texan, Julian Castro. Didn’t he do a great job? I feel fortunate
Excepts from Scarlett Johansson’s remarks at the DNC as prepared for delivery: It’s an honor to be here tonight. I speak to you not as a representative of young Hollywood, but as a representative of the many millions of young
President Barack Obama got to flex his impressive celebrity rolodex at the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Not only is Obama awaiting speeches from Eva Longoria, Scarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington, he got to watch Marc Anthony and
BET CEO Debra Lee watched last week’s Republican National Convention, an event filled with a diverse lineup showcasing the GOP’s deep bench. Condi Rice. Marco Rubio. Mia Love. It’s hard not to be inspired by their life stories, their love
By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELES A week after Clint Eastwood’s appearance before the Republican National Convention, mocking continues about the Hollywood veteran’s peculiar, rambling conversation with an imaginary President Barack Obama in an empty chair, raising the question:
Senior Obama Campaign adviser David Axelrod reportedly contacted The Gallup Organization to discuss the company’s research methodology after their poll’s findings were unfavorable to the President. After declining to adjust their methodology, Gallup was named in an unrelated lawsuit by
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BruneiU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that her talks in China this week were useful despite highlighting sharp differences between Washington and Beijing over key international issues from Syria’s civil war to
(AFP) Italian director Marco Bellocchio on Thursday condemned the Catholic Church’s interference in politics after the premiere of his new controversial film about a high-profile euthanasia case. “As long as Catholics can condition Italian political life, things are not going
The Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James Winnefeld, is on a secret visit to Israel as tensions rise over Iran’s nuclear progress, Israel’s army radio reported on Thursday. The Israeli military itself refused to confirm
By JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOWPresident Vladimir Putin says Russia can work with Mitt Romney if he’s elected U.S. president, even though Romney has called Russia the United States’ “No. 1 geopolitical foe.” In an interview broadcast Thursday by the Kremlin-funded Russia
Greece’s jobless rate rose to 24.4 percent in June with more than 1.2 million people unemployed, official data showed on Thursday ahead of an EU-IMF audit crucial to the country’s economic survival. The state statistics agency said that more than
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressISTANBULSome 58 people drowned when a fishing boat carrying migrants that smugglers had promised refuge in Europe sank after hitting rocks off the coast of western Turkey, officials said Thursday. Nine children were among the dead, according
By SARAH DiLORENZOAP Business WriterPARISEurope’s debt crisis is pushing the 17-country eurozone toward recession and dragging down the global economy, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday. Even growth in traditional economic powerhouse Germany is slowing, and the
The jobless rate for rural counties rose to 8.4 percent in July 2012–lower than the 9.1 percent rate recorded a year ago, but continuing a trend that began in April of this year. Agricultural regions have suffered an unusually dry
By DAVID McHUGHFRANKFURT, GermanyThe European Central Bank unveiled its most ambitious plan yet to halt Europe’s financial crisis on Thursday with a pledge to buy unlimited amounts of the government bonds of countries struggling to manage their debts. Large-scale purchases
(AP) LOS ANGELES – The first Oscars of the season have been awarded. The film academy’s board of governors voted Wednesday to present honorary Academy Awards to stuntman Hal Needham, documentarian D. A. Pennebaker and arts advocate George Stevens, Jr.
(AP) FACT CHECK: Clinton claims of compromise a stretchBy MATT APUZZO and TOM RAUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt’s a fact of life in Washington that what one party considers a principled stand, the opposition considers pigheadedness. Compromise? That’s the other guy’s problem. But
By ALBERTO ARCEAssociated PressTEGUCIGALPA, HondurasInvestors can begin construction in six months on three privately run cities in Honduras that will have their own police, laws, government and tax systems now that the government has signed a memorandum of agreement approving
The fallout from Jason Biggs’ misogynistic Tweets against the wives of the GOP presidential ticket reached a Mile High pitch today. The Colorado Rockies had planned to hold a “Nickelodeon Day” at Denver’s Coors Field Sept. 23. That didn’t sit
