Via Roll Call: Four senators may have signed on to a gun background check deal Wednesday, but only two showed up for the news conference — in part because Pennsylvania GOP Sen.Patrick J. Toomey’s public support for the bill hinged
MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: Americans will always want some level of inequality because it’s a representation of a meritocracy. People who work hard and sacrifice and save their money and make major contributions: we think that they should earn a little more.
After the sad and unexpected death of one of the show’s cast members, ‘Buckwild’ has been officially cancelled, but the producer is not happy about it
Two senators have struck a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more firearms purchases. The agreement could build support for President Barack Obama’s drive to curb gun violence.
AP: House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama deserves some credit for “some incremental entitlement reforms” he has included in the budget, but urges the President not to hold those reforms hostage in return for more tax hikes. (April 10)
In an appearance taped for Tuesday’s “Late Show,” Lindsay Lohan was pressed by David Letterman about her upcoming rehab stint. She faces a 90-day stay as part of a plea deal in a misdemeanor traffic accident case.
Guan Tianlang is a 14-year-old from China who will make history as the youngest player ever to qualify for the Masters Golf Tournament. CBS News’ Wyatt Andrews spent some time with Tianlang in his hometown.
Jon Berman of CNN says that the chances of Obama’s budget getting passed through Congress is “minus infinity.”
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: All right, here are the two questions. One is the fact that it’s — it’s sort of annoying that we’re having this conversation one year later and that virtually nothing was done and all
Pau Gasol falls down but keeps his dribble alive and finds Antawn Jamison for the layup.
Senator Rand Paul on Fox News’ “On the Record” with Greta van Sustern: “You know I think senior citizens are squeezed, and they’re squeezed because their check stays the same and their prices rise. Can you squeeze some extra money
LeBron James tosses the ball off the backboard for an alley-oop to himself.
The President’s daughters didn’t seem quite as enthused as the rest of the crowd about the music during the White House soul concert on Tuesday night…
Queen Latifah had a few moments of downtime during the White House soul concert on Tuesday night and she used it to make faces into the camera on the White House live stream.
We’ve given you the entire Justin Timberlake performance so you can observe President Obama attempting to groove, CNN’s Donna Brazile being moved by the spirit and the Obama daughters being completely uninterested in the former teen pop star at the
From the White House Blog: As First Lady Michelle Obama noted earlier today, “You never know what’s going to happen at the White House!” Mrs. Obama was talking to a group of students who had come from California, Tennessee, New
President Barack Obama gave the opening speech Tuesday for a star-studded concert, “In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul.” The President put on his campaign-trail southern drawl, giving a shout-out to pop star Justin Timberlake to congratulate him for
QUESTION: All right. And I just want to – following up on the question from yesterday about this Jay-Z-Beyonce thing.MR. VENTRELL: Yeah.QUESTION: It is correct that the State Department had nothing to do with this at all, is that right?MR.
MATT LEE, ASSOCIATED PRESS: Korean Peninsula.PATRICK VENTRELL, ACTING DEPUTY SPOKESMAN, STATE DEPARTMENT: Yeah.LEE: What do you make, if anything, of the North’s latest attempt at fear-mongering by telling people that they might want to leave South – or that they
