In recent months, Obama has been hobnobbing with wealthy CEOs and Wall Street bankers at the White House, drinking “extra-dry Grey Goose martinis” as he waxes eloquently about his presidential library. Tech moguls have pitched him ways to make his library a digital state-of-the-art facility to expand his policies around the world.
After a week of buzz building over a potential presidential candidacy for Vice President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton joined President Obama on the golf course this weekend during his ongoing vacation on Martha’s Vineyard.
President Obama returned to the Farm Neck Golf Club in Martha’s Vineyard Friday afternoon for another round of golf as his vacation continues.
During a campaign appearance in Iowa, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angrily denounced Republicans for trying to bring her down by demanding answers for her deleted email server and her failure to prevent the terrorist attacks in Benghazi.
During the ceremony raising the American flag over the newly opened U.S. embassy in Cuba, Secretary of State John Kerry encouraged the Castro brothers and the Cuban people to join the fight against climate change.
Some themes obviously reflect his current mood in his presidency including “Nothing Even Matters” by Lauryn Hill, and “The Best Is Yet To Come” by Frank Sinatra. After beginning with an inexplicably jazzy version of the Sound Of Music’s “My Favorite Things,” the playlist predictably moves into Beyonce territory with Superpower followed by Van Morrison’s “Moon Dance.”
In a podcast interview with The Nerdist, Breaking Bad Star Bryan Cranston says he’s enjoying Donald Trump’s political antics, even though he thinks Trump would make a bad president.
Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren apologized to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie during her show for saying that he hugged Obama. Referring to a photo of Christie and President Obama after Hurricane Sandy, Van Susteren admitted that she now realized that he
The White House has released a list of books that President Obama is expected to read during his two week vacation with family members
In an interview with the Washington Post, Carson defended his medical research on aborted babies. It was “different,” he said, as long as the destruction of unborn baby was not specifically for the purpose of acquiring their parts for research.
“They have no respect for our president, they have no respect for John Kerry, who falls of bicycles at 73 in the middle of a negotiation that’s very important,” Trump said, calling the Iran nuclear deal one of the worst deals in American history.
President Obama returned to the golf course again this afternoon for another round – his third trip to the links since leaving for his 16-day vacation.
Fifty-five percent of Iowa respondents who watched the debate said they felt less comfortable about Trump after the debate, but 41 percent said that it either made no difference or they were actually more comfortable with Trump as a candidate.
Vice President Joe Biden plans to attend the memorial service in honor of the fallen soldiers who were shot and killed at a military recruiting center.
Of the 10 candidates featured on the stage, Rubio was cited in the poll by 23.40 percent of the respondents as the candidate who impressed them the most. Ben Carson came in second with 22.44 percent while Ted Cruz wrapped up third place with 11.22 percent.
But don’t be in a hurry — the instructions point out that after propping up your solar flaps, you have to wait at least 30 minutes for the “oven” to “preheat.” Once the marshmallows are in the oven, the instructions note that it might take up to a full hour for them to melt, plus an additional period of time to melt the chocolate.
When asked by reporters if Trump could be president one day, Colbert replied, “Honestly, he could,” according to Variety. A president “with a giant swinging set of balls isn’t the worst thing in the world,” Colbert went on to say.
According to a police report, Singletary invited her boyfriend, a U.S. Capitol Police officer, over for sex before threatening him with his own service weapon, demanding to see the contents of his cell phones. “You taught me how to use this. Don’t think I won’t use it,” Singleterry said according to the arrest warrant obtained by NBC News, referring to the gun.
Today Obama arrived at the Vineyard Golf Club shortly after 1:00 p.m. with three golfing partners – Glenn Hutchins, a co-owner of the Boston Celtics and a private equity investor, Cyrus Walker – a cousin of White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank.
Obama pointed out that the problems that were getting more attention in the country were not new, but perhaps they were more pronounced as a result of social media. “Because of smartphones and cameras and, you know, social media, I think people have become more aware of them, both black and white,” he said.
Obama admitted he was “modest” in his expectations for political changes in Iran as a result of his signature Iranian nuclear deal, but expressed hope that future generations would seize the opportunity. He encouraged all Iranians to stop shouting “Death to America” and denying the Holocaust.
In advance of President Obama’s vacation to Martha’s Vineyard, White House press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that the president would be spending most of his time actually vacationing instead of working.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took shots at the Chamber of Commerce for contributing to the problems with illegal immigration and the failure to secure the border.
President Obama leaves Washington, D.C., this afternoon for a 16-day vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, staying at a luxurious rental home in Chilmark.
Of all the questions Thursday night during the Fox News debate, one of the biggest moments was when Fox News host Megyn Kelly challenged Donald Trump on making crude comments about women.
