Charlie Spiering

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released a statement supporting President Obama’s decision to grant executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants in America. “I support the President’s decision to begin fixing our broken immigration system and focus finite resources

Senior White House officials vow that President Obama would veto any action passed by Congressional Republicans to walk back his executive amnesty through the law. “The president would veto” it, an official said, according to a Roll Call report.  The

The internet has long been fascinated by the idea of President Obama as a king or an emperor based on his aggressive use of executive power.  It’s a common criticism for American presidents; cartoonists once portrayed Andrew Jackson as a king, and

As part of his argument for executive amnesty tonight, President Obama asserted that now was the time for action, instead of waiting any longer for Congress to act on immigration reform. Reports detail, however, that Obama made his decision a

President Obama will host a dinner at the White House Wednesday evening ahead of his planned executive action to enact immigration reform on his own. White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters the guest list would be exclusively Congressional

In a video released by the White House, President Obama previewed his upcoming announcement on his planned executive actions on immigration reform. Obama confirmed reports that he would announce his plans on Thursday evening followed by an event at a high

President Obama will travel to Las Vegas on Friday to announce his decision on executive amnesty for illegal immigrants, according to several reports. CNBC’s John Harwood reported that a source confirmed that Obama would announce his immigration order on Friday

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) denounced President Obama’s planned executive amnesty as “unconstitutional and illegal” after the president revealed that he would announce his planned action on Thursday evening. “I believe his unilateral action, which is unconstitutional and illegal, will deeply

A new NBC/WSJ poll shows that 37 percent of Latinos actually oppose President Obama’s expected executive amnesty while only 43 percent support it. That was enough for NBC’s Mark Murray to add a disclaimer to the results, pointing out the

President Obama is not a king or an emperor, according to the White House, but he still has lawful authority to issue executive amnesty for illegal immigrants. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest explained to reporters that Obama still stood

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dismissed the growing number of Jonathan Gruber comments about the misleading nature of the Obamacare political debate to help it getting it passed. ABC News White House reporter Jon Karl noted during the White

1. 2011 Univision town hall: “There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply, through executive order, ignore those congressional

President Obama condemned the attack at a Jerusalem synagogue as a “terrorist attack” and encouraged both Palestinians and Israelis to work towards peace. Obama added that the victims would remain in the thoughts and prayers of the American people.

Rules are rules, explains House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. “I don’t know why all this fuss was made about a vote in the caucus,” she says, puzzling over the controversy about the decision to deny pregnant Rep. Tammy Duckworth the ability

President Obama is huddling with Vice President Joe Biden and top staff as he prepares his executive action on immigration reform. Aides tell reporters he will act soon.  “I can’t wait in perpetuity when I have authorities that, at least

Returning from his trip to Asia, President Obama issued a statement reacting to the beheading of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig by Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists. Kassig, a convert to Islam, took the name Abdul-Rahman and was captured and held

According to a new Gallup poll, Ebola tops the diseases that Americans consider the biggest health concern in the country today. The poll shows 17 percent are most concerned about the Ebola virus, while obesity and cancer were each the

In the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), President Obama has made one thing perfectly clear: there will be no U.S. combat troops on the ground. But during a press conference in Australia during the G-20 leadership summit, Obama speculated

President Obama appears to be enjoying his trip to Asia, pausing for a moment to recognize the heavy applause he received during a meeting with students in Myanmar. During a press conference with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi,

Vice President Joe Biden previewed President Obama’s decision to grant executive amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, during a speech to the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Central America in Washington D.C. today.  “In the absence of congressional action, the president

Huddling with Democrats Thursday, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid was again chosen as their leader, after losing the Senate in last Tuesday’s midterm elections. Reid was elected by a secret ballot, but moderate senators scrambled to tell reporters that they voted

After Senate Democrats met this morning on their future in the minority, Sen. Harry Reid approached his podium flanked by four women Democratic senators – Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Sen.

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell encouraged families with mixed immigration status to sign up for Obamacare to see whether they could get subsidies for purchasing health insurance. Burwell made her remarks during a Google hangout with bloggers to