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President Obama is still traveling in Asia, but the White House is keenly aware of Democrats folding on their strict opposition to the Keystone pipeline. A Senate vote on the pipeline is expected to take place on Thursday. While in

When traveling overseas with President Obama, reporters have little to cover other than the carefully choreographed international events like the APEC summit currently taking place in China. That’s why, when New York Times reporter Mark Landler had the chance to

The Associated Press has declared Republican Dan Sullivan the winner of the Alaska Senate race, though Democratic Sen. Mark Begich has yet to concede. Begich is waiting for thousands of ballots that have yet to be counted a week after

Sen. Mitch McConnell, expected to become Senate Majority Leader in January, says that President Obama is making it clear to Republicans that he has no intention of moving his political agenda to the middle. One reporter questioned whether McConnell is

Speaking with Fusion TV’s Jorge Ramos, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest explained that President Obama would keep his promise to use his executive authority to enact immigration reform, but cautioned that he had not made a final decision on

In an effort to recapture some of the internet magic for President Obama,R. David Edelman, the Senior Advisor for Technology and Economic Policy at the White House tried to promote Obama’s net neutrality statement with a Reddit AMA (Ask Me

President Obama still loves his job, even though his party lost both houses of Congress in the recent mid-term elections. When asked by CBS’s Bob Schieffer about his reaction to the Democrat’s drubbing by Republicans, Obama admitted that “we got

Conservative radio host Mark Levin is pushing back against the notion that governors are uniquely qualified to run for president, an opinion pushed by many Republican governors eyeing a 2016 race. Some Republican governors believed to be running for president,

Congressional leaders of both parties met with President Obama at the White House this afternoon to talk about the results of the election and the upcoming transfer of leadership in the Senate to Republicans. As soon-to-be Senate Majority leader Mitch

President Obama will act on his own using his executive authority to enact immigration reform, according to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest during the press briefing today. “The answer is yes, the president is going to take action,” Earnest

As Gov. Chris Christie made the rounds on TV yesterday, members of the media repeatedly questioned his temperament, suggesting that it was not a winning characteristic of a presidential candidate. Highlighting the clip of Christie telling a protester to “sit

A defiant President Obama walked into the East Room of the White House Wednesday to speak to the press after historic wins for Republicans in the midterm elections on Tuesday. Prior to his arrival, White House reporters buzzed about what

By 4 a.m. the morning after Election Day, CNN contributor Sally Kohn was beyond sick of hearing the phrase “tidal wave” used on the network to describe the Republican victories in the midterm elections. Kohn said that the Republican victories

President Barack Obama challenged Republicans on immigration reform on Wednesday, after Democrats suffered heavy political losses in the midterm elections. Obama signaled that he still planned an executive action on immigration reform, explaining that House Speaker John Boehner would never

In the aftermath of last night’s election, Republicans marveled at Governor John Kasich’s 30 point victory in Ohio, already sparking buzz for 2016. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Kasich earned 63.8 percent of the votes against his Democratic

Congressman elect Mia Love celebrated her surprise victory in Utah as the first black Republican woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. But during an interview with CNN this morning, Love was quick to explain that she was

At Greg Abbott’s election night party in Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz hailed Abbott’s victory against Democratic candidate Wendy Davis.  Cruz praised Abbott for being “smart, principled, and fearless,” recalling that the Texas Attorney General was one of his mentors.  “Greg

Early exit polls from CNN showed that 72 percent of voters today were somewhat or very worried about a terrorist attack in the United States. Fifty percent disapproved of the federal government’s response to the Ebola crisis. President Obama has

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest explained to reporters that President Obama was “bound and determined” to use his executive power to grant amnesty for illegal immigrants despite the results of the mid-term elections.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says the results of the midterms should not be seen as a protest vote against President Obama’s failures. Acosta followed up by asking about a potential Republican Senate run by Sen. Mitch McConnell, but

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is deferring to Vice President Joe Biden’s mid-term election prediction that Democrats will finish with a Senate majority of 52 seats. Biden appeared bullish that Democratic Senators Mark Begich, Kay Hagan, and Jeanne Shaheen

On Sunday, five days after the 2014 midterm elections, President Obama will leave the United States for a trip to Asia. According to the White House Press Office, following the midterm elections, which will likely result in Republicans taking the Senate, President