The House of Representatives voted to pass an amendment authorizing President Obama to arm moderate Syrian rebels on Wednesday for the purpose of combating Islamic State terrorists. The legislation passed 273-156 although 85 Democrats and 71 Republicans voting against the amendment. Here
The White House Press Secretary praised DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz after a Politico article detailed a history of Democrats bristling at her behavior as the leader of the Democratic party. Earnest admitted that he had read the article which
As wealthy families struggle for control of the United States Senate, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has aligned himself with the Udall family. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has announced an event featuring Martin and “a discussion on New
The White House is hoping that President Obama’s visit with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States stands with Ukraine. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Earnest pointed out that just
Ahead of President Obama’s annual picnic with members of Congress, the White House prohibited television cameras and photographer access to the event. Only allowing print pool reporters were allowed to cover Obama’s speech. That annoyed White House reporters including ABC
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest pushed back against the notion that President Obama was prepared to consider a plan to send ground troops into combat. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey explained yesterday that Obama asked him to “come back
During today’s hearing conducted by the House Select Committee on the Benghazi attacks, one witness admitted that the Independent Panel on Best Practices conducted after the attacks was not “independent.” Questioned by Rep. Jim Jordan, Todd Keil, a member of
House Committee chairman Trey Gowdy of the Special Panel on Benghazi (R-SC) opened up first hearing calling for a sincere hearing dedicate to discovering the truth about what happened during the terrorist attacks in Benghazi against the United States consulate.
A new video released by Islamic State terrorists features President Obama and the White House in a movie trailer style release vowing more fighting and violence. The video features slow motion explosions and fighting conducted by militant Islamists while U.S.
As Senate leaders announced a proposal to lump together authorization and funding for military operations to combat Islamic State terrorists in Syria, members of both parties signaled deep disappointment. Exiting Senate lunches, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) was deeply skeptical of
President Obama recalled the one-year anniversary of the Washington Navy Yard shootings, calling it an “an unspeakable act of violence.” Obama also called for Americans to reject the ideas that shootings were the “new normal,” calling for “common-sense” gun control
The Huffington Post successfully recruited readers to pay the salary of one of their reporters for a year. Using an unorthodox funding strategy, the online news outlet teamed up with Beaconreader.com to back the hiring of a special reporter to
The White House released a memo on President Obama’s plans for combating the latest Ebola outbreak overnight, which detailed the deployment of an estimated 3,000 U.S. troops to Africa. Obama is expected to detail his efforts in a speech at to
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that the United States has had “back channel” conversations with Iran on the threat posed by Islamic State terrorists, but insisted that there was no plan to coordinate military actions against the group
Sadly, Breitbart News was not in Iowa this weekend to witness The Return of Hillary Clinton to The American Heartland™. But these reporters were, and they will never forget. Here is a sample of reporter tweets, as hundreds of them
As reporters continued questioning members of the White House about their definition of war, Press Secretary Josh Earnest finally admitted that the United States is “at war” with the Islamic State terrorists. “The United States is at war with ISIL
After Secretary of State John Kerry said on CNN that he didn’t view the continuing military strikes against ISIS targets as a war, National Security Advisor Susan Rice was dispatched to play cleanup on the network. She explained that when
White House press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked by a CNN reporter during Thursday’s press briefing about his former boss Jay Carney’s performance on CNN Wednesday night during a debate on Iraq and Syria with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Carney
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest indicated that President Obama did not have an official position as to whether NFL commissioner Roger Goodell should resign as a result of the domestic violence scandal surrounding Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.
In a video message to employees of the State Department, Secretary John Kerry recalled the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in 2001, but he also commented on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi. Kerry said: This is a
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi affirmed at her press conference Thursday morning that the Democratic Caucus stood by President Obama’s decision to delay his executive action on immigration reform, adding that she was “confident” that he would act by the
In response to President Obama’s foreign policy speech Wednesday night, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said that the United States should approach toppling Middle East dictators more cautiously in the future, warning that radical Islam typically rose up to replace it.
President Obama gave his official “war speech” last night, speaking about his planned military action to stop Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria, but he never actually used the world “war” to describe his strategy. In fact, the only
House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy praised President Obama for announcing his decision to take the threat posed by Islamic State terrorists seriously, but they questioned his resolve to fight a war on terrorism. Boehner praised Obama
By the time President Obama delivered his prime time speech this evening, he had already effectively softened the news of his decision to launch further military air strikes against Islamic State terrorists in both Iraq and Syria. Obama announced, however,
