Politico, ever eager to paint Barack Obama in a positive light, has an article about the supposed thaw in relations between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Politico delights in Netanyahu’s weakness and Obama’s strength as Obama is visiting
FBI Director Robert Mueller protested Tuesday that the steep rise in requests for background checks for gun purchases since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School could be a problem because of the cuts imposed by sequestration. Background check requests
The White House is still acting confident about passing an assault weapons ban despite Senate Democrats cutting the idea out of their proposed gun control legislation. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said, “We’re going to work on this.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) boasted Tuesday that despite the shelving of her federal assault weapons ban bill by Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), she will not go quietly into the night. Feinstein said, “This is very important to me
The government of Iraq is now cooperating with Iran as the Iranian government is transporting military equipment to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime through Iraqi airspace. A U.S. official confirmed that Washington had warned “all levels” of the Iraqi government
On Sunday, Egyptians took the law into their own hands and killed two men they said stole a motorized rickshaw by hanging them by their feet. According to one photographer at the scene, among the 3,000 people who witnessed the lynching
Something has happened to President Obama’s approval rating since 2013 started: it’s plummeted. The newest example comes from a CNN/ORC International poll showing Obama’s approval rating down 8 points and his disapproval rating up 7 points. 50 percent of those
Among the 50 states, California in the West and Rhode Island in the East tied in January for the highest jobless rate in the nation, 9.8%, while North Dakota was the lowest at 3.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor
Norm Macdonald, the Canadian comedian best known for his days manning the Saturday Night Live anchor desk, unleashed the beast last night after he tweeted that he was religious and believed most people read Scripture. Atheists came out in force to
Madonna, whose attempts to decide what’s best for maintaining the innocence of childhood would turn any responsible parent’s stomach, spoke at the GLAAD Awards over the weekend and denounced the Boy Scouts for their exclusion of gay Scoutmasters and Scout
Republican Establishment figures are getting nervous about the conservative behemoth arising from the ashes of the 2012 election defeat: Matthew Dowd, former chief strategist for the 2004 George W. Bush campaign, made scathing remarks about CPAC and Sarah Palin on
The National Jewish Democratic Council’s executive director, Aaron Keyak, released a vitriolic statement over the weekend that attacked Republicans who made Rand Paul the winner of CPAC’s straw poll, intimating Paul ‘s foreign policy vies would be dangerous for Israel.
North Dakota, leading the way in fighting for life, may be about to pass the strictest abortion laws in the country. Friday, the North Dakota Senate approved legislation that would ban abortions completely as early as six weeks into a
If you’re Anthony Weiner, and you spent more than $100,000 on a polling firm to see if you should run for mayor of New York City, you discover that you’d have a better chance as the Oscar Mayer brand. Rep.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country’s strongman, has decided he wants the Russian people to be strong, too; he has joined with Hollywood action hero Steven Seagal in opening a new martial arts center outside Moscow. Putin said of his
In the world of Barack Obama, talking directly to people ensures that they will like him and do what he wants. So, for his trip to Israel, Obama is eschewing speaking at the Knesset, as his two predecessors did, and
For the first time, a donated liver has been kept viable outside the body of a donor and then later successfully transplanted into another human being. British doctors, engineers, and surgeons made the announcement on Friday, acknowledging the procedure, which
According to a new Gallup poll, by the time Barack Obama reached his fourth year in office in 2012, the world had grown far more disenchanted with American leadership. In 2009, 130 countries were polled, and the median approval level
Barack Obama admitted on Wednesday that he’s not interested in seeking a balanced budget, saying, “My goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance.” My, how times change–in less than a year. During the
Jonathan Karl of ABC News has reported that GOP sources told him House Republicans gave Barack Obama a standing ovation at the beginning and end of his get-together with them on Wednesday. One of Karl’s sources said the GOP was
The first speech of the new pope, Pope Francis I, showed a sense of humor, remarking on how far the Vatican had to travel to find him in Argentina. He also asked for a blessing for his predecessor, Benedict XVI.
The Obama administration, sensing they can only go so far in weakening welfare requirements, voiced concerns but did not veto a new GOP bill, H.R. 890, that would repeal the efforts by the government to waive certain work requirements for
Senate Democrats are about to reveal their first budget in four years, and it reportedly calls for $1 trillion in new taxes. Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) brought out the new Democrat budget and said the next nine
In Pakistan, hundreds of Christians fought with police on Sunday as they demonstrated against the lack of will shown by the Pakistani government in defending them from Muslims who have terrorized them. In Lahore and Karachi, at least 1,000 Christians
Leave it to the Washington Post to spin the closure of White House tours by the Obama Administration as a lesson in civics and democracy. In Saturday’s edition, a story ran titled “In canceled White House tours, a civics lesson:
