Friday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest declined to give President Barack Obama’s opinion on the so-called “Deflategate” scandal but he did joke, “The one thing I can tell you is that for years, it’s been
WASHINGTON — Obama’s Periodic Review Board (PRB) held a hearing on whether an experienced bomb maker linked to al Qaeda should remain in custody at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or IS) is gaining ground in Yemen, where al-Qaeda and Houthi rebels are already causing havoc.
Is the State of the Union response cursed or is it just badly produced? I’ll leave it to others to debate the former proposition, but I think it’s time for someone to state the obvious about the latter. The State of the Union response is often underwhelming.
A federal judge called owners of a bank, which helped the Obamas finance a sweetheart deal to buy an empty lot next to their Chicago home, the “most pervasively corrupt litigants” he’s ever dealt with.
Thursday, YouTube’s Glozell Green asked President Barack Obama, “How can you justify negotiating with guy who puts the ‘dic in dictatorship?’ referring to Cuba’s Castro brothers. Obama laughed before he went into his standard talking points on the foreign policy
Thursday at the University of Kansas, President Barack Obama accused Republicans of “pretending” major issues simply don’t exist. Obama said, “What you can’t do is simply pretend that issues like child care or student debt aren’t out there. That they
Thursday at her weekly briefing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blasted Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) for inviting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress without consulting the administration by saying, “It’s hubris to say, ‘I rule,
Islamic State jihadists are using Sharia courts to dole out barbaric punishments against educated women, children, and other civilians, the United Nations (UN) human rights office has found.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that the State of the Union reminded him of “Alice in Wonderland” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “Last night’s speech reminded me of one of my young daughter’s favorite stories, which is ‘Alice
Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) inviting Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of Congress without notifying the president was “an episode of
Wednesday at Boise State University, President Barack Obama said, “Watching last night, some of you might have noticed Republicans were not applauding for many of these ideas. They were kinda quiet. But when it comes to issues like infrastructure and
Wednesday at Boise State University, President Barack Obama elaborated on the football analogy of his presidency being in the “fourth quarter” he has used several times recently, by promising “big things happen late in the fourth quarter.” Follow Pam Key
Wednesday on the “Tom Joyner Radio Show,” sometime Obama adviser and MSNBC host Al Sharpton gave a simple, honest breakdown of President Obama’s plan to redistribute wealth through the tax code. Sharpton said, “Most important, he said ‘I’m going to
WASHINGTON — Obama’s State Department wants to keep the U.S. Embassy in Yemen’s capital open for as long as possible, but the Pentagon is pushing for an evacuation before the situation worsens.
Despite the best efforts of his staff, we saw the real Barack Obama last night. In the time it takes a smirk to spread across a face, the president revealed himself to be something quite different than the earnest believer in bipartisanship the speech was crafted to convey.
Wednesday on “Democracy Now,” consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader slammed President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address as “not specific enough,” “not coherent enough,” and “troubling.” Remarks as follows: “Well, he was too vague on that.
Wednesday, Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) said President Barack Obama’s “fantasyland proposals” and “veto threats,” he laid out last night in his State of the Union address will not stop the new Congress from doing its work.
One of the themes of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday involved bridging the so-called gender pay gap that exists in the American economy. However as previously pointed out, that pay gap still exists within the
Pro-amnesty Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), in delivering the Republican’s Spanish-language response to the State of the Union (SOTU) address, called on Obama to cooperate with the GOP in crafting “permanent solutions to our immigration system.” Freshman Rep. Curbelo did not challenge the president on illegal immigration or executive amnesty.
President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union Address on Tuesday evening and set a record with the amount of times he threatened to veto Republican bills over the course of his final two years in office. While Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst delivered the official Republican rebuttal, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) issued a response of his own, focusing on foreign policy.
President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech said, “The verdict is clear, middle class economics works.” Obama said lots of words about how the U.S. economy has improved, but he avoided the “numbers” regarding how or if that improvement had reached the middle class. If the president had used the “numbers,” he would have to explain why real middle class paychecks hit a 50 year low on his watch.
MSNBC host Chris Matthews disagreed with President Obama for his criticism of cable news on Tuesday night, arguing that some on cable “shared his hope.” “I think he [Obama] made a mistake tonight about cable television. I think there are a
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said that he “heard about a lot of free stuff” but little about how to pay for it in President Obama’s State of the Union in an interview on Tuesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that President Obama believes “more government” is the only solution just as Christopher Walken’s Bruce Dickinson character believed “the only prescription is more cowbell” on Tuesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “I thought the
