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Obama Budget Cuts Medicare, Social Security for Tax Hikes

Obama Budget Cuts Medicare, Social Security for Tax Hikes

WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) —President Obama’s budget blueprint will include proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare, and some new tax increases, administration officials said. The senior officials said Obama’s budget, to be presented next week, will include an offer

CNN Host: Obama Should Give Up Vacations

CNN Host: Obama Should Give Up Vacations

Piers Morgan said that the President Obama announcing that he might give up five percent of his annual pay for being President was a “pointless exercise” that really just “annoys people.” “If he gave up the vacations,” Morgan later added,

CNN Refuses to Disclose Palin Basher's Anti-Tea Party Ties

CNN Refuses to Disclose Palin Basher's Anti-Tea Party Ties

On last Friday’s “The Situation Room” on CNN, Wolf Blitzer allowed commentator and activist John Avlon to attack Sarah Palin without disclosing to the viewers that Avlon is a co-founded the anti-Tea Party group No Labels. Blitzer introduced Avlon as

Lindsey Graham: Senate Gun Control Bill 'Going Nowhere'

Lindsey Graham: Senate Gun Control Bill 'Going Nowhere'

Appearing on CNN on March 31, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the Senate gun control bill is “going nowhere.” After suggesting the current background check system is broken, Graham asked why expanding a broken system would be considered the way

GOP urges Obama to OK pipeline permits

GOP urges Obama to OK pipeline permits

WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) —Republicans called on President Obama Saturday to approve work on the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, a project they called a “no brainer.” Delivering the GOP’s weekly media address, Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., said the long-delayed

Roland Martin Lashes Out at 'White Male' CNN Execs

Roland Martin Lashes Out at 'White Male' CNN Execs

As if to prove to CNN that the right decision was made to fire not renew Roland Martin’s contract, the CNN contributor (whose contract expires April 6) lashed out at his soon-to-be former bosses Friday on HuffPost Live. You have

Soledad O'Brien Signs Off From CNN

Soledad O'Brien Signs Off From CNN

Soledad O’Brien Signs Off From CNN. After more than a year of some of the worst ratings in cable news history, Soledad O’Brien took the last few minutes of her morning show “Starting Point” to say goodbye: Whatever. Soledad O’Brien

CNN Announces New Morning Show

CNN Announces New Morning Show

Though the speculation was that CNN primetime anchor Erin Burnett would be joining Chris Cuomo as co-host of CNN’s new morning show, the struggling cable news outlet announced Thursday that congressional correspondent Kate Boulduan will join Cuomo. Michaela Pereira will

Shaka Smart Rejects UCLA, Signs Extension with VCU

Shaka Smart Rejects UCLA, Signs Extension with VCU

VCU head coach Shaka Smart rejected UCLA’s overtures and signed an extension with VCU that will pay him approximately $1.5 million a year through 2023 at VCU. Sports Illustrated first reported the deal, and Smart first confirmed it to CBS Sports.

CNN's Don Lemon Hectors Traditional Marriage-Advocate

CNN's Don Lemon Hectors Traditional Marriage-Advocate

On the same day CNN CEO Phil Kent insists CNN is not a liberal news network, CNN’s Don Lemon mercilessly (and ignorantly) spent seven minutes badgering Heritage scholar Ryan Anderson, a thoughtful advocate for traditional marriage who regularly writes on

Turner Broadcasting CEO: CNN 'Not a Liberal News Network'

Turner Broadcasting CEO: CNN 'Not a Liberal News Network'

In an interview this week with Broadcasting and Cable, Turner Broadcasting CEO, Phil Kent, talked at length about the future of CNN and what he expects from Jeff Zucker, the new CNN president. What’s unsettling about the Kent interview, though,