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Lionel Richie to Headline White House Party Tonight

Lionel Richie to Headline White House Party Tonight

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting dinner at the White House Tuesday for dozens of African leaders in town for a summit focused on boosting U.S. business and security ties with the continent. The White House says singer

Obama to Host Central American Presidents to Discuss Border Crisis

Obama to Host Central American Presidents to Discuss Border Crisis

President Barack Obama will meet with Central American leaders next week to discuss the flood of illegal immigrant children originating from their countries who are unlawfully entering America. Obama will meet with President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala, President Juan

Joe Biden: Change Obama Promised in '08 'Didn't Happen'

Joe Biden: Change Obama Promised in '08 'Didn't Happen'

Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden at Generation Progress’s 2014 Make Progress National Summit told hundreds of progressive leaders and youth activists from around the country that, “It is within our power to change,” adding, “Everybody says because we tried in

Buyers of Hillary's 'Hard Choices' Aren't Reading It

Buyers of Hillary's 'Hard Choices' Aren't Reading It

According to an unscientific metric used to gauge how far Kindle readers make it into a book they have purchased, even the very few people who have purchased Hillary Clinton’s lousy-selling “Hard Choices” aren’t bothering to read it. The Washington

Joe Biden: Gay Marriage Fulfills Declaration of Independence

Joe Biden: Gay Marriage Fulfills Declaration of Independence

On Friday, Vice President Joe Biden used an Independence Day celebration and speech in Philadelphia to compare gay marriage to the Civil Rights Movement and push for more gay marriage.  According to The Hill, “[Biden] said he was reminded of two

Only 110 of 12,670 Guatemalan Minors Deported Under Obama

Only 110 of 12,670 Guatemalan Minors Deported Under Obama

HOUSTON, Texas–As thousands of unaccompanied minors continue to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally each day, it is becoming increasingly apparent that many of them will ultimately not be deported. Data from the federal government indicates that each year the number of

Biden Announces US Support for FARC Peace Talks in Colombia

Biden Announces US Support for FARC Peace Talks in Colombia

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos is enjoying a victory lap after being reelected last week–an election that many interpret as a mandate to continue peace talks with the terrorist guerrilla, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The United States,

Militants Fly their Black Flags over Iraq Refinery

Militants Fly their Black Flags over Iraq Refinery

BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni militants hung their black banners on watch towers at Iraq’s largest oil refinery, a witness said Thursday, suggesting the vital facility had fallen to the insurgents who have seized vast territories across the country’s north. A

General Hayden: Iraq is Gone

General Hayden: Iraq is Gone

On Wednesday, the former Director of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency Ret. Gen. Michael Hayden told NewsMax TV host Steve Malzberg, “Iraq as we know it is gone.” In pinning the blame squarely on President Barack

Biden Tells Germany: You're Xenophobic

Biden Tells Germany: You're Xenophobic

Vice-President Joe Biden has insulted Germany, the EU’s biggest economy and America’s most important ally in Europe, with a gratuitous and ignorant accusation that the German people are hostile towards immigrants and “xenophobic.” Offering no evidence, Biden told an audience