WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will direct the Labor Department to strengthen overtime pay protections for millions of workers, a White House official said. The directive is meant to help salaried workers, such as fast-food shift supervisors or convenience
Joseph Williams was a White House correspondent for Politico until racial comments about Mitt Romney and a retweet of a lewd joke about Ann Romney got him the boot. He might have had a shot at a new media job
The good news for President Barack Obama is that his comedic appearance alongside Zach Galifianakis for a Funny or Die video interview pitching ObamaCare became a viral sensation. The potential bad news? That Obama’s latest plea on behalf of his health
In a sizeable escalation of its threats to annihilate Israel, Iran’s official Fars News Agency today prominently featured the Lieutenant Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Command Council boasting that Iran’s military was prepared “to destroy ‘the Zionist Regime’” at a moments
During his Tuesday press briefing, White House press secretary Jay Carney took questions about President Barack Obama’s Funny or Die video with Zach Galifianakis… Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
Joseph Williams was on top of the media world: a White House reporter for Politico who appeared regularly on MSNBC. Then, as he puts it, “My plunge into poverty happened in an instant.” A racially-charged attack against Mitt Romney, a
The Palestinian Authority’s unanimous refusal Monday to recognize Israel as a Jewish state must not be permitted to impact the current US push for an Israeli-Palestinian framework agreement, according to State Department Spokesman Jennifer Psaki. Such an agreement, now being pushed
The top five states with the highest income inequality rates all voted to reelect President Barack Obama, though no state boasted a higher rate of inequality than Washington, D.C. This ia according to a study released this week by MoneyRates.com.
On Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC program on Monday, Snoop Dogg was asked about a recent White House performance honoring jazz legend Herbie Hancock in which he had a discussion with President Barack Obama. Snoop Dogg sort of hinted what he discussed
White House press secretary Jay Carney was questioned by Fox News Channel’s Ed Henry about a new ObamaCare enrollment push called “Mom Knows Best.” Carney responded by saying, “We’re calling on moms to reach out to their adult children, get
As White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was wrapping up his press briefing today, a local reporter screamed out “one from Colorado.” Carney stopped and let the gentleman ask his question. The reporter confronted Carney immediately by asking why the
The old adage that “winners write history” is mostly untrue; historians write history. The way future generations view the past often comes through the myriad of complex and biased accounts of those who bothered to record it. In Lincoln’s Boys:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet this week with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the White House said Sunday, in a prominent show of U.S. support for Ukraine’s fledgling new government. Vice President Joe Biden cut short his
The Arab League is endorsing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ refusal to accept Israel as a Jewish state as a part of any peace agreement. But in taking this position, Abbas – considered by the Obama administration to be a moderate
When bloggers at Think Progress became too critical of President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy their bosses at the Center for American Progress heard about it from the White House. Shortly thereafter, Think Progress writers were “berated” by supervisors for “creating
During a town hall event with Hispanic media outlets on Thursday, President Barack Obama said he was the “champion in chief” for amnesty and that House Speaker John Boehner was “sincere” in wanting to enact comprehensive immigration reform with him.
The Democratic Party of California voted on Sunday to add the full legalization of marijuana to their party’s platform in time for the 2014 elections. Despite vocal opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown–“How many people can get stoned and still have
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel claims that his brother Rahm–then-chief of staff at the White House, now mayor of Chicago–told him to “Shut the f— up!” when he raised the topic of tort reform during internal administration debates on Obamacare. Dr. Emanuel,
The White House appeared to double down on its policy of engagement with Iran following Wednesday’s dramatic pre-dawn high seas capture of an Iranian missile cache destined for Hamas by Israeli naval commandos. Senior administration officials worked quickly to prevent the raid
Question: What does Barack Obama do while ineffectually dealing with the Russia and Ukraine fight over the Crimea, watching that region burn, and also ordering the cutting of funds for missile defense for Israel while enabling Iran to continue heading
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland–On Friday, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) addressed the CPAC conference at the Gaylord Resort on the Potomac River. Cornyn asserted that Texas proves “conservative policies do lead to growth and prosperity, compared to the failed experiment of big
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is rejecting a key demand of the United States and Israel as part of ongoing peace talks that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. “They are pressing and saying, ‘no peace without the Jewish
The White House: President Obama drops by a meeting with YouTube personalities to learn about how they’re using YouTube to connect with an audience of millions of people and to discuss why it’s important for young people to visit HealthCare.gov
WILL: Another sign that the American people aren’t stupid is they’ve more often than not produced divided government. Imagine today if Republicans didn’t control the gavels in one of the houses of Congress. Nothing would be done about the IRS.
Last night at the White House concert series event, “Women of Soul” performance President Obama misspelled the famous Aretha Franklin’s anthem “R-E-S-P-E-C-T.” Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
