WASHINGTON (AP) — His domestic priorities stalled in a divided Congress, President Barack Obama is looking for allies among America’s governors. The president was to meet Monday with governors of both parties at the White House, following a Sunday dinner
When President Obama was riding sky high approval ratings, which seems like a political lifetime ago, he said that he was going to do “big things” in office. But now, with an approval rating falling into the low 40s and
Now that the Ukrainian opposition has toppled the government, the leaked telephone conversation between the U.S. Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, in which the latter told him to “f— the E.U.,” has taken
Like moths to a flame, liberal media outlets are all over the latest development in a Rep. Steve King (R-IA) controversy, even though the “news” is that King defended himself with virtually identical language to what he has used in
Jeremy Bird, the man who has been called Barack Obama’s “secret weapon” and the leader of Battleground Texas went on a mini-rant on Twitter on Tuesday February 18, attacking Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott for campaigning with Ted Nugent over
On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer criticized the White House’s remarks about a federal government under “austerity”:
Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken declared President Barack Obama’s policy with regards to the Syria a success on Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead” with Jake Tapper…
The Obama administration’s unilaterally instituted 28 Obamacare delays cumulatively add up to 15 years and three months, a Fox News analysis reveals. Out of the 28 delays the White House has decreed, 13 have involved changes designed to delay features
Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the Obama administration will fail to meet its goal of seven million Obamacare-paying customers by the March 31 deadline. “Initially, we talked about by the end of this period having seven million
President Obama is putting the finishing touches on his budget message to Congress. According to press reports, it would be criminal if it wasn’t so comical! The president will drop from previous proposals any effort to curb the rapidly escalating
President Obama’s FY 2105 budget will drop the one concession he had made to Republicans on entitlement reform. Under pressure from Congressional Democrats, Obama’s budget will not contain a proposal called “chained CPI” which changes the calculation of cost-of-living increases
In the first installment of this trilogy, we explored how many big decisions in America are made as the result of institutional behavior, as opposed to any sort of ideology, left or right. That is, institutions have their own gravity,
Feeling his oats, Barack Obama has decided to jettison his proposal from last year to use chained CPI (consumer price index) to calculate benefits, which would have cut Social Security benefits. Obama had proposed the ideas last year as a
Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, will interview First Lady Michelle Obama next week on the Today show. Bush Hager is a correspondent for NBC, and Obama will reportedly be a part of the show’s
The White House said sanctions will be considered against Ukraine, though military action is not one of the options. Military action by the U.S. is not among the options being considered, deputy spokesman Josh Earnest said. “The options available to the
The Democrats’ attempt to use the Affordable Care Act to win over Latino voters across the country continues to backfire. California officials tell The New York Times that the “No. 1 priority” of the state healthcare exchange, to sign up Latin Americans,
The White House told Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich to withdraw security in Kiev as protests worsen and the death toll rises. “We are outraged by images of Ukrainian security forces firing automatic weapons on their own people,” White House spokesman
The White House issued a press release on Thursday from the office of Michelle Obama touting the fourth anniversary of her program, “Let’s Move.” The press release said that “we are moving toward a healthier future and this movement is
Last week, Reporters Without Borders dropped America in the World Press Freedom Index 2014 from 33rd to 46th. James Risen of The New York Times rightly explained, “I think 2013 will go down in history as the worst year for
If Donald Trump wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate, he will have start taking himself more seriously. And by that I mean putting together an operation that’s competent, credible, and creative. In particular, Trump, as a Republican,
On Wednesday, the White House announced that it would be taking a muscular new role in Ukraine: by deferring to the Russians. Again. As the streets burn in Ukraine, and with police cracking down on opposition protesters, Vice President Joe
BRUSSELS (AP) — The deadly clashes in Ukraine’s capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. A roundup of some of the international
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday, White House economist Gene Sperling took criticism from Joe Scarborough after trying the dismiss a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that said a minimum wage hike to $10.10 will cause half a million Americans
Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf fired back Wednesday morning at criticism from the White House over his most recent economic report. The White House and CBO disagree over the effect raising the minimum wage would have on employment. The
Robert Malley, a Middle East scholar who resigned from his advisory role in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign when it was revealed he had met with the Palestinian terror group Hamas, has been appointed by the president to be a senior
