The attorney heading the internal investigation into potential unfair targeting of conservative groups by the IRS is a frequent and significant donor to both the Democratic National Committee and President Obama, Rep. Darrell Issa revealed today, in what he calls
(AP) Obama likely to accept change in spying on leadersBy JULIE PACE and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is expected to tighten restrictions on U.S. spying on foreign leaders and also is considering changes in National Security Agency access to
(AP) White House defends itself, Biden over Gates bookBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONRushing to curb political fallout, the White House pushed back Wednesday against harsh criticism in a new book by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates that questions President Barack Obama’s
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett tweeted out a video on Wednesday defending the administration’s position on why the current cold snap, otherwise known as the “polar vortex”, is still a result of climate change or man-made global-warming. “You don’t
The urban celebrity website Mediatakeout made waves Tuesday with what it claims is a “world exclusive” on the lavish celebrations of Blue Ivy Carter’s birthday. According to the site, Jay Z and Beyoncé have bought the girl a purebred Arabian horse.
You can see the media scrum here over allegations that top Christie aids played a role in a highway incident which, in effect, punished the city of Fort Lee, presumably as its Democrat mayor didn’t endorse Chris Christie for re-election.
In responding to a question from NBC White House corespondent Chuck Todd about former Defense Secretary Robert Gates remarks critical of the president in his soon-to-be-released memoir, White House press secretary Jay Carney confirms Obama’s opposition to the Iraq war
Breitbart News has learned that in 2013 the Obama administration launched an under-the-radar project, ‘Operation Choke Point,‘ which is designed to destroy three sectors of the private lending industry: third party payment processors (“TPPPs”), payday lenders, and online lenders. The
A large crowd of protesters in Afghanistan rallied against U.S. forces, accusing the U.S.-NATO-led coalition of desecrating the Quran, according to media reports. The crowd was protesting a rumored sacking of a mosque and subsequent desecration of the Quran by
It appears the White House is circling the wagons in the midst of the release of Obama’s former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ book, which accused Vice President Joe Biden of “poisoning the well” against the military leadership among other claims.
“Ready for Hillary” is a SuperPAC launched in 2013 to build support for a potential Hillary Clinton campaign for President in 2016. Aggressive fundraising outreach, including renting Clinton’s list of supporters in 2008, has allowed the PAC to raise more
Following accusations from former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates that Vice President Joe Biden undermined the military leadership and was “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four years,” Biden will be meeting
The New Republic’s Isaac Chotiner leapt to defend President Barack Obama yesterday over reports that the new book by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, paints the president as aloof from his commanders
(AP) Ex-House members seeking comebacks in 2014By KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONSome former members of Congress are hoping 2014 will be the year of the comeback. Congress may have public approval ratings hovering near record lows, but several Republicans who once served
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s memoir has caused quite a bit of stir in the media and the White House, as the former member of the Obama administration candidly disparages the Obama foreign policy and, in particular, Vice President Joe
(AP) APNewsBreak: AGs to Obama: We need meeting on ACABy MEG KINNARDAssociated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C.Attorneys general from South Carolina and Florida have asked the White House to arrange a meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over prosecutors’ concerns
Obama already had a reputation for appointing the absolute worst possible persons to fill government positions, but his nomination of radical attorney, Debo Adegbilem to be the nation’s top civil rights lawyer, is his most gut-wrenchingly awful, “in your face” appointment, yet.
Growing questions about President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s mismanagement of the unpopular Obamacare program have prompted a House vote this Friday on a pivotal bill that would provide greater transparency by requiring weekly
The U.S. will pursue complete U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, also known as the “zero option,” unless the Afghan president signs the bilateral security agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington in the upcoming “weeks… not
According to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, both Hillary Clinton and President Obama admitted that opposition to the “surge” in Iraq was “political.” Reporter Bob Woodward reveals some forthcoming secrets from Gates’ new book, Duty, which will be published next
Americans on main street may have a bleak outlook on the Obama economy in 2014, but President Barack Obama’s Wall Street campaign donors and friends are scoring record profits off the Obamacare debacle–a reality that may further complicate Democrats’ “income
Even as President Barack Obama attempts to argue for extended unemployment benefits (in defiance of the evidence that longer benefits produce higher unemployment), there are signs that the U.S. economy is finally poised to begin a real recovery. The dollar
First Lady Michelle Obama’s “birthday gift” of spending extra days under the Hawaiian sun alone without her husband and children may cost U.S. taxpayers at least $200,000–more than four times the U.S. average annual salary of $45,790. U.S. taxpayers are on
(AP) Showdown set on unemployment bill in SenateBy DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONThe new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and
(AP) For Obama, Congress, a last grasp at immigrationBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONHis agenda tattered by last year’s confrontations and missteps, President Barack Obama begins 2014 clinging to the hope of winning a lasting legislative achievement: an overhaul of immigration laws.
