(AP) Israel, Palestinians eye peace deal in 9 monthsBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONIsraeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed Tuesday to meet again within two weeks to start substantive negotiations on a so-far elusive peace deal with the goal of reaching a
Civil rights activists meeting with Barack Obama and Eric Holder at the White House on Monday emerged delighted with promises made to them to counter the action of the Supreme Court in June striking down the coverage formula in Section
By ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate overwhelmingly confirmed James Comey on Monday to become FBI director, elevating the one-time Justice Department official who defied efforts by President George W. Bush’s White House to renew a program that allowed warrantless eavesdropping. Comey
(AP) Obama honors Giants on World Series winBy STACY A. ANDERSONWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama says the San Francisco Giants are making a “habit” of dropping in at the White House. Obama welcomed the 2012 World Series champions Monday at a South
Celebrities routinely weigh in on political races, from large-city mayoral campaigns to the battle for the White House every four years. Now, a group of stars is rallying around a candidate for the Big Apple’s city comptroller position, hardly a
A majority of New York Democrats want disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner out of the race to be the city’s next mayor, according to a poll published on Monday. Weiner, who admitted last week to conducting a steamy cyber affair
You can be forgiven if you’ve forgotten about the Dephi pension scandal of which the Romney campaign tried to make an issue in the presidential campaign, last year. There are too many scandals for even conservative bloggers to keep up
There is a strong push currently being made by advocates of Obamacare to convince Americans it is the best thing that has ever happened to this country. Even celebrities are being trotted out by the White House to tell us
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will have lunch on Monday with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the White House said on Sunday. Read the rest of the story at Reuters.com.
In response to I’ve Got That Beat, If We’re Playing Obama Narcissism Derby: Last week, I posted a video of the president boasting about how reporters (and even some Republicans!) often tell him his economic ideas are great. Ace countered
Bob Schieffer, on his weekly Sunday commentary on CBS, sliced and diced New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner for his latest scandal, calling Weiner a “new age flasher who has traded the traditional raincoat . . . for a digital
Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew doesn’t exactly have the best reputation for honesty, having misled Congress about President Barack Obama’s debts, and having claimed–falsely–that Obama’s budgets were stalled in the Senate because of a Republican filibuster threat. On Sunday,
Jane Fonda, the actress and activist famous for opposing everything that Ronald and Nancy Reagan stood for, recently said that when she was offered the role of Nancy Reagan in a new White House-based movie, she just “couldn’t resist” taking
On ABC’s This Week on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew threatened that President Obama would veto any bill cutting domestic spending, and said Obama would not hold negotiations of any sort on the debt ceiling. “Congress can’t let us default,”
Sen. Mike Lee on “Fox News Sunday” discussing Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s comments moments before refusing to answer whether he had spoken with the IRS Chief Counsel William Wilkins about the agency’s targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups.
Just as they did with the sequester, Democrats will try to blame Republicans for a potential government shutdown or cuts to the budget that may occur as part of a new debt deal this fall. Politico reported that, “President Barack
In 2009, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” opened to $85.1 million, and as Nikki Finke points out, this was after scathing reviews (I enjoyed it) and a copy leaked online that no one liked. With better reviews and the weekend all to
US President Barack Obama will likely name a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a few months, a senior White House official said Friday. In response to a question about the much-buzzed about successor to Bernanke, whose second
At the Wall Street Journal Bari Weiss has some great satire based on the question what if Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton were emailing each other during Anthony Weiner’s latest sexting scandal. The central theme in the satirical piece is
Jane Fonda, in full promotion mode, insists people shouldn’t judge the fact that she’s playing Nancy Reagan in a new film Lee Daniels’ The Butler. Yes, Fonda is an unabashed liberal playing the wife of a conservative icon, but can’t
(AP) Ethics committee extends Michele Bachmann probeBy HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated PressWASHINGTONAllegations surrounding Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann and her brief presidential campaign are getting further examination from the House Ethics Committee.The panel said in a brief statement Friday it is extending
When people say that Detroit’s bankruptcy is the offspring of the Left, they are more right than they know. Within the archives of the Communist Party USA at NYU is the transcript of a 1988 interview conducted with Howard Johnson,
In a breathless puff from Roger Friedman of Showbiz411.com, Oprah Winfrey is predicted to win an Oscar for her performance as the White House butler’s wife in the upcoming feature film The Butler starring Forrest Whitaker. Friedman hyperventilates: Oprah is simply
By STACY A. ANDERSONAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama saluted Muslim Americans on Thursday for their contributions in helping build the nation as business entrepreneurs, technology innovators and pioneers in medicine. Obama spoke at a White House dinner he hosted to celebrate
After Obama and two of his flacks (Pfeiffer and Carney) pushed the “phony scandal” narrative this week, there was a massive media stampede to interview some of the victims of the Regime’s scandals, because they knew they’d get some choice
