On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held hearings on the confirmation of current U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas to become Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. No Republican Senators participated in the hearings. Mayorkas
One thing I noticed throughout the Martin/Zimmerman story cycle: the “opinion/fact” mutation. As more facts are introduced into the mix, opinions don’t disappear after being proven wrong, they simply mutate. We’ve seen this with other issues and debates: global warming,
You don’t have to think the Vietnam War was a good idea to understand that communist dictator Ho Chi Minh, who led North Vietnam in the war until his death, was a not a good guy. Yet President Barack Obama
National Review’s Jonah Goldberg took a look at all the media tributes to Helen Thomas, the 92 year-old disgraced “dean” of the White House Press Corps, who died over the weekend. Then he took a look at the actual journalistic
The summer movie box office receipts are up from last year, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. A series of film flops, from the liberal White House Down to the misguided Lone Ranger reboot, are making Hollywood very nervous.
The Wall Street Journal published a lead editorial on Thursday that responded harshly to President Barack Obama’s new series of economic speeches. “The President called his speech ‘A Better Bargain for the Middle Class,’ but no President has done worse by the
On July 22, Chicago Alderman Joe Moore was to have received an award for “political reform” at the White House. Moore, however, was a no-show in D.C. because on that same day he admitted that he had been interviewed by
An aide to House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) confirmed for Breitbart News he is open to attempting to salvage the Senate’s immigration bill via a conference report with a single House bill or combination of House bills.
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency’s secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans’ phone records Wednesday night after a fierce debate pitting privacy rights against the government’s efforts to thwart terrorism.
By NEDRA PICKLER and BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank has definitely soured on Barack Obama’s repeated “pivots” to the economy. Milbank wonders how the President can make news on the economy by “delivering the same message he gave in 2005?” By repeating the same
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), a member of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight,” told liberal activists at the Center for American Progress (CAP) on Wednesday how the Democrats plans to enact amnesty for the 11 million illegal immigrants: Get the House
The ongoing scandal involving Internal Revenue Service targeting of Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status took a step closer to the White House last week when testimony from retiring IRS tax law specialist Carter Hull before the House Oversight and
President Barack Obama’s White House Press Secretary Jay Carney joined House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Speaker John Boehner in making an inaccurate attack on Rep. Steve King (R-IA) over comments he made about efforts to grant amnesty to illegal
Situation Room visitor, White House frequenter, and object of Michelle Obama idolatry Queen Bey/Beyoncé/Mrs. Carter of the Mrs. Carter Show Tour got her coif caught in a fan. Not a fan-fan like a stage fan, but one of those used
Predictions are always tough, but President Barack Obama’s speeches have become so formulaic that there is less risk in predicting the basic outline of his economy speech in Galesburg, IL today–the first in a series: 1. Taking credit: Look for
(AP) Trayvon Martin’s father to speak on Capitol HillWASHINGTON The father of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will be on Capitol Hill for a hearing addressing the challenges faced by African-American boys and men. Tracy Martin will give opening remarks
A new national poll has found that support for President Barack Obama among blacks has dropped considerably over the past four months, which has contributed to Obama’s sagging approval numbers. Furthermore, the lack of support among blacks for Obama may
Rep. Justin Amash successfully fought to get an amendment attached to the Defense spending bill that “would prevent money from going to the [NSA] agency’s blanket collection of telephone call records.” The vote is expected today. Score one for
During his exchange with Andy Serwer at a Fortune magazine sponsored event, new CNN chief Jeff Zucker had an interesting perspective on his network’s coverage of the George Zimmerman trial: he thought that CNN did a perfect job covering the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) National Council president Chris Crane called on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to work with immigration law enforcement officers to ensure his DREAM Act does not turn out to be like President Barack Obama’s executive
Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against the State Department seeking talking points and updates given to Susan Rice regarding the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit was originally announced on June 21,
It is probably not a good sign when Barack Obama’s biggest fans ridicule his major announcement that he’s going to once again “pivot to the economy.” But in a tweet fired off early Tuesday afternoon, the verified Twitter account of
On Wednesday, President Obama embarks on another campaign-style tour, highlighting his “renewed” focus on the economy. The White House plans for Obama to “take credit” for progress on the economy and use it to frame the upcoming fight over the
President Obama continues to focus on celebrity outreach to further his policy causes. I know, shocked faces everywhere. The Hill reports: President Obama met Monday with celebrities who are helping him promote his signature healthcare law ahead of the October
