PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY: The Senate will vote and whenever it votes it ought to pass this amendment. It’s pretty simple. What’s complicated about the fact that 90% of the people want this done and yet a substantial percentage of
A letter addressed to President Barack Obama and Senator Roger Wicker has tested positive for Ricin poison, according to the Secret Service. The letters arrived at a postal facility and is not near the White House or Capitol Hill. “This
(AP) – Police and federal agents appealed to the public Tuesday for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to the Boston Marathon bombing as the chief FBI agent in Boston vowed “we will go to the ends of
Most people would figure someone who reaches the White House after decades in politics would have some basic social skills down pat. Not Bradley Cooper. The Oscar-nominated star of Silver Linings Playbook recalls his time with Vice President Joe Biden
By HANNAH DREIERAssociated PressLAS VEGASThe Motion Picture Association of America announced changes Tuesday to its movie rating system, saying the group wants to better inform parents about violence in films. The new system, called the “Check the Box” campaign, will
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral is April 17, but President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden are too busy pushing gun control to attend. A U.S. Embassy spokesman explained that Obama is unable
A massive probe was under way Tuesday after two bombs struck the Boston Marathon, killing at least three and wounding more than 100. Monday’s blasts near the finishing line raised fears of a terrorist attack more than a decade after
(AP) Boston Marathon blasts put world’s cities on alertBy PAISLEY DODDSAssociated PressLONDONWith more than 30 marathons this weekend and big events on the horizon, officials around the world are looking at security efforts in the wake of the fatal bomb
Considering the complete lack of new information in President Obama’s late-Tuesday morning statement on the Boston Marathon bombings, it would appear that the president was less interested in passing along information and more interested in cleaning up a mess he made yesterday by
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday that the deadly twin bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line amounted to “cruel act of terror” and vowed that those who are responsible will be brought to justice. Testifying on
Officials from Boston to Washington seemed overwhelmed by the task of managing the aftermath of the shocking terror attack at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday. Though the White House called the two bombings acts of “terror,” President
The Department of Homeland Security has not issued a terror alert in response to Monday’s bombings in Boston. On the Department of Homeland Security’s National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) website, the administration says: “There are no current alerts.” According to
By ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONA bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to more gun buyers seemed in jeopardy Monday as a growing number of Republican senators expressed opposition to the proposal, perhaps enough to derail it. But there was plenty of
By JIMMY GOLENAssociated PressBOSTONTwo bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised
On Monday afternoon at 6:10 PM ET, President Obama took to the podium to explain the current status of the White House’s efforts on the Boston bombings. “The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight, and Michelle and
Former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, the new president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, ripped the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” U.S. Senators who are pushing immigration reform during the debut of Breitbart News Sunday with Stephen K. Bannon on Sirius/XM Patriot on
At Monday’s press briefing, Fox News Channel’s Ed Henry asked Jay Carney if President Obama would ask congress for new regulations on abortion clinics in light of the “House of Horrors” murder trial of Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia. After
During Monday’s White House press briefing, Fox News Channel’s Ed Henry asked White House spokesman Jay Carney about the ongoing Kermit Gosnell murder trial in Philadelphia. Incredibly, Jay Carney said “the President does not and can not take a position
In response to Flashback: Obama Argued Against Passage of Illinois Bill Banning Infanticide: Obama not only argued against the Illinois bill banning infanticide in 2002, he impugned the character of those who told the truth about it, six years later.
On Monday Press Secretary Jay Carney said that the President, nor the White House, “cannot and will not” comment on an ongoing case of an abortion doctor which has garnered national attention. The President has not always practiced this absence
In reaction to the reported hunger strikes in the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that the President still holds the position that the prison should be closed. Carney blamed Congress for slowing things
Press Secretary Jay Carney told the White House press pool today that the President is “aware” of the Gosnell trial but “cannot and will not” take a side in the proceedings. ED HENRY, FOX NEWS: There’s a murder trial in
Lanny Davis is a long time friend and supporter of the Bill and Hillary Clinton. He was the White House legal counsel during the Lewinsky years and has been a tireless advocate for the Clintons in the intervening years.
The New York Times’ Ross Douthat is one of America’s top columnists. In fact, last week he wrote one of the best columns I have ever read (and I do mean, ever) on The Secrets of Princeton. Douthat does, though,
A new Politico report illustrates how, in a short time, operatives of the Democrat Party have nurtured direct relationships with the families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, resulting in the calculated exploitation of the tragic loss of loved ones
