President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama paid an effective tax rate of just 18.4% in 2012 federal income tax. The figures, released by the White House, come as Obama included in his recently released budget the so-called “Buffett
Ashley Judd’s political career may have hit a road block in Kentucky, but she isn’t crossing the Nation’s Capital off her travel itinerary just yet. Judd is just one of many celebrities planning to visit D.C. April 27 for the
The bipartisan Senate group pushing immigration reform, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” has allowed a representative from President Barack Obama’s White House to be involved in writing their bill but has not even tried to meet with representatives from the
Emily’s List, an influential progressive pro-choice group, will announce next week the first national campaign to elect a woman to the White House in 2016. Emily’s List President Stephanie Schriock said the group was “ready to put a Democratic woman in
There has been more condemnation for the vacation trip to Cuba indulged by rapper Jay-Z and gal-pal singer Beyonce, this time from Hollywood director Phil Lord–himself the son of a Cuban refugee. Lord thinks that the entertainers were “dupes” of
White House: This week’s address is delivered by Francine Wheeler: Hi. As you’ve probably noticed, I’m not the President. I’m just a citizen. And as a citizen, I’m here at the White House today because I want to make a
Organizing for Action is a non-profit advocacy organization borne out of the Obama campaign infrastructure. Headed by veteran staff of Obama’s reelection, the organization’s mission is to use the resources that reelected Obama to promote his policy agenda. As a
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ union president Chris Crane said in a statement provided to Breitbart News that AFL-CIO leadership’s threat to politically demolish any lawmaker who opposes amnesty is troubling. Earlier this week, AFL-CIO director of immigration Ana
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONWatch out, Joe Biden. The other vice president is in the house. The White House says Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Vice President Selina Meyer on the HBO comedy “Veep,” is at the White House to have lunch
Capt. Emil Kapaun, a Roman Catholic priest who dodged enemy fire and helped wounded soldiers during the Korean War, posthumously received the Medal of Honor yesterday during a ceremony in the White House East Room. Roy Wenzl, the co-author of
The Major League Baseball Players Association said Friday it had received an application from rapper Jay-Z to be a baseball agent the same day he released “Open Letter,” which includes the lyrics, “Obama said, ‘Chill you gonna get me impeached.’
When it comes to exploiting the tragedy of the Sandy Hook massacre to push a completely unrelated gun control agenda, President Obama has no peer. The White House announced today that it would hand over the President’s weekly internet and
Adam Carolla knows liberal media bias exists because he’s seen it up close and personal. So when he watches the mainstream press ignore President Barack Obama’s hypocrisy he simply chalks it up to more of the same. Those lessons are
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says the mother of a Newtown shooting victim will deliver the weekly presidential radio and Internet address.President Barack Obama typically gives the talk, focusing on a topic that’s in the news or a policy
Harrison Ford isn’t the chattiest celebrity working the press circuit. Never has been. This reporter once met Ford at a White House Correspondents Dinner party and asked him three questions–Ford responded with three one-word answers. Pepper him with questions about
On Friday, career criminal Eric Brown of Virginia pleaded guilty to stealing a truck with the TOTUS – the Teleprompter of the United States – inside. He accepted a sentence of seven years, four years longer than federal sentencing guidelines,
Fox News reports that a suspicious package en route to Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Phoenix headquarters was intercepted by authorities in Flagstaff Thursday. Authorities in Flagstaff, a city in Northern Arizona, x-rayed the box and determined it contained an explosive
The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis, a widely respected conservative columnist and commentator, wrote a thoughtful column for The Week Friday making a common sense case for why the mainstream media needs to hire more Christians. Just for starters, 77% of
After Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) outed his illegitimate daughter after tweeting pet names at her via Twitter, you might think he’d stay away from tweeting about women for a while. Unfortunately for the Congressman, he didn’t. After watching washed-up singer
In a letter addressed to “Members of the U.S. House of Representatives,” 24 different conservative groups are asking Representatives to support H. Res. 36, which would create a select committee to investigate the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks. It’s been
Jay-Z is answering those who criticized his recent trek to Cuba in the forum he knows best. The hip hop superstar dropped a new track today addressing those who said his wedding anniversary trip to Havana, a city under U.S.
Jay-Z released a new song “Open Letter.” I must I admit I’ve heard better but it’s hard to write good lyrics when you’re constantly contradicting yourself. Talking about how your money gets you access to the White House and Cuba,
JAY CARNEY: I guess nothing rhymes with “treasury.” Because the Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know, and the White House has nothing to do with it … It’s a song, the President did not communicate with
President Barack Obama congratulated another champion with a phone call to Rick Pitino Wednesday. In January, President Obama talked to Nick Saban after Alabama won the football title, and a few weeks later he welcomed the champion Miami Heat to the
President Barack Obama’s long-overdue budget (National Public Radio obfuscated by calling it “long-awaited”) was greeted with criticism across the political spectrum. The left lamented its minuscule adjustment to Social Security benefits in the form of “chained CPI.” Conservatives noted that Obama’s budget
