In the days following the 2012 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration insisted protests against an anti-Islam film posted to YouTube incited the attackers. Wednesday, after Secretary of State Hillary testified in front of the
Comparing his comments he made last Sunday about threatening to leave California because of the state’s high tax rate to his infamously wild tee shot on the 18th hole at the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, golfer Phil Mickelson
WaPo media writer Erik Wemple: No matter your view of the media’s role in Benghazi; no matter your take on whether U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice leveled with the country on the Sept. 16 talk shows; no matter
Today while almost all the media was gushing over outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s theatrical and less than forthcoming Senate testimony about events in Libya, CBS News’ investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson tweeted out a penetrating series of unanswered questions that both the
(AP) House votes to defuse debt limit crisisBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first avoid default for at least four months, defusing a crisis looming
After being pressed today by Republican Senator Ron Johnson to explain how it was that over the course of weeks, the Obama Administration stood by an absurd story claiming that four Americans were murdered in Libya due to a spontaneous protest
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman notified the Obama administration on Tuesday that he has approved the Keystone XL pipeline to be built in his state, which may make the project closer to getting approval. The State Department said it would consider Heineman’s letter
Joe Biden has never come anywhere close to the Democrat nomination for President of the United States. But, as a sitting Vice President, he thinks he has the inside track for the 2016 nomination and he’s already lining up his
(AP) Gay activists laud Obama speech, now want actionBy DAVID CRARYAP National WriterNEW YORKPresident Barack Obama’s emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and exhortations as to what steps should be
The leader of the biggest US gun lobby criticized President Barack Obama for condemning “absolutism” in politics, and vowed to stand his ground on gun control. LaPierre insisted that semi-automatic weapons should remain legal, and attacked Obama’s gun control platform
In 2004, perverse former conservative David Brock, a highly paranoid alleged drug devotee, founded Media Matters for America. It was an offshoot of the John Podesta-run Center for American Progress (CAP). Podesta, of course, was the former chief of staff
A day after threatening to leave California due to its high taxes, Phil Mickelson expressed regret for commenting publicly about the matter. Mickelson, in a statement to Fox News, said he was sorry he may have “upset or insulted” people
The Obama administration is pushing gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook, Connecticut, shootings. President Obama is using the murders as a pretext to undermine the Second Amendment and collect data on lawful gun owners. But this administration
How do you deal with Barack Obama? Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have found one reasonably successful way: stand tall and don’t back down, and your people will rally around you. Obama, believing Netanyahu would win reelection despite trying to damage
Yesterday, President Obama became the first president of the United States to address same-sex marriage in his inaugural address, and the first president to use the term “gay”: Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are
Obama’s second Inaugural address should put to rest any doubts that he has no interest in real negotiations to curb government spending. In the 18-minute speech, the word “deficit” was used once and only in relation to bringing down health
At the Latino Inaugural 2013 Concert at the Kennedy center Sunday night, Vice President Joe Biden went over the top in thanking the Latino community for their help in getting his boss reelected to the White House. Biden pontificated that
As President Barack Obama settles in for his second term, several conservatives are wondering whether it’s time to “face the reality of Obama’s success” and acknowledge him as the “liberal Reagan.” Certainly that is Obama’s ambition–to be as “historically consequential”
Remember when President Obama was caught on a hot mic telling then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to be patient with him because he would have more “flexibility” in his second term when he would never again have to face American voters?
JIM ACOSTA: And obviously, this is the moment that everybody is waiting for on Inauguration Day when the President and the First Lady step out of their limo and walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. You know, I feel like I should
Peter Beinart, hilariously regarded as an intellectual whose opinions matter, (remember how he once championed the Iraq war and using American power abroad but then suddenly “evolved” into your typical leftist Jew attacking Israel?) is now ludicrously claiming that Piers
(AP) – While most Americans caught distant glimpses of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration festivities from their living room TVs and on the Internet, a privileged set of celebrities and special interests got pampered access Monday at exclusive soirees just
GOP Vice Presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was booed today at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. Ryan congratulated Obama on winning another four years in the White House: “I congratulate President Obama on his inauguration, and I join the country in
Joe Scarborough “This is the worst-kept secret in Washington. Every Democratic senator has complained about how he never calls them, he never reaches out. […] We’ve heard it for four years. We’ve heard people that have been inside the White
(AP) Obama adviser hedges optimism on stricter gun lawsBy KEVIN FREKINGAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration says it’s confident stricter gun laws can be passed, but it’s hedging its optimism by stressing just how politically difficult it will be. White House senior
