By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe video game industry, blamed by some for fostering a culture of violence, defended its practices Friday at a White House meeting exploring how to prevent horrific shootings like the recent Connecticut elementary school
Some of President Obama’s usual allies are suggesting he’s not as “down with the cause” as he should be. On Thursday, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) told MSNBC that “it’s embarrassing as hell” that the Obama White House lacks diversity. “It could be the
The Wrap.com The motion picture and TV industry appear to be on the verge of emerging unscathed from the White House’s campaign to crack down on gun violence. The two-and-a-half-hour meeting on gun violence between Hollywood and TV industry association
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is threatening a hold on the nomination of Obama Chief Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan to serve as CIA Director until the administration comes clean on Benghazi. Yet there is another reason that Brennan’s confirmation must not
To embarrass the GOP for taking a stand on the debt ceiling, the Obama administration refuses to deny the rumor that they may mint trillion-dollar coins to pay off the national debt. When queried Wednesday about the absurd idea, which has been
(AP) Biden seeks video game industry input on gunsBy JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONLooking for broader remedies to gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game industry for ideas as the White House seeks
Broadcasters, CEOs of telecommunication groups and theater owners, among others, met with VP Joe Biden on Jan. 10 to discuss the pending White House gun grab. Biden is in charge of Obama’s gun violence task force. Representatives of the groups
During his recent vacation in Hawaii, President Barack Obama golfed with the former business partner of Tony Rezko. Rezko was an Obama fundraiser who is in jail for fraud and corruption. Rezko also was involved in a questionable land deal
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is mobilizing for a massive four-front conflict with President Barack Obama over the Constitution and gun rights after a made-for-TV meeting today at the White House between Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General
Whether it’s the Sandy Hook massacre or Superstorm Sandy, progressives know how to use tragedies to manipulate public opinion and mobilize it behind a left-wing agenda. Environmental groups are using Superstorm Sandy as a weapon to force the public to
The United States sought to assure Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday that it would remain committed to his country even as US officials weigh a major withdrawal of American forces. After an elaborate military ceremony for Karzai outside the
President Obama and progressives haven’t been shy about using the Sandy Hook shooting to promote more gun control, but back in Newtown, parents and the superintendent are demanding more security in the form of armed police on school campus. School
Update 12:51 PST: Based on a news conference provide by Kern County and Taft police, here is the sequence of events this morning: The shooter is a 16 y.o. male who did not attend the start of class this morning.
On September 20, 2008, then Senator Joe Biden told a crowd in Castlewood, Virgnia, “I guarantee you Barack Obama ain’t taking my shotguns, so don’t buy that malarkey.” He added, “Don’t buy that malarkey. They’re going to start peddling that
WMAL 01-10-13: LANNY DAVIS – former Clinton White House Counsel, discussed Obama’s potential executive order on guns and his thoughts on Chuck Hagel’s about the “Jewish lobby.”
The media must be feeling a little rebuffed today. It’s not just that the media made all the difference in winning a failed president a second term, but that so much of the dirty work to make that possible was
Piers Morgan may finally have the guts to confront someone from the right who is articulate and reasoned and who very well may leave him looking like shredded underwear. Morgan is supposed to have Breitbart editor-at-large Ben Shapiro, the author
A meeting scheduled for Thursday at the White House with Joe Biden will feature the NRA as well as the National Sports Shooting Foundation, but the Second Amendment Foundation, which was formed to guard gun owners’ legal rights, was not invited,
(AP) Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shapeBy KEN THOMAS and SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe composition of President Barack Obama’s second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president’s team deciding to stay
The White House has indicated that President Obama plans to name Jack Lew, his chief of staff, to replace Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary. Lew is a life-time political staffer, who first started working on the Hill in the 1970s.
OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO Deport British Citizen Piers Morgan for Attacking 2nd Amendment When Discussing the Second Amendment, Keep the First in Mind Too By Jay Carney Thank you for participating in We the People to speak out on
Is the Obama administration about to get tough with Hollywood on the issue of fictional gun violence. Or is the latest move by Vice President Joe Biden’s gun violence committee merely an exercise in mock concern? TheWrap.com reports Biden has
The issue of the moment is gun control. In the last two days, that issue has become a microcosm of how our political dialog is carried out in the media, one that explains why conservatives so often lose these battles.
By NEDRA PICKLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama can expect some sweet serenades at his inauguration ceremony, with hit-makers Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor scheduled to perform. Planners of the Jan. 21 event announced Wednesday that Beyonce will sing the national
Jack Lew, current White House Chief of Staff and reportedly President Barack Obama’s choice for Secretary of the Treasury in his second term, so irritated congressional Republicans during debt ceiling negotiations in 2011 that Speaker of the House John Boehner
