White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced today that the President “accepts” the report presented by the Accountability Review Board to review the security failures that allowed the consequences of the attack on the US Special Mission in Benghazi. Carney
Scarborough’s not-at-all veiled threat to Hollywood about government censorship troubles me even more than ‘Sanctimonious Joe’s’ emotionally-driven betrayal of our Second Amendment civil rights. We’re talking about the government censoring artistic freedom and speech here; we’re talking about our most sacred of rights
(AP) Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent actsBy JULIE PACE and ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONOne early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) —U.S. House Speaker John Boehner called for a House vote Thursday on his fallback tax plan, despite Senate opposition and President Barack Obama’s veto threat. In a public statement that lasted less than a minute, the
(AP) World stocks stall as US budget talks sourBy PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKWorld stock markets faced resistance Thursday after talks turned sour among U.S. political leaders trying to reach an agreement over how to avert an economically disastrous “fiscal cliff”
Barack Obama saved General Motors with his words–and you paid for it with your money. The Obama administration said the government will sell 40% of its ownership, amounting to 200 million shares, back to GM, and will exit ownership by
The nation mourns the passing of one of the finest judges ever to sit on the federal bench: Robert Heron Bork. This distinguished judge passed away on Dec. 19 at the age of 85, and his contributions to the law
The Washington Examiner : Vice President Joe Biden is expected to lead the White House task force to examine more gun control legislation, but back in 2008 he did everything he could to convince voters that his running mate supported
The refusal by a majority of states to set up state-based exchanges could neuter some important aspects of Obamacare and make it more difficult for the federal government to actually implement the law. On December 12th, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett,
In the immediate aftermath of Friday’s terrible tragedy in Connecticut, there have been the predictable calls to enact new gun control legislation. The usual proponents of additional restrictions on guns have filled the airwaves with calls for immediate legislative action.
President Barack Obama at a White House press conference on Wednesday said that he intends to take action in the area of gun control legislation next year. “Any single gun law cannot solve all these problems,” he said. “This time,
ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper annoyed President Obama with a question during his White House Press conference on Wednesday…
Having spent his first term bashing credit card companies and the mega rich, President Barack Obama is considering adding a credit card company CEO worth $125 million to his cabinet. American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault reportedly tops the White House
Kind of a no-brainer pick for “Time,” but check out this slobbering love affair of purplish prose oozing from the pores of editor Rick Stengel: Obama is the first Democratic president since FDR to win more than 50% of the vote
(AP) Obama Social Security offer at odds with top DemsBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama’s offer to slow the growth of Social Security benefits would force fellow Democrats in Congress to abandon promises to shield the massive retirement and disability
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will appoint Vice President Joe Biden to lead a government panel tasked with formulating a response to gun violence after last week’s school massacre, US media reported. The New York Times and the Washington Post
In the aftermath of the Benghazi attack, Ambassador Susan Rice told multiple Sunday shows that the attack on Benghazi was “spontaneous” or a “response” to a protest held in Cairo over a youtube video no one had ever heard about
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert shredded House Speaker John Boehner’s negotiation tactics over the fiscal cliff in an appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program Tuesday night. It’s the latest in an intra-party onslaught against Boehner by both establishment Republicans
Georgia Republican Rep. Paul Broun told Breitbart News on Tuesday that he thinks President Barack Obama is using the ongoing fiscal cliff fight as political leverage to try to land Nancy Pelosi back in the House Speaker’s office in 2014.
Q Jay, can you comment at all on the Pentagon? Investigators have concluded that a senior defense official has leaked restricted information to the makers of the bin Laden film. Peter King’s office is out and says they’re quite troubled
A man interrupted and confronted anti-gun demonstrators gathered near the NRA building in Washington, D.C. on Monday by yelling “Arm the teachers! Arm the principals!” Larry Ward told MyFoxDC that he is a father of two young children; he confronted the
Most mainstream media journalists are ignoring possible intelligence leaks to the creative team behind “Zero Dark Thirty,” the film which recreates the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Government watchdog group Judicial Watch is doing the work the media should have
With the fiscal cliff looming, Speaker of the House John Boehner tried to use the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as an excuse in his decision to begin caving to President Obama’s demands to raise taxes. Asked about the timing
The White House announced today that after Senator Manchin told MSNBC this morning that he is recanting his previous pro-2nd Amendment views that the President called the Senator to discuss possible gun control laws.
With fiscal cliff negotiations at a virtual standstill, Speaker of the House John Boehner has proposed a new plan that would put President Obama’s feet to the fire – but would also raise taxes on high income earners, betraying conservative
