The entertainment for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in the spring has been announced. Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live cast member and co-anchor of the show’s “Weekend Update” will headline the event, reports The Hill. Strong got her start as
MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, the Obamacare architect who bragged about deceiving the “stupid” American people to secure passage of the bill, has been paid an estimated $5.2 million by the federal government and 12 state governments for consulting services to
In 1972 film critic Pauline Kael gave a lecture in which she said, “I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted forNixon. Where they are I don’t know. They’re outside my ken. Butsometimes when
Tuesday ABC News’ chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl grilled White House press secretary Josh Earnest about comment’s President Barack Obama made on Sept 17, 2013 on Telemundo, a Spanish-language network, that specifically expanding deferred action for children illegally in
On Monday, President Barack Obama announced the release of a global warming “toolkit,” one day before all 50 U.S. states fell below freezing temperatures. The White House says its “resilience toolkit” is an extension of Obama’s “Climate Action Plan” released last year
On Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough took aim at the White House and other prominent Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, for their responses to ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber remarks regarding the American voter and the
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has ordered a comprehensive review of U.S. policy governing efforts to free Americans being held by militant groups overseas, the White House said on Monday. In recent months, Islamic State militants have beheaded three Americans, including Peter
The White House’s chief of staff will reportedly meet with Senate Democrats on Thursday, fueling speculation that President Barack Obama may make an announcement on his executive amnesty this week before Congress leaves for its Thanksgiving recess. According to a
In response to Obama Claimed to Have ‘Stolen Ideas’ from Gruber in 2006: Allow me to toss a few more tidbits onto the fire as we burn whatever remains of Barack Obama’s credibility: former Administration official Steve Rattner testifying –
President Obama is not a king or an emperor, according to the White House, but he still has lawful authority to issue executive amnesty for illegal immigrants. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest explained to reporters that Obama still stood
Tuesday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest defended President Barack Obama’s reaction to now-infamous ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber’s comments referring to the stupidity of the American voter by calling it “old political arguments” and saying “it’s easier to talk about
President Obama has responded to today’s terrorist attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem in which four Israeli Jews attending morning prayers condemning the attack, and stating that “the majority of Palestinians” want peace. In a statement delivered to the White
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dismissed the growing number of Jonathan Gruber comments about the misleading nature of the Obamacare political debate to help it getting it passed. ABC News White House reporter Jon Karl noted during the White
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” former Obama “car czar” Steve Rattner, the lead adviser of Obama’s task force on the Auto Industry during the automaker bailouts of 2009, challenged the White House’s line that embattled ObamaCare architect Jonathan
On Tuesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) compared President Barack Obama’s forthcoming executive amnesty to the desegregation of the U.S. military. Gutierrez, who has been one of the most vocal pro-amnesty advocates, said on the House floor that President Harry Truman
Economist Jonathan Gruber made at least a dozen trips to the White House including at least one meeting with the President. The Wall Street Journal reports that Gruber visited the White House six times in 2009 and several more times
On Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer explained the timing of President Barack Obama’s response to the recent string of candid moments from ObamaCare Jonathan Gruber caught video about the ObamaCare legislation and
CBS News is careful to note that the State Department shut down its unclassified email system to repair “possible” damage from a “suspected” hacker attack, but those suspicions must run pretty deep to justify the measures that were taken: A
For centuries, our nation’s press has become accustomed to exercising its own news and editorial judgments largely free from government interference. It’s all part of the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press. But now, all of that could
At the G-20 summit press conference in Brisbane Australia, Sunday, President Obama took some tough questions from the media. While Obama’s “Gruber who?” moment got the most play, there was another striking moment at the press conference when a reporter
Over the weekend at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accused President Barack Obama of micromanaging the military for purely “political” motives. Gates said Obama’s style reminded him of working under
As Air Force One refueled in Hawaii, President Obama spoke with members of the media on the way home from his trip to Asia. According to the White House travel pool, Obama spoke to them for 20-25 minutes on the
Over the weekend President Obama referred to economist Jonathan Gruber as “some adviser who never worked on our staff” but as far back as 2006 Senator Obama was already praising Gruber for his good ideas. “You have already drawn some
President Obama is huddling with Vice President Joe Biden and top staff as he prepares his executive action on immigration reform. Aides tell reporters he will act soon. “I can’t wait in perpetuity when I have authorities that, at least
President Obama has a peculiar approach to public policy. Listen to what the radical left wants, or political expediency requires, then make up the facts, twist economics and rewrite the law to suit. Here are four examples. 1. Obamacare When
