Tag: White House

Mitt Romney’s campaign announced on Monday that they — and the Republican National Committee — raised over $101.3 million in July. The campaign and the RNC have nearly $185.9 million cash on hand.  “We are honored to have the support

In an article (“The Trump Effect”) published in August’s Newsmax magazine, Ed Klein, author of the best-selling book The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, reports that an insider who attended a retreat with Mitt Romney’s brain trust in June

When Obama campaign manager Jim Messina announced earlier this year that donors had the president’s blessing to support the Priorities USA Action super PAC, Messina assured us that “We will do so only in the knowledge and with the expectation

Cass Sunstein administered the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Referred to as OIRA (Oh-eye-rah) in wonky academic circles, it is one of the most powerful behind-the-scenes jobs a person can have because it reviews nearly every regulation for

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are battling to paint each other as the crony-in-chief candidate.  But the truth is, both candidates are awash in lobbyist money and connections. So far, Mitt Romney has refused to release the names of all

A new report by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce contains a spate of White House emails that suggest former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel may have been the driving force behind President Obama’s now-infamous speaking appearance at the

In presidential campaign ads, President Barack Obama claims that his economic plan includes “$4 trillion in deficit reduction.” For a president who has increased the national debt more than all U.S. presidents from George Washington to George H.W. Bush combined,

Senator Patrick Leahy had no comment about a new House GOP report that shows member of the White House staff conducting official business with private email accounts in order to sidestep the law. Neither did the Citizens for Responsibility and

Whoa, hey, slow down everyone. The unemployment rate increase isn’t all that bad. Ladies and gentlemen, your oh-so empathetic White House: The household survey showed that the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3% in July (or, more precisely, the rate rose

William Owens, Sr., a black pastor and veteran of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, spoke at the National Press Club on Tuesday to announce that a group he founded, the Coalition of African-American Pastors, is leading the charge

A report issued Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce committee documents the extent to which political concerns trumped due diligence in the Solyndra loan approval. The report shows that the initial announcement of the DOE loan guarantee to the

By KEN THOMAS and DAVID ESPOAssociated PressAKRON, OhioPresident Barack Obama made his rival’s personal millions a front-and-center issue in the race for the White House on Wednesday, telling a swing-state audience that Mitt Romney “is asking you to pay more

(AP) NEW YORKAn independent group supporting President Barack Obama’s re-election is preparing a $30 million advertising blitz in six battleground states this fall. A person familiar with the plans says Priorities USA Action has reserved television ad time in September in

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a reportTuesday which details some of the ways in which the Obama White Househas side-stepped its promise to be transparent in the way it conductsbusiness. This means it’s a good time to

(AP) Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, diesBy HILLEL ITALIE and ANDREW DALTONAssociated PressLOS ANGELESGore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age