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President Obama’s 2013 budget just went down to defeat by a 99-0 vote in the Senate. In March, the measure went before the House for a vote – and went down to flaming defeat, 414-0. The Obama budget had been

Harvey Weinstein may have a second October Surprise up his sleeve to help the flailing Obama administration earn a second term. Weinstein’s “Butter” feature, a not so thinly veiled attack on the Tea Party, is set to bow before November’s

According to the new book, The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, by Edward Klein, Michelle Obama was so angry in 2000 that her husband had run for a House seat and failed miserably that she prepared divorce papers

There is only one issue that unites Democrats this election: class warfare. After the “shellacking” of the 2010 elections, Democrats nationwide have decided to follow the lead of New York Sen. Chuck Schumer this time around and run against the

(AP) Obama raises $44M for campaign, Dems in AprilBy JACK GILLUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort around Mitt Romney for the

When President Barack Obama announced to the nation, with theatrics reminiscent of LeBron James’ “The Decision,” that while he is now personally in favor for gay marriage he favored a states’ rights approach to the issue, the mainstream media collectively

Eric Whitaker, one of Barack Obama’s closest friends and Michelle Obama’s former colleague at the University of Chicago Medical Center, allegedly offered to bribe Jeremiah Wright $150,000 into shutting up during the 2008 presidential campaign, according to Edward Klein, author

Tom Brokaw is worried that Washington is out of touch. People feel politics “is a closed game that doesn’t address what their real concerns are,” he told Howard Kurtz of the Daily Beast. “It has its own language, it has

President Barack Obama’s policy of “tough diplomacy” continues to fail, as the Iranian regime celebrates its gains at the negotiating table, which cross previous red lines set down by the U.S. and the international community. As even the New York

Well, he at least gets extra credit for being honest. With hopes of an economic recovery fading, Obama is facing a very real threat to his reelection hopes. He had obviously assumed that economic data would be improving by now

It’s only Tuesday, but it has already been a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week for the Obama campaign. Saddled with increasingly bad economic data, the campaign has been doggedly trying to change the subject to anything other than jobs

In February of 2005, Barack Obama  invested more than $50,000 in a company called SkyTerra, later known as the wireless networking company LightSquared.  According to the New York Times, Skyterra’s principal backers included four of Obama’s “friends and donors who had

The White House website has always featured biographies of past presidents. The biographies are largely designed for students, so they can research the history of the White House occupants; the text is taken from The Presidents of the United States

Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has spoken out against President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage. “God’s words first … obey God’s law first before considering the laws of man” Pacquiao told the Examiner‘s Granville Ampong. He went on to add that

Our friends at the Daily Caller have a wonderful column up today written by Raymond Siller, a former head writer for “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” Unbelievably, this month we’ll hit the twenty-year mark since the legend’s departure from

NBC, ever anxious to capitalize on its connections to the White House, is planning a new sitcom titled 1600 Penn for next season. Written by former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, the show will portray life in the White House, with

It didn’t take long for conservative Republican Jamie Radtke to paint the notorious L for loser on establishment Republican retread George Allen‘s forehead. Even non-conservative aligned GOP operatives admit to recognizing it from his last beat me now and beat me later for good measure campaign.

When National Public Radio’s weekly On the Media program tackled President Barack Obama’s announcement that he supports same-sex marriage, it ignored the obvious and cynical coordination between the White House and a compliant media. Instead, NPR’s Brooke Gladstone focused on how conservative

Apparently, the relationship between Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey is really over — the fat lady is singing. In a new book titled The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, by former New York Times Magazine Editor Edward Klein,

In February of this year, Magnolia Pictures’ owner Mark Cuban (pictured above shaking the President’s hand) attended a $30,000-a-plate fundraiser for President Obama where Cuban and our “first gay President” are reported to have “embraced warmly.” Less than three months later, and

Mother’s Day panel: Democratic strategist Anita Dunn, Conservative commentator Bay Buchanan, Washington Post’s Melinda Henneberger and CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O’Donnell.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., says the bomb plot leak was “premature chest thumping.”

Since the conclusion of Operation Iraqi Freedom in December of last year, there have been many calls to honor OIF veterans with a “welcome home” parade either in Washington, D.C. or New York City. The administration along with the Pentagon

Today, Newsweek magazine released this week’s cover via Twitter: a hopey, changey Barack Obama staring into the future, his head swirled with a rainbow halo. The bold font title: “THE FIRST GAY PRESIDENT.” And the cover story is written by

In a world full of academicians who’ve turned to politics as an outlet for their passions, there’s always a danger that ordinary, everyday people will be sacrificed on the altar of progress, whether they like it or not. And while

Yesterday, Rasmussen had Governor Romney up 7 points over Obama, 50-43. Today, the poll’s rolling three-day average has increased Romney’s lead to 8, 50-42. Any way you slice it, this is horrible news for a sitting incumbent. Not only has his challenger reached the

ABC News: Mitt Romney doubled down on his position against same sex marriage, telling graduates at Liberty University Saturday that marriage between “one man and one woman” is an “enduring institution” that should be defended. Coming just days after President

National Journal White House correspondent Major Garrett notes that Mitt Romney is running way ahead of President Obama among evangelical likely voters so, says Garrett, Romney likely needn’t worry about the flap surrounding his commencement speech at Liberty University. Garrett

Fresh off his Top 1% Hollywood fundraising windfall, aided in large part by a cynical decision to stop lying about his position on same-sex marriage, President Obama enjoyed a game of basketball the morning after with actors George Clooney and Tobey Maguire. HuffPo: President

By LAURIE KELLMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama delighted his liberal base by coming down on the side of gay marriage, but he cheered the opposition, too. Republican activists now want to use Obama’s stance on the issue _ public opinion is

The family of Governor Mitt Romney’s so-called “victim” from nearly a half-century ago said the following to ABC News: The family of John Lauber is releasing a statement saying the portrayal of John is factually incorrect and we are aggrieved

(AP) Obama wants Congress to help homeownersBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressRENO, Nev.Refocusing on the economy, President Barack Obama on Friday pushed Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would help shore up struggling homeowners and prevent foreclosures. Against the

The corrupt Washington Post has a pretty sordid history when it comes to sneaking corrections into its discredited hit-pieces. Late last year, I caught the outlet memory-holing lies in a hit-piece on Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Late last night my indispensable colleague,

Today, National Public Radio’s Morning Edition host David Greene and NPR White House correspondent Ari Shapiro discussed the Washington Post‘s sensational accusations that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney had bullied fellow high school students in the 1960s for being “simply different.”

(AP) Obama heads to struggling Nev. after fundraisingBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressLOS ANGELESPresident Barack Obama is turning his attention back to the economy after a day spent raising millions of dollars for his campaign and riding a media wave on his

Breitbart’s own Rebel Pundit captured some video of Van Jones speaking ata Green Festival last weekend. He wrote about Jones’ speech here. But after listening toit, I felt one part of the speech needed additional attention. In the clipbelow, Jones