The White House is hoping that President Obama’s visit with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States stands with Ukraine. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Earnest pointed out that just
(AFP) Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will cast Russia as a global menace Thursday when he meets US President Barack Obama in the hope of winning a “special status” guaranteeing his troubled nation’s security The pro-Western president’s first tour of the
In response to Sotloff Spokesman: Obama White House ‘Bullied And Hectored’ Family (Video): For the past week, both the Sotloff and Foley families have been very vocal in their criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of their sons’ kidnappings. Various
Politico reports that “long-simmering doubts” and a renewed lack of confidence in Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz from the White House, congressional Dems and other Washington Democrats has Schultz struggling to try and hold onto her job. They’ve lost faith in
Ahead of President Obama’s annual picnic with members of Congress, the White House prohibited television cameras and photographer access to the event. Only allowing print pool reporters were allowed to cover Obama’s speech. That annoyed White House reporters including ABC
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest pushed back against the notion that President Obama was prepared to consider a plan to send ground troops into combat. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey explained yesterday that Obama asked him to “come back
In an appearance on CBS This Morning, Wednesday, a spokesman for the family of slain journalist Steven Sotloff repeated the charge that his parents were threatened by the Obama administration as they looked for ways to free their son from the Islamic
A new video released by Islamic State terrorists features President Obama and the White House in a movie trailer style release vowing more fighting and violence. The video features slow motion explosions and fighting conducted by militant Islamists while U.S.
While Democrats attack the rich across the country to gin up votes as part of their 2014 election strategy, one self-described “progressive” Democrat donor is so secretive with his wealth that Forbes magazine isn’t sure if he is even a
Monica Lewinsky, the woman who rose to fame after her “inappropriate relationship” with then-President Bill Clinton was exposed to the public, said that the celebrity photo hacker has crossed the line. “…certainly we can agree that stolen private nudes of actresses
The World Health Organization has declared that the official death toll for West Africa’s Ebola outbreak is 2,288 as of September 9, with more than 1,000 deaths located in Liberia. As the nation prepares to welcome thousands of American soldiers
With President Obama set to lay out a plan to confront the ongoing epidemic of Ebola in West Africa, House Speaker John Boehner Tuesday questioned why the administration has not moved sooner. “I think this Ebola outbreak in Africa is
In response to “Human Rights Foundation Chair Explains Why Allies Don’t Trust Obama“: Kasparov is right, of course. The message blasting out of the Obama White House, louder than almost any message ever sent by a President, is: This man
The White House released a memo on President Obama’s plans for combating the latest Ebola outbreak overnight, which detailed the deployment of an estimated 3,000 U.S. troops to Africa. Obama is expected to detail his efforts in a speech at to
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and
In the hours before the September 10 speech in which President Obama stated his strategy against ISIS, The New York Time’s Peter Baker says Obama told reporters that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would bring about his own overthrow by firing
Bob Cusack, editor-in-chief of The Hill, argued that red-state Democrats “have to run very far from the president” on Monday’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on the Fox News Channel. “They [red-state Democrats] have to run very far
As we approach the November mid-term elections, voters “remain frustrated and unhappy” with the Obama economy. According to Politico, “By every measure in the survey, a gloomy mood still pervades the electorate when it comes to kitchen-table issues.” That can’t
On Monday evening, President Barack Obama headlined a “Grassroots Victory Project” event for Senate Democrats that cost a whopping $100,000 per person. According to pool reports, “the $100,000-per-person evening event” for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) was closed to
The DREAMer who pestered Hillary Clinton about amnesty in Iowa on Sunday was not happy with Clinton’s dodge. Clinton ducked questions from DREAMers at Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) Steak Fry, even giving two thumbs up and saying “yay” to DREAMers who
On Monday, the White House officially withdrew the nomination of Debo Adegbile, who voluntarily defended cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, to head the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division six months after the Senate rejected him. Seven Democrats joined Republicans in January
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that the United States has had “back channel” conversations with Iran on the threat posed by Islamic State terrorists, but insisted that there was no plan to coordinate military actions against the group
Although he declined to comment on any specific commitments made by nations participating in the administration’s “broad coalition” to fight the Islamic State, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest did say today that it is “coming together very nicely.” At
This post originally appeared at CNN. As many as 175 enemy troops killed, 18 wounds from enemy fire, 38 hours of battle, 48 hours evading the North Vietnamese troops in the bush — and one tiger. Those are the numbers
Attorney General Eric Holder announced new pilot programs aimed at combating the threat of terrorism from groups like ISIS, stressing the need for openness and inclusion in the process. “Today, few threats are more urgent than the threat posed by
