The White House was briefly placed on lockdown due to an “unattended package” that was found along the North Lawn fence. According to the AP, the issue has been resolved. All clear here at the @WhiteHouse after suspicious package prompted lockdown
On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said he was not optimistic that Congress can pass a bill before the August recess that deals with the border crisis. President Barack Obama has requested $3.7 billion to deal with the flood
As evidence of IRS wrongdoing mounts, it’s great to get some good news. Today, U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott rejected the IRS’s motion to dismiss the NorCal Tea Party’s class action lawsuit. The government had the audacity to claim that
A Democrat from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus who attended a private White House meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday said Obama told the group to expect “major actions” to unilaterally change the country’s immigration laws. On MSNBC’s Thursday’s Jose Diaz-Balart
After meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, along with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) expressed frustration that the White House was not treating illegal immigrants as well as gays and other special interest groups.
In a speech on the House floor on Wednesday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) lambasted the proposal from the Obama White House seeking $3.7 billion in funding to deal with the border crisis. Brooks explained the proposal falls short in dealing
On Wednesday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce claimed that it has never supported amnesty, despite vowing to spend at least $50 million to ram through amnesty legislation and oppose anti-amnesty and Tea Party candidates. “The U.S. Chamber does not
Tales of Veterans Affairs hospital whistle-blowers are mounting and the story of an Albany nurse is becoming depressingly familiar. One of the worst aspects of this tale, despite how this nurse was treated after becoming a whistle-blower, was the allegation
(AFP) US President Barack Obama signaled Wednesday that talks with Iran on its nuclear program may need to extend beyond a weekend deadline, saying negotiations have shown a “credible way forward.” Obama said he was consulting with Congress — where
On CNN’s “New Day” on Thursday, National Journal’s Ron Fournier reacted to Vice President Joe Biden’s comments he made on Wednesday that the change then-candidate Barack Obama promised in 2008 “didn’t happen.” Fournier explained to host John King it illustrated
WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House passed a $20 billion measure Wednesday that would slash budgets for enforcing tax laws and new financial regulations, and a healthy food initiative that’s a pet cause of first lady Michelle Obama. The House
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley maintained that “a real self-destructive attitude among some members [of Congress]” has been used by the Obama administration to expand the executive branch’s powers well beyond what the Constitution’s framers intended and “to
Former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who is now running for Los Angeles County supervisor, left a voicemail message in 2012 asking a subordinate to help with a fundraiser to support President Obama’s reelection. Rep. Darrell Issa released an audio recording
Pro-amnesty activists protested outside the White House Wednesday, demanding that President Barack Obama give temporary amnesty to the parents of illegal immigrant children. They demonstrated while the Congressional Hispanic Caucus was urging Obama to go big on executive actions to
Thousands of rockets launched from Gaza raining down throughout Israel. Israeli homes being destroyed by missiles. Air raid sirens going off, giving Israeli civilians less than a minute to find shelter. Millions of Israeli civilians traumatized running for bomb shelters.
Democrat Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley wants the United States to give asylum to all of the illegal immigrant children who are flooding across the border — so long as they are not dumped in parts of his state. O’Malley, a
The Los Angeles Daily News reports that first lady Michelle Obama is visiting Los Angeles and speaking at two separate events about issues near and dear to the Obama administration’s heart: supporting veterans and education. On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama will
Despite evidence that the current border crisis is at least partly the result of its previous executive action on immigration, the White House decided it was merely a “public relations problem” and moved forward with plans to issue further executive
Wednesday at the White House daily press briefing, Fox News chief White House correspondent Ed Henry pressed press secretary Josh Earnest on whether he agrees with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who declared “the border is secure” yesterday. Earnest
A month before former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin called for President Barack Obama to be impeached on the pages of Breitbart News over his lawlessness on illegal immigration, Obama was already concerned that his unilateral actions on immigration could warrant impeachment.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defying a congressional subpoena by keeping a top political aide to President Barack Obama from testifying at a hearing Wednesday, setting up a potential new legal battle in this midterm election year. The
Despite what’s being acknowledged as a humanitarian crisis, Democrats in Congress are vowing to derail any potential fix, even though it was the Democrat-in-chief in the White House who opened the door to that very thing. Democrats in the House
Last week, Fox reported Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) was courting support from people who usually back Democrats, and this week, a conservative group began pummeling him for his liberal judicial appointments. Together, these highlight his fatal flaw: neither the Republican
Tuesday, Fox News Channel’s senior White House and Foreign Affairs correspondent Wendell Goler pointed out to press secretary Josh Earnest that President Barack Obama seems to be “enjoying” his latest photo-op playing in a driving simulator at Tuner-Fairbank Highway Research
The Obama White House is preparing the ground for a late-summer fight with the GOP over the “highway trust fund” and infrastructure spending. In the next month or so, the federal “highway trust fund,” effectively, will temporarily run out of
