WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders believe he does not need authorization from Congress for some steps he might take to quell the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency sweeping through Iraq, the Senate’s top Republican and Capitol Hill aides said
Tuesday while President Barack Obama was answering questions at TechShop Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, he used first lady Michelle Obama as an example of the importance of equal pay for families. The president explained he wants Michelle to get fairly paid
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney explained that President Obama is fully engaged in the situation in Iraq – even though he spent last weekend golfing. Carney was asked about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s op-ed in The Wall Street
In response to Frappe Sipping Benghazi Terrorist Was Reportedly Offended By A Youtube Video: One of the things that fascinates me about the squabbling over the Spontaneous Video Protest narrative is the way Obama, Hillary Clinton, and their defenders proceed
Yesterday Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp revealed that Lois Lerner is not the only person involved in the improper targeting of conservative groups whose emails have gone missing. In a press release Camp reveals that the emails of
In what was called a “tone deaf” ceremony that will only lure more illegal immigrants to sneak into America, the White House honored Monday ten DREAMers who received temporary amnesty under President Barack Obama’s unilateral Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Honoring illegal immigrants at the White House as illegal immigrants pour across the border sends the wrong message, according to Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin. “At a time when we already have an uncontrollable flood of people illegally
HOUSTON, Texas–Governor Rick Perry is working with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to identify options that can immediately address the Texas border crisis. Earlier today Gov. Perry said Texas doesn’t have “the resources, nor the manpower to be able
BILOXI, Mississippi — It’s been called the “nastiest primary in the country.” Now you can add allegations of “walking around money” and “vote buying,” a Democratic operative nicknamed “Scooby Doo,” and the testy denials of a Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
The House Appropriations Committee has drafted a budget for the Internal Revenue Service for Fiscal Year 2015 – and Republicans are already using it as a vehicle for cracking down on the agency. The bill makes several prohibitions and provisions
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” White House National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, in an attempt to lay the blame on the current crisis on the Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri Al-Malik, advanced the administration’s claim that they diligently tried
House GOP members determined to show that the actions of Barack Obama and his minions triggered the IRS targeting of politically conservative groups have released a 77-page report detailing the connections. According to the report from the House Committee on
Despite evidence that America has a surplus of high-tech workers, the White House pushed Congress to pass amnesty and an increase in high-tech visas by August. “As the economic costs of inaction continue to grow, now is the time for
A new poll from CNN/ORC International shows more than 60% of the American public thinks the Obama Administration has been dishonest about how it has procured information related to the terror attack on the Benghazi compound and the subsequent massacre. The poll found only
I’ve long been a student of a phenomenon I call “manufactured credibility,” in which the Internet makes it easy to fake popularity and approval for everything from books and consumer products to politicians. One of my early writings on the
Tuesday on Bloomberg TV, the campaign manager for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign David Plouffe weighed in on Hillary Clinton book tour to date, which critics have said has left much to be desired. According to Plouffe, Clinton is in
Last week, former Secretary of State and presumed Democratic 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton writes that her handling of the Benghazi crisis of September 11, 2012 actually provides more impetus for a White House run. Clinton told ABC News’ Diane
Barack Obama allowed his White House to release the news that he is planning to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Ahead of his appearance in New York on Tuesday at a Democratic fundraising
(AFP) About 275 US military personnel are being deployed to Iraq to help American personnel and protect the embassy in Baghdad, President Barack Obama said Monday in a letter to Congressional leaders. The force, which began deploying on Sunday, has
The White House will be welcoming undocumented immigrants shielded from deportation by the president’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program Tuesday even as the policy has precipitated a crisis on the southern border as tens of thousands of children stream
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — It’s perhaps appropriate that President Barack Obama is vacationing this weekend in California, where the state flag features a roaming grizzly. The restless president, who has compared himself to a caged animal on recent wanderings
Jessica Vaughan, the director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, reported that the influx of illegal immigrants crossing the Rio Grande has reached 1,000 a day, and forced the government to release criminal detainees who were awaiting
As terrorists overwhelmed Iraqi security forces, President Barack Obama attempted to wash his hands of any responsibility for Iraq’s fate last week. “The fact that they are not willing to stand and fight and defend their posts against admittedly hardened
Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” host John King opened up a segment about a possible Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential run by reporting even her aides thought last weeks comment to ABC Diane Sawyer that they were “dead broke” after leaving
President Obama has faced low job-approval ratings for much of his presidency. In the current RealClearPolitics average of polls, his job-approval is currently 42%. According to Gallup, Obama’s job-approval has never averaged more than 48% in each of his last
