On the somber 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, nearly 2,000 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan since the war started in response to the attacks in 2001. The Defense Department has tallied 1,987 deaths. The Associated Press has counted 1,980.
CORRECTION: The U.S. Embassy’s apology was issued before the protests, at approximately noon Cairo time. Despite the statement, protesters stormed the embassy five hours later. After an angry mob stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo and tore down the American
According to a French surgeon treating fighters in Syria, foreign Islamists are pouring into the country, joining rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Jacques Beres worked in a hospital in northern Syria; he explained that well over 6
Beneath the surface of Friday’s jobs report lies the reality of just how disastrous the Obama economy truly is. Consider the following 11 economic facts: 1. When you include the underutilized labor figure with the eight million Americans who have
President Obama forces his disciples to spin like a Ferris Wheel just to explain away his awful job performance. Moby, the electronic musician-vegan-animal rights activist-economic guru whose career peaked roughly ten years ago, has weighed in on the new jobs report.
GOP nominee Mitt Romney probably put it best in a statement released just after this morning’s jobs numbers were released: “If last night was the party, this morning is the hangover.” At 8:30 am ET this morning, we might have
TV viewing of the GOP convention dropped sharply over its 2008 counterpart, and there is little reason to expect that the Democrat convention will fare any better this year. But the Republicans’ affair was a big hit on social media,
“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier, who appeared with his band The Honey Brothers at the Impact Arts + Film Fund party to kick off the Democratic National Convention yesterday, had some profound things to say about his favorite president. “I love
During an ABC/Yahoo News forum: Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter says that Obama giving himself an “Incomplete” grade for the economy was acceptable.
Attention Los Angeles Times political reporters, New York Times columnists, MSNBC hosts and Democrat super PACs: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), running mate to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and chair of the House budget committee, told a radio host that he
ABC News aired less than two minutes of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s Wednesday address to the Republican National Convention. ABC cut into Rice’s speech as she was speaking about how the United States cannot lead from behind on
David Chalian apologized for his “joke” today via Twitter and a privatized Facebook post. His statement on Facebook (it was privatized), via readers: I am profoundly sorry for making an inappropriate and thoughtless joke. I was commenting on the challenge
This is the culture that Republicans and Mitt Romney are fighting during this election. Off-hand leftist comments in newsrooms are as common as Max Factor in the makeup room. This was just on display for all to hear. I’ve spent
Yahoo news director David Chalian was fired today after he was caught making an offensive comment on an open mic. Chalian was caught saying of the RNC convention, which took place as hurricane Issac hit New Orleans, “They are happy
Apparently God’s gift to political journalism is making a man so arrogant that his prejudice against Republicans causes him to exploit the suffering of tropical storm victims for a political jab. At least, this is what PBS’s Gwen Ifill believes.
Yahoo News has fired its Washington Bureau Chief David Chalian following Chalian’s remark last night that the Romneys are “happy to party while black people drown,” in reference to Tropical Storm Isaac. The remark was inadvertently aired on ABC’s webcast.
***UPDATE: Yahoo just announced they have terminated Chalian effective immediately. ABC News reached out to Breitbart News to name the man heard mocking the Romneys during this ABC News livecast: David Chalian (pictured) of Yahoo! News. Chalian is a former political director
(AP) Poll: Big swath of voters undecided, unexcitedBy NANCY BENAC and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONCall them maybes. Two months out from Election Day, nearly a quarter of all registered voters are either undecided about the presidential race or iffy in their
Egyptian officials have announced that Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi will be traveling to Iran later this month to attend a summit. It’s the first such trip for an Egyptian leader in decades, and the timing couldn’t
Occupy Chicago’s nickname for Chicago’s infamous Mayor Rahm Emanuel, “Mayor 1%,” is looking more accurate than ever–but for reasons that do not fit the self-proclaimed “99 percent’s” typical narrative. More likely, Emanuel’s plan to spend millions on the 1% percent
The non-profit American Bridge 21st Century foundation, created by Media Matters founder David Brock, is launching a new watchdog group to delve deep into conservative groups and those who fund them. The Bridge Project will operate alongside the Democratic super
Today, American Bridge 21st Century, a liberal 501(c)4 group run by David Brock, who also heads up Media Matters, announced it would launch a new program to monitor conservative organizations. Just like Media Matters. Because if you have one lying,
Jeffrey Ross might be the meanest comedian in the country. And that’s exactly how audiences like it. Ross forged his fame through celebrity roasts, events where the deeper the joke cuts, the better. And no one’s material cuts deeper than
On May 1st, 2012, the FBI announced that members of Occupy Cleveland were arrested for attempting several acts of terrorism, including the detonation of what they thought was an explosive device in an effort to destroy a local bridge, as
The Wolverines are back this November, and darned if it didn’t take them forever to get here. “Red Dawn,” the remake of the guilty ’80s pleasure, will finally hit theaters in time for Thanksgiving. The film got shelved by the
