A Gallup survey finds 72% of Americans give the US Post Office “good” or “excellent” marks for its service. By a wide margin, the Post Office is viewed more favorably than any other federal agency surveyed by Gallup. The poll
Congressman Louie Gohmert said that if a fence is not good enough for the U.S.-Mexico border, it “should not be good enough for the White House” during a judiciary hearing on Wednesday. Gohmert questioned the acting Secret Service Director about what
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) said that the “comedy of errors” by the Secret Service had him “very, very concerned” for the president’s safety in an interview on Friday’s “Real Story” on the Fox News Channel. Goodlatte reported
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service response to an armed intruder who jumped the fence and raced into the White House was complicated by muted alarms and radios, thick bushes on the lawn, unlocked doors and an officer inside who
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Barack Obama for his handling of Ebola and other problems in his administration’s second term. In the sketch, Obama says “some people want to criticize the way our administration has handled this crisis, and
Among the numerous exhibits at the FDR Library is one that shows First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt knew the benefits of female gun ownership. Her permit to carry a pistol, issued August 5, 1957, is on display. A tweet sent by
Police and security services are said to have upped security for tomorrow’s visit of President Tan of Singapore amidst concerns ISIS may use the visit to launch an attack. The State Visit is the first major event in London since
On Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) argued that while it isn’t entirely appropriate to overplay the Ebola outbreak for political purposes, the outbreak does feed the narrative that the federal government is inept in numerous
Every scandal in the Obama administration has a face. Who is in charge, then, of the response to the Ebola virus? For the Obamacare website debacle, Americans pointed to former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Department of Veterans
For the last three months, hackers had access to customer credit and debit card names, numbers and expiration dates at 395 Dairy Queen stores in the U.S. stores, according to news reports. The hackers installed the same “Backoff” malware on
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page said the American people have begun to question the competence of President Barack Obama. Page said, “I think both of these stories, the Ebola virus and ISIS
The White House had information two years ago indicating that one of their advance travel volunteers, the son of a major Democratic donor with ties to the White House, was involved in the Secret Service prostitution scandal. That former aide
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who served during the Obama administration, and a Republican candidate for Congress in Maryland, blasted the Obama administration for their “protect the crown approach” on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Real Story” on the
(AFP) China is waging an aggressive cyber-war against the United States that costs American business billions of dollars every year, Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey said Sunday. The FBI chief told CBS television’s “60 Minutes” program China topped
North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis will oppose any nominee to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder who doesn’t explicitly reject President Obama’s planned executive amnesty, his spokesman told Breitbart News. Tillis spokesman Daniel Keylin said in an email: President Obama
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) said “85 percent” of the African-Americans he has discussed the recent lapses in protection by the Secret Service with think the failure to protect President Barack Obama is because of
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Obama’s response to ISIS and the scandals in the Secret Service in a sketch satirizing the president’s interview with “60 Minutes.” After President Obama is asked whether the ISIS threat was underestimated, he responds,
In response to Obama Nationalizes The 2014 Election As Democrat Candidates Cringe: There’s so much happening in the news right now that Obama declaring the 2014 elections are a referendum on his Presidency probably won’t get as much notice as
President Obama has a history of pointing out the restrictive lifestyle behind the tight security of the Secret Service, frequently explaining how much he misses his personal freedom. “Shortly after I had been elected — Bill can relate to this
Perhaps Doug Clark of the News and Record simply woke up on the wrong side of bed, or maybe he felt like carrying a little water for Kay Hagan but this hit of his on Republican Thom Tillis doesn’t hold
With embattled Democrats already doing everything they can to make November’s election not about Barack Obama – given his terrible poll numbers – the Democrat-in-Chief’s ego appears to have gotten the best of him during an address at Northwestern University.
MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews declared that President Obama had become a “custodian of bad news” and appeared to argue the president had started becoming “lazy” in his second term on Wednesday. “Let’s get tough here. Is this the problem
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for an independent probe into the Secret Service during her Wednesday press conference. “There has to be an independent investigation as to what is going on in the Secret Service. The protection of the
Director of the Secret Service Julia Pierson has resigned after days of controversy after a fence jumper breached security and made it into the East Room at the White House. The news came Wednesday afternoon after a series of lawmakers
Former Secret Service agent and author of “Within Arm’s Length,” Dan Emmett argued that the military should provide additional security at the White House on Wednesday’s broadcast of “@This Hour” on CNN. “What I’m advocating is that the military, as
Wednesday House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) backed Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), who earlier reportedly called for Julia Pierson, the Director of Secret Service, to step down, a day after she testified on the many security breaches during a House hearing.
The NY Times’ Peter Baker posted a piece yesterday in which he struggles to suggests the current Republican concern over lapses in security at the White House is politically motivated. Although the target of the legislative scrutiny is the Secret
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sounded off on the lapses of the Secret Service’s protection of the White House on the day following a hearing that included testimony from Julia Pierson, the head of
WASHINGTON (AP) — Published reports say President Barack Obama rode an elevator this month with an armed security contractor who had three criminal convictions, a violation of Secret Service security protocols. The latest embarrassment for the Secret Service comes after
Whatever else is going on at the Secret Service, they’ve got the Obama Administration scandal playbook down pat, which is really depressing. 1. Lie about what happened – They not only misled the public about how far Omar Gonzalez penetrated
Upon revelations on Tuesday at a congressional hearing that the Secret Service’s statement on the recent fence-jumping incident was inaccurate because Omar Gonzalez was not apprehended after entering the building as originally claimed, but had actually made it to the
The Daily Caller’s Derek Hunter caught yet another stealth edit at the Washington Post, a publication notorious for secretly rewriting its news pages without any sort of editorial note. In this case, the Washington Post changed its mind about letting
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson admitted that “mistakes were made” by agents for allowing a fence jumper to enter the White House before apprehending him. Pierson said that the review would help the agency identify the facts, learn from the
During the House Oversight Hearing on White House security, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson had difficulty explaining why a housekeeper discovered evidence that shots had hit the White House while Secret Service agents failed to discover it. Under direct questioning
During opening remarks of the House Oversight Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa questioned the recent security lapses of the Secret Service, reminding Americans of the enormous budget provided to the agency to protect the president. Issa said that it was obvious
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire during a protest on the Ethiopian Embassy grounds on Monday, according to a video of the incident, but no injuries were reported. A spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service said it had detained a
On Tuesday’s “Good Morning America” on ABC, network White House correspondent Jon Karl reacted to the new revelations that a White House intruder made it further than the Secret Service had previously disclosed. Karl explained to “Good Morning America” anchor
I can’t take my eyes off the saga of White House fence-jumper Oscar Gonzalez for a minute, without the story running behind my back and breaking the furniture or piddling on the carpet. Today’s worsening of the story comes from
It’s now being reported that up to seven shots hit the White House residence while some members of the first family were inside in November of 2011, yet the Secret Service supervisor’s order at the time was, “No shots have been
I’ve been scratching my head over the degeneration of the Secret Service, which has been in trouble quite a few times in recent years. Ronald Kessler, a leading critic of the agency (but generally a supporter of the agents) has