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From Jimmy Carter's photo-op with Elvis Presley in the '70s to Barack Obama's presentation of the National Medal of Arts to actor Al Pacino this past Monday, here are 30 moments that bridge the gap between Capitol Hill and the Hollywood Hills.  

During congressional testimony today, Obama administration Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner touted the alleged deficit savings in President Obama's new budget proposal. But under questioning, he admitted that even if that budget were to pass, the country would still be left with a totally unsustainable fiscal burden thanks to the two big health entitlements, Medicare and Medicaid: "Even if Congress were to enact this budget, we would still...  

(Please visit the site to view this media)Rep. Sander Levin, (D-MI) shares his takeaway from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's discussion on the economy and the President's budget....(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.  

Rep. Nancy Pelosi will mark her 25th year in Congress in June. Her life in politics, she says, has been sweetened by such moments as the election of Barack Obama, the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and her own swearing in as the first female House ...  

President Obama described his fiscal year 2013 budget – the most expensive in United States history – as “a blueprint for an economy that is built to last.” But even his own Treasury Secretary does not agree with that assessment. For the second year in row, Timothy Geithner admitted before the Senate Budget Committee that President Obama’s budget takes no action to meaningfully reform entitlement programs, putting us on an “unsustainable...  

Both agree that tax-deductions for shipping jobs overseas should be replaced by incentives to bring jobs back to America's shores During today's House Ways and Means Committee hearing, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) discussed with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner the Congressman's support of President Obama's proposed "insourcing" tax incentives for manufacturers that bring jobs that have been outsourced overseas back to the...  

Once upon a time, President Obama assured everyone if they liked their insurance plan they would be able to keep it. Once upon a time, Nancy Pelosi assured everyone if Congress passed healthcare reform you would be able to see what was in it. Well, both ...  

Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, today led a hearing examining President Obama's budget proposals, letting U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner know full well he doesn't care much for the proposal. “Instead of focusing on tax ...  

Geithner: Tax hikes must be part of budgetBy Peter Schroeder - 02/14/12 01:18 PM ET Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told skeptical Republican senators Tuesday that it is simply not possible to correct the nation’s fiscal problems without raising taxes. Geithner defended President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal before the Senate Finance Committee and said the plan is the only option he sees for helping the economy and addressing the deficit...  

(RTTNews) - President Obama's budget plan is about balance, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers on Wednesday. Appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, Geithner said the budget provides additional help for economic growth and ...  

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee disputed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s testimony Tuesday that tax increases included in President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget are necessary to correct the nation’s fiscal problems.  

U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended President Barack Obama’s tax reform plan as a part of his 2013 fiscal year budget Tuesday during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Mr. Obama faced harsh criticism ...  

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) echoed Democrats’ concerns about Republicans excluding female witnesses from a hearing focusing on President Obama’s new regulation requiring insurers and employers to provide birth control in their health insurance plans. “This is an issue about women’s health and I believe that women’s health should be covered in all fo [...]  

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Obama administration will soon release a framework for reforming the corporate tax system, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday. On Monday, President Obama urged Congress to begin work overhauling the business tax system. In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Geithner said that "the large number of loopholes and special interest carve-outs" means that effective tax rates vary widely by...  

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is crazy about “modest” tax increases proposed by President Obama, but the Republicans hate the idea, saying that raising taxes when our wallets are stretched thin as it is won’t contribute to a ...  

Even more gay heat is on President Obama. As he and the Democratic National Committee prepare for their September convention in Charlotte, the marriage equality group Freedom to Marry is calling on the DNC to include same-sex marriage support in their ...  

Maybe the Bush family isn’t so opposed to Newt Gingrich after all… at the very least, they seem to have little disagreement about sitting down with Nancy Pelosi. She will speak Feb. 20 at the George (H.W.) Bush Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University.  

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says significant budget cuts necessary to reduce the deficit will be phased in gradually to protect economic recovery. Geithner defended President Obama's budget plan Tuesday in testimony...  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday said economic growth would be hurt by the year-end expiration of all the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush, along with automatic federal spending cuts also set ...  

WASHINGTON Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday said economic growth would be hurt by the year-end expiration of all the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush, along with automatic federal spending ...  

WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the Republican presidential candidate had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending as governor of Massachusetts. Under Romney's leadership, Massachusetts ...  

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Tuesday that the president's new $3.8 trillion spending plan would impose new taxes on only 2 percent of the nation's wealthiest families and the alternative would be to seek more painful cuts in other government programs such as defense, Social Security and Medicare.   

WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the Republican presidential candidate had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending as governor of Massachusetts. Under Romney's leadership, Massachusetts sought tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for transportation projects through the state's congressional delegation. A prime example was the $30 million his administration requested to renovate the...  

In fantasy, Valentine’s Day is a day when you waltz from cloud to cloud into the arms of a sensitive, but not excessively sensitive individual with Mitt Romney’s looks and Chris Christie’s personality — or, er, vice versa, or, er, never ...  

Tax cheat Tim Geithner, the only member of the Obama economic brain trust who has not yet been fired, testified to the Senate Finance Committee today in favor of the president’s proposed trillion-dollar-deficit budget.  Mostly, Geithner ...  

It is sad that we have gotten here, but House Republicans, including conservative stalwarts like Jim Jordan of Ohio, are set to pass Barack Obama’s latest stimulus plan. Except they are calling it John Boehner’s “Highway Bill.” Consider, however that Barack Obama’s budget, unveiled yesterday, calls for much of the same infrastructure spending the House Republicans want. There is a reason the Heritage Action for America, Club for Growth...  

President Obama's plan to reform the corporate tax system will come out in the next few weeks, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told a Senate panel Tuesday. But don't get too excited. It won't be detailed legislation. In fact, it'll be vague on purpose in an effort to find "common ground" on broad principles between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, Geithner said. "We want to maximize the chance we can take advantage of that...  

President of the United States of America Barack Hussein Obama and the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayyid Ali Khamenei are brilliant scholars and teachers. Each is an exceptional orator and leader. Both are family men with wives and children.  

“Call your Congressman today at 202-224-3121 and tell him to oppose H.R. 7, the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act.” It is sad that we have gotten here, but House Republicans, including conservative stalwarts like Jim Jordan of Ohio, are set to pass Barack Obama’s latest stimulus plan. Except they are calling it John Boehner’s “Highway Bill.” Consider, however that Barack Obama’s budget, unveiled yesterday, calls for much of the same...  

This is an automatically generated summary, original reduced by 79%. There are few areas of greater disappointment for liberal supporters of President Barack Obama than his policies on civil liberties. According to the poll, 70 percent of respondents support the president's decision to keep Guantanamo Bay open. Among the president's political base, 53 percent who self-identify as liberal Democrats - and 67 percent of moderate or conservative...  

(Newser) – The man slated to be China's next president began his US tour today, meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office before having lunch with Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Biden will serve as Xi Jinping's host in Washington ...  

In a fight to be seen as the most fiscally conservative presidential candidate, Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have been attacking one another for requesting federal spending. Santorum, as Pennsylvania senator from 1995 to 2006, requested more than $1 billion in earmarks. Romney collected millions as Massachusetts governor and as the manager of the Salt Lake City Olympic Games. In both cases, the use of an established political...  

Boston.comRomney backed earmarks as governor SPIN METER:Boston.comFebruary 12, 2012|Andrew Miga, AP Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts.SPIN METER: Romney's newfound anti-earmark stance at odds with his Mass ...Washington Postall 96 news articles »  

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said Congress had to pass President Barack Obama's health reform plan so people could find out what was in it. To help ram it through the legislative process before the public fully understood the consequences of ...  

Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts sought tens of mill...  

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts.  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts sought tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for transportation projects through the state's congressional delegation.  

Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the United States House of Representatives in the 112th Congress, will speak on Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 20, at 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, this program will take place in ...  

Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts sought tens of millions ...  

(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that President Barack Obama chose to embrace so-called “super PACs” (political action committees) for his re-election campaign so that billionaire philanthropists Charles H. Koch and David G. Koch would not “decide who the next President would be.” “The president made a decision, which I think was a wise one, that he was not going to unilaterally disarm and leave the...  

Nowhere is the haughtiness of American politics better displayed than with our dueling former Speakers. The latest love spat between Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi illuminates America’s sorry political state. She keeps coyly insinuating she knows something and will time its release for maximum damage. It appears Mr. Gingrich is finished anyway, and I’m no fan. His infidelities trouble me. His overarching concern seems to be Newt Gingrich, a...  

- Vice President Joe Biden ramped up his criticism of GOP presidential candidates on Monday, telling a crowd at a fundraiser in Florida that Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were woefully out of touch with economic reality. "Mitt Romney says the best way to deal with foreclosures is to let everything hit the bottom," Biden said at a fundraiser in Tallahassee. "No, no, no, no - by the way, from purely a dollars and cents standpoint, he could get...  

Associated PressSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Treasury Secretary Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner greet President Barack Obama after the president delivered his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday.WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...  

Rachel Maddow claimed that Newt Gingrich's attack on Barack Obama as "entertainer-in-chief" was "caricaturing him in a way that calls out to minstrelsy." It's racial code, we're told, when Newt Gingrich accuses Barack Obama of being America's "food stamp President." It's an assault on low-income Americans, some pundits insist, when Mitt Romney says ... (more)  

(CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden ramped up his criticism of GOP presidential candidates on Monday, telling a crowd at a fundraiser in Florida that Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were woefully out of touch with economic reality. "Mitt Romney says ...  

Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU. 1/26-29. Registered voters. MoE ±3.1% (1/13-16 results—PDF): Q: If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, who would you vote for? Barack Obama (D): 46 (49) Mitt Romney (R): 42 (44) Undecided: 12 (7) Q: If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Newt Gingrich, who would you vote for? Barack Obama (D): 49...  

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton endorsed President Barack Obama's deal with Republicans to extend Bush-era tax cuts and offered advice to his fellow Democrat during a meeting on Friday at the White House. Clinton, who also grappled with crushing losses ...  

During his testimony about Operation Fast and Furious before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last week, Attorney General Eric Holder said that he still hasn’t discussed the deadly scandal with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano or President Barack Obama. Holder’s admission that he hasn’t taken the initiative to discuss how the government should handle this scandal came during...  

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) fired up his conservative audience in West Palm Beach Saturday, telling President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee...  

Republican Presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said three years ago that he was “pleased” with the appointment of Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary -- even after it came to light that Geithner had not paid the taxes he owed. A newly discovered video of Romney’s appearance on “FOX and Friends” also shows the former Massachusetts governor and current GOP presidential candidate saying he thought the TARP was the “right thing to do” -- and...  

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) had a strong message Saturday for President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Get the hell out.” West made the comments during a speech at a Palm Beach County GOP event in West Palm Beach.Share on Facebook  

Las Vegas – The Obama Administration’s ruling that Catholic institutions must offer contraception and abortion services coverage in their health plans is hitting the presidential campaign. Leading the charge is recently converted Catholic ...  

Carbon caught up in politicsThe Australian (blog)FEWER than four years ago, former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich sat on a couch with then Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi in front of Washington's Capitol Hill. "We don't always see eye to eye, do we Newt?" said Pelosi.Nancy Pelosi on Newt Gingrich: The 'something' she knowsThe Spoof (satire)all 2 news articles »  

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) had a strong message Saturday for President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Get the hell out.”  

President Obama, in a compromise aimed to quell criticism from church leaders and conservatives, said Friday that he will allow Catholic institutions in California and across the nation to opt out of a federal requirement that religious-based employers provide free birth control to their employees. The move, which would revise a Health and Human Services Department rule by allowing those employees access to free birth control via their...  

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters that it was “wise” and “courageous” for President Barack Obama to change his position and embrace a Democratic super PAC so conservative brothers David ... and Keith Ellison of Minnesota ...  

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't inspire confidence the other day when she told CNN News that she knows "something" that will keep Republican Newt Gingrich from becoming president. She was clear in her implication that she's aware of some sort of smoking gun that the public isn't, but that will prevent him from ever becoming president. The perfectly reasonable follow-up question - What would that "something" be? - has prompted nothing...  

On the same day, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner argued it's too early to tell if Dodd-Frank financial reform, a punching bag for Republican presidential candidates and financial industry advocates alike, has hurt the economy. "There is no ...  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/president-obama-sings-al-green-lets-stay-together-sales-jump_n_1236428.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D130775Not to be outdone, Mitt Romney countered with some Pat Boone and Newt Gingrich went with "The South's Gonna Do It Again."Rick Santorum declared all songs to be "too gay" and Ron Paul was asleep.  

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended President Barack Obama’s move to embrace his super PAC today, even as she trumpeted new legislation aimed at increasing disclosure of corporate spending in campaigns. “I’m glad that the president took the ...  

She declined to predict how many seats she anticipated picking up, saying only that she would happy with the 25 needed to take control from Republicans. President Barack Obama won't campaign in four of the five target states because they are not ...  

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has attributed the nation’s sluggish economy to the “failed” policies of President George W. Bush. The Daily Caller asked Pelosi whether or not she, President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should take ...  

Nowhere is the haughtiness of American politics better displayed than with our dueling former Speakers. The latest love spat between Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi illuminates America’s sorry political state. She keeps coyly insinuating she ...  

Obama in serious trouble with uncommitted voters … Scott Rasmussen reports that those voters who are uncommitted have a 20% job approval rating for President Barack Obama. It is the exact reason why when an incumbent president polls below 50% that they are in trouble when it comes to reelection. Those that are undecided generally [...]  

The conservative Republican blogger in Missouri asserts that U.S. President Barack Obama's record bears it out: "You have to give Newt Gingrich credit for further exposing the paper thin skin of Barack Obama, when he called Obama the 'Food Stamp President.' The truth hurts like a paper cut. Gingrich’s comment brought racist [Congresswoman] Sheila Jackson Lee from her cage squawking that Gingrich’s comment is 'code' for some hidden racism on...  

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Under attack for his spending habits in Congress, Republican presidential candidate ... earmarks were a legislative check on the executive branch. "There are good earmarks and bad earmarks," he told reporters. Santorum specifically ...  

A week of protest, action, but mostly protest -- for pot advocates watching the federal Department of Justice chip away at state-legal medical marijuana, (in the words of an Americans for Safe Access e-mail blast: "San Francisco medical cannabis is under attack!")  

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi upped the satirical ante Thursday with a new, tongue-in-cheek attack ad taking on comedian Stephen Colbert, who has formed a real "super PAC" to support his less-than-real bid for the Republican presidential ...  

Today, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lanuched a campaign on YouTube and Facebook to create a new politics that is free of special interest money. In her forty-seven second video, she targets the Stephen Colbert Super Pac. In a first step to reform the ...  

Bouyed, it would seem, by an improving economic picture, Barack Obama's job approval rating now stands at an even 48-48. How far do you have to go back to find the last time the president's standing was this good in Daily Kos & SEIU's polling?  

I ran across an amusingly insightful postcard on my Facebook news feed last week. It featured a quadrangle with head shots of the four remaining contenders for the Republican presidential nomination –– Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron ...  

President George W. Bush skipped Vermont. Bill Clinton took a second-term hiatus from journeying to the Green Mountain State, though his 1995 excursion drew throngs to Church Street in Burlington. The state’s wait for a presidential visit is ...  

Walker publicly revealed he was gay after he retired ... The three-judge panel, consisting of judges appointed by presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, heard oral arguments on the ban's constitutional implications more than a year ...  

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made a confession.  She has made this confession before and we have all heard that she may or may not have a secret.  She claims to know something about Newt Gingrich that will ensure he will not be President.  

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has a message for voters as they listen to Republican presidential candidates call for repeal of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law: Remember the pain. "I would say remember 2008 and 2009," Geithner ...  

Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (R-Calif.), Vice-President Joe Biden, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis have been conspicuously absent. So are almost all major national Democratic political leaders, obviously ...  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is defending his use of spending earmarks in Congress, saying some were necessary for defense or health programs. The former Pennsylvania senator says there are good and bad ...  

As you may have seen, yesterday Nancy Pelosi said that "there's something" that she knows about Newt Gingrich that will ensure he never becomes president. It was an obvious setup to help Newt Gingrich (if you're Newt, who better to have as a ...  

CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden took a rare public swipe at Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on Friday, criticizing them for comments about the poor and about the federal government's ...  

And a calendar of primaries and caucuses favorable to Romney ... focusing on President Barack Obama. by abandoned homes, where people wonder why Barack Obama failed them. Mr. President, Nevada has had enough of your kind of help," Romney said ...  

President Barack Obama modeled himself in front of General Motors Tuesday, and dissed GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, as he sought election-year credit for the automaker's increased sales. However, Obama's grasp for ...  

And with a calendar of primaries and caucuses favorable to Romney ... focusing on President Barack Obama. "I've walked in Nevada neighborhoods, blighted by abandoned homes, where people wonder why Barack Obama failed them. Mr. President, Nevada ...  

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has announced he does not expect to stay on should President Obama get re-elected. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Geithner said he thinks Obama will seek to replace him as Treasury Secretary ...  

Vice President Joe Biden said Democrats are poised to win control of the House this fall, returning Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as speaker. "I really do think we're going to win back the House," Biden said Friday, speaking to House Democrats at ...  

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has said that ensuring Obama’s defeat is a priority. Biden also said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s criticism of the auto bailout and a host of positions stated by rival ...  

President Barack Obama has raised more money for his re-election bid from small-dollar donors than Republican Mitt Romney ... successfully rallying a massive base of online donors through frequent email pitches and solicitations to purchase ...  

This time it's the Pope, and Pelosi's doing the kissing. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) During this morning’s prayer breakfast in Washington D.C., both President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama gave House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi big ...  

Erick Erickson, RedStateAll the members of the Republican Party who have been complicit and collaborative in the destruction of our nation in the past few decades always talking about smaller government while never fighting against the tide of creeping socialism have now come out against Newt Gingrich.Yesterday, at National Review, Elliot Abrams attacked Newt Gingrich for attacking Ronald Reagan from the right.  

Maureen Dowd uses Joe Biden in her column today to make a case for Barack Obama as a president with backbone. Fair enough. Obama has pulled the trigger on some daring operations. Biden's account of the decision to execute the Osama bin Laden raid also ...  

Three factors help explain the election inflation: Barack Obama’s bundlers, Mitt Romney’s Wall Street fans and Karl Rove. President Barack Obama raised almost $140-million for his own re-election bid in 2011, his campaign revealed in a Jan. 31 filing.  

Yet another cold ly that won't give you warm fuzzies about President Obama's treatment of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak a year ago. The Muslim Brotherhood is threatening to use any cutoff of US aid (http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2012/02/egypt-dares-obama-to-cut-aid.html) as a pretext to...  

Newsbusted Anchor Jodi Miller has learned that President Barack Obama is going to require that all Kosher Meals On Wheels programs add Ham to their menus.  Citing the commerce clause of the constitution as well as the separation of Church (Synagogue) and state, Obama will claim that non-Jews in the Meals on Wheel's coverage footprint areas should not be forced to miss out on "the other white meat."  In a related story the president will also...  

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is t bring them the real facts." --Abraham Lincoln By Barry Rubin President Barack Obama is campaigning on the claim that he is Israel's great friend despite the fact that this is obviously untrue. Most recently he hasn't responded to the new coalition government between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and...  

The President's life after the White House should be very long and filled with good health and happiness--it should also start as quickly as possible. Having no idea what he wishes for his post-presidency occupation I feel compelled to pass this warning along. Do not under any circumstances buy a used car from this man. According to the White House: The President’s 2013 Budget is built around the idea that our country does best when everyone...  

President Obama’s proposal is rightly focused on reviving the economy. If Congress cared more about economic stabilization than scoring political points, it would sign on.  

The proposals in the president’s new budget are essential for addressing global warming, reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil and creating clean energy jobs.  

President Obama can’t have it both ways: if the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are ending, the detention of enemy prisoners without charges must end, too.  

Henrique Capriles Radonski emerged out of Sunday’s opposition primary in Venezuela as a credible contender for president. Chávez beware.  

The story of a thriving Milwaukee factory fits perfectly with the president's narrative of government-assisted manufacturing renewal.  

Readers respond to a news article, a column by Nicholas D. Kristof and an editorial about President Obama’s compromise plan.  

Lawmakers reach a tentative deal on the payroll tax cut extension, and the president's approval rating edges up.  

As soon as the president compromised on the birth control rule, the Republicans doubled down.