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Obama consoles massacre victims, survivors
President Barack Obama paid emotional tribute to the victims and survivors of the Aurora cinema massacre, as the shaken US town held a tearful vigil for the 12 dead filmgoers. Obama, making a visit to the stricken Colorado town, said he shed tears with relatives of those who died as…
Top tea partier demands Obama prove he doesn’t smoke crack and have gay sex
The president of Tea Party Nation declared on Thursday that if Mitt Romney is to release his tax returns, President Barack Obama should release medical records to prove he’s not a drug addict who smoked crack and had gay sex with a lifelong con-man. Judson Phillips, whose for-profit group is better…
Obama warns of cyber threats to the U.S.
President Barack Obama warned of cyber threats to critical US infrastructure and called on Congress to take action in an op-ed published Friday in the Wall Street Journal. “The cyber threat to our nation is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face,” Obama wrote. “Foreign…
Putin agrees to work with Obama on Syria
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Wednesday in a phone call with President Barack Obama to work with the United States to find a solution to the crisis in Syria, the White House said. But the Kremlin stressed that “differences” remain ahead of a UN Security Council vote in…
House pushes Obama on effects of spending cuts
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers voted Wednesday to give the White House 30 days to explain how it will deal with $1 trillion in spending cuts set to kick in next year, as the defense industry warned the impact would be devastating. A rarely united House of Representatives voted 414-2 in…
Santorum calls Obama a ‘two-bit dictator’ over new welfare rules
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is “like a two-bit dictator” for allowing states to try new approaches to make welfare more effective. During an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Santorum blasted Obama for a Department of Health and Human Services policy directive that allowed states…
Conan’s version of Obama ‘kiss cam’ goes way overboard
During a Tuesday night segment on TBS’s Conan, President Barack Obama and his wife went way overboard after being caught on a basketball game’s “kiss cam” — which did actually happen, but not quite like this. This video is from TBS’s Conan, broadcast Tuesday, July 17, 2012.…
Arpaio calls for federal inquiry into Obama’s birth certificate
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Cold Case Posse on Tuesday announced that their long-running investigation had found the long-form birth certificate released by President Barack Obama was “undoubtedly fraudulent.” “Through the hard work of Mike Zullo and his team of investigators we have pointed out some inconsistencies, or…
Santorum compares Obama to Mussolini over welfare change
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) on Tuesday railed against President Barack Obama because his administration planned to give states the ability to alter a key welfare program. “When you look at this President going out and saying, ‘I’m gonna change the law on welfare. I’m gonna change the work…
Perry demands Obama disavow Holder for inciting racial tension
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called on President Barack Obama to disavow U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for describing the state’s voter ID law as a “poll tax.” “Perhaps while the President is visiting Texas, he can take a break from big-dollar fundraisers to disavow his Attorney General’s offensive…
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