Home » Topics » President Barack Obama (Page 146)
Senate’s top partisans trade positions on recess appointments
Two of the top partisans in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday found themselves diametrically opposed to their former positions on presidential recess appointments, with each man virtually swapping their closely held views for their opponents’ with regards to the always-controversial tactic. Issuing his rebuke of President Barack Obama’s decision on…
Obama to make recess appointment for consumer bureau
President Barack Obama is expected to make a recess appointment Wednesday, announcing that former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray will be named director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray was among those boarding Air Force One to Ohio for Obama’s speech in the afternoon. According to prepared remarks obtained…
Gore: Iowa caucuses ‘a good night for Barack Obama’
Hours before the election was called for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Vice President Al Gore called the race … For President Barack Obama. “It’s kind of a cliche, I guess, but the bottom line for me was that this was a good night for Barack Obama. I think…
Pat Robertson: God revealed the next president, but it’s a secret
Pat Robertson says God has told him who the next president will be — but it’s a secret. The televangelist revealed on Tuesday that he had spent the nearly a week in prayer, asking God to “show me something.” “I think He showed me the next president, but I’m not…
New Hampshire Republicans again challenge Obama’s citizenship
The made-up scandal that just won’t quit is back, with a vengeance. A group of Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire asked the state’s attorney general on Tuesday to launch an investigation into President Barack Obama’s citizenship, The Associated Press reported. The effort was being staged in hopes that they may…
Constitutional attorney: Guantanamo ‘nearly impossible to close’ thanks to NDAA
The U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will not be closing any time soon thanks to President Barack Obama’s approval of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a constitutional attorney who’s represented terrorism suspects told Raw Story this week in an exclusive interview. Even though President Barack Obama made…
Republican White House hopefuls in last Iowa blitz
One day before Iowa holds the first vote of the 2012 White House race, Republican candidates blitzed the state, with frontrunner Mitt Romney ripping President Barack Obama on the sour US economy. “This American president didn’t cause the recession, but he made it worse and it’ll last longer because of his policies,” the former Massachusetts governor and millionaire…
Obama swaps Hawaii for reelection heat
U.S. President Barack Obama lands in Washington after his Hawaiian vacation Tuesday, facing a buzz saw of Republican campaign attacks as his reelection bid enters an intense new phase. The president on Monday left behind the idyllic beaches, sumptuous restaurants and golf courses of his native state just before voters in chilly Iowa cast…
Obama has ‘failed’ on Iran: Romney
ATLANTIC, Iowa — Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney charged Sunday that President Barack Obama has “failed” in his efforts to get Iran to abandon its suspect nuclear program. “I want to make sure that the people of this nation understand that he failed us not only here at home,…
Progressives plan to challenge Obama in Iowa
The group Progressive Democrats of America hope to send a message to President Barack Obama by organizing people to vote for “uncommitted” in the Iowa Democratic caucuses. “I believe we need an inside outside strategy,” Tim Carpenter, the founder of the group, said at an organizing meeting in Des Moines…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Most houses and public buildings in ‘Tornado Alley’ lack storm shelters
- Polish doctors carry out world’s first life-saving face transplant
- Electric carmaker Tesla Motors pays off government loan 9 years early
- South Carolina governor appointed white supremacist to steering committee
- International theft of U.S. intellectual property costs $300 billion per year: report
- House Foreign Affairs Committee approves harsh new Iran sanctions
- Eric Holder officially admits U.S. drone strikes killed four Americans
- Anti-abortion leader faces criticism after comparing rape to car accidents
- FDA approves first study on ecstasy-assisted therapy for social anxiety in autistic adults
- Sen. Bernie Sanders pushes to allow states to label genetically engineered foods
Commentary
Tone policing only goes one way
By Amanda Marcotte
The Orange Couch does Mad Men: S7E8, “The Crash”
By Amanda Marcotte
An open letter to the Center for Inquiry
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
