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Ted Cruz: Obama ‘is the most radical president’ ever

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that President Barack Obama “is the most radical president we’ve ever seen,” but Republicans who failed to stick to conservative principles are also to blame for the nation’s problems. In an interview that aired Wednesday on Pat Robertson’s 700 Club, CBN’s David Brody told Cruz…

Fischer: Jesus says pray for Obama because he ‘is our enemy’

The director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA) is instructing his followers that Jesus wants them to pray for President Barack Obama because he is the “enemy.” During the Monday broadcast of AFA’s Focal Point radio show, Bryan Fischer told a story about a woman who…

Watch live: Obama speaks about budget negotiations

President Obama urges action to avoid the automatic budget cuts set to be triggered on March 1 if Congress fails to find a path forward on balanced deficit reduction. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Feb. 19. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Obama to receive Israel’s presidential medal of honor

Barack Obama will become the first serving US president to receive Israel’s presidential medal, from his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on a visit to the Jewish state next month, Peres’s office said on Monday. “President Obama has made a unique and meaningful contribution to strengthening the state of Israel and…

Harris-Perry: Will black community fight drug war if they believe ‘what is wrong with us is us’?

On MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry on Sunday, the host and her panel discussed President Obama’s Friday speech, “specifically the moment when he said, ‘We should do more to promote marriage and encourage fatherhood,’” Harris-Perry said. Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Graduate Chair in the Department of Religious Studies…

Watch live: Obama hosts 2012 Citizens Medal ceremony

President Obama hosts the 2012 awardees of the Presidential Citizens Medal at the White House. The Newtown teachers and administrators who died protecting the children in their care are among the recipients. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 15. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Watch live: Obama talks about strengthening the economy in North Carolina

Following last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama visits the Linamar Corporation in Ashville, N.C., to deliver remarks about strengthening the economy for the middle class Americans. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 13. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Sen. Rand Paul lambasts government spending in tea party response to State of the Union

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s tea party response to President Obama’s State of the Union primarily focused on criticizing the president and Washington in general on the debt and deficit, arguing at one point that the sequester — which the Congressional Budget Office said would halve economic growth in 2013 —…

Watch live: President Obama presents his 2013 State of the Union to Congress

Watch the live enhanced broadcast delivered by the White House below, which includes both pre-speech videos, in-speech charts, graphs, and data the White House says will explain the policies President Obama will discuss and a live panel post-speech with White House experts to which viewers may submit questions via Twitter…

Officials probe Arizona ‘checkpoint’ that detained immigrants attending Obama speech

The police chief in Peoria, Arizona has launched an investigation into what activists are calling a “de facto immigration checkpoint” that nabbed young immigrants attending a speech President Barack Obama delivered on immigration reform last month. “It was a de facto immigration checkpoint,” Respeto executive director Lydia Guzman recently explained…