Obama seeks ‘transformative’ mandatory voting, backs off after backlash
President Obama ired critics when he proposed the notion of mandatory voting, calling the idea “potentially transformative” while speaking to a civic group in Cleveland on Wednesday. “If everybody More...
John Boehner calls Obama’s veto of Keystone project a ‘national embarrassment’
Republicans lambasted Obam over his veto of the Keystone Pipeline bill and in fact, Republican House Speaker John Boehner stated that is “national embarrassment.” “The president’s veto of the Keystone More...
Obama administration attacks states suing over immigration executive order
The Obama administration is speaking out against the ruling of a Texas judge who said the president exceeded his legal authority with his immigration orders of last year. “The Supreme Court and Congress have More...
Josh Earnest says climate change a bigger threat than terrorism
White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that the Obama administration indeed considers climate change a bigger threat to the U.S. and its interests than global terrorism. President Obama said in More...
White House: Josh Earnest says Taliban not terrorists
While the United States waged a lengthy war in Afhganistan to disrupt the power of the Taliban, the message from the Obama administration is that members of this group are not terrorists. “They do carry out tactics More...
Brits forced Guardian to destroy Snowden docs, White House
The White House was given a heads up that UK authorities were to force The Guardian newspaper to destroy hard drives containing top secret NSA documents says new July 11 reports. More details emerge surrounding More...
VA head Eric Shinseki and Press Secretary Jay Carney resign
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has resigned the growing VA scandal as charges of mismanagement, falsification of records and systemic problems at veterans health facilities continue. Also, press secretary More...
