The public is getting plenty of laughs from President Obama’s strategic ploy to use embarrassment to keep his daughters from getting tattoos — namely, that he and the first lady will get tats in the same place and go on YouTube to show the world. But commentators are now starting to weigh in on this [...]
Obama Threatens His Daughters With Family Tattoo, But Observers Wonder if it Will Work
April 25, 2013 | Posted by
Obama Library Site: Chicago Neighborhoods Vie for Presidential Approval
April 25, 2013 | Posted by
There is a tug of war in Chicago over potential presidential library sites for President Obama. In June 2009, only five months after President Obama took office, the University of Chicago convened a committee to look into bringing Obama’s presidential library to the South Side of Chicago. The committee was made up of nine preeminent [...]
Obama Confirms that First Lady Sometimes Feels like Single Mother
April 24, 2013 | Posted by
For those who can’t get enough tidbits from the President and First Lady about life inside the bubble that is the White House, President Obama was in a giving mood during an interview with Savannah Guthrie of the Today show, talking about how Michelle sometimes has to be a single parent and the dare they [...]
Boy,15, Shot to Death Near Obama’s Chicago Home
April 23, 2013 | Posted by
CHICAGO – Cornelius German told his mother he was afraid to wait for her at the bus stop because of all the shootings here lately, so he asked her to meet him at a friend’s. Timika Rutledge said she and the boy’s father pulled up to a home and waited Monday night, even blowing the [...]
Bombing Suspect Captured at End of Wild Day; Obama Says Attackers ‘Failed’
April 20, 2013 | Posted by
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was taken into custody last night after an intense manhunt as President Obama, addressing the nation, called the capture the end of “an important chapter.” The president said authorities were just beginning to figure out the motives behind the attack and whether others were involved with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother, [...]
Obama Vows Boston ‘Will Run Again,’ While CNN Slammed for Description of ‘Suspect’
April 18, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama and the first lady attended an interfaith service in Boston today dedicated to the victims of the marathon explosions, while federal investigators were trying to uncover the identity of a person captured in surveillance videos at the site of one of the bombs. In his remarks at the service, President Obama said the city [...]
Obama Marks ‘Shameful Day’ as Gun Control Bill Fails in Senate
April 18, 2013 | Posted by
After all the lobbying and speeches, all the tears and pain, it appears that the Senate couldn’t summon the will to beat back the gun lobby and pass any gun-control legislation, sparking anger from President Obama and gun-control advocates gathered at the White House. Obama called it “a pretty shameful day for Washington.” The measures [...]
Officials Intercept Letter to Obama That May Contain Ricin
April 17, 2013 | Posted by
With suspicion already high across the country following the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon, the Secret Service has intercepted a letter addressed to President Obama containing a “suspicious substance” which might be ricin, a poison. The Obama letter comes less than 24 hours after U.S. Capitol Police confirmed it was investigating a letter addressed to [...]
Report Finds US Use of Torture During Bush Administration ‘Indisputable’
April 17, 2013 | Posted by
A damning and explosive report prepared by a group of bipartisan high-ranking officials concludes that the United States engaged in the ”indisputable” use of torture during the Bush administration and it urges President Obama to close the Guantanamo detention camp by the end of 2014. The report comes as U.S. officials defend a raid they conducted last Saturday [...]
O’Reilly Criticizes Obama for Calling Boston Marathon Bombing a ‘Tragedy’
April 17, 2013 | Posted by
As the fallout from the Boston Marathon bombings spreads across the Internet and the television airwaves, commentators and talk show hosts are exhibiting curious reactions to the events that transpired yesterday. For example, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly claimed that President Obama made a mistake when he called the bombing a “tragedy.” O’Reilly said that [...]
