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July 4, 2011

Slideshow: Malia Obama turns 13 — a life in the limelight

SLIDESHOW - On July 4th, as America turns 235 years old, Malia Obama will be turning 13...
July 1, 2011

Obama urges supporters to regain 2008 energy

PHILADEPHIA (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election effort is powering toward an impressive early fundraising haul, campaign officials are trying…
July 1, 2011

Memo to Herman Cain: Obama is a real black man

OPINION - What's at issue isn't any one man's definition of blackness. It's Cain's willingness to play the "blacker than…
July 1, 2011

Can Obama force the GOP's hand on debt and taxes?

OPINION - Should the stalling continue, the extension of the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit will be put at risk…
June 30, 2011

Republicans invite Obama to talk taxes

VIDEO - Some Republicans were clearly irked by the president's criticism during his Wednesday press conference...
June 30, 2011

Do the rules of decency not apply with Obama?

OPINION - When did it become okay to call the president of these United States an expletive on national television?...
June 30, 2011

Obama reaps victory as judges uphold health law

CINCINNATI (AP) - A panel in Cincinnati handed the administration a victory Wednesday by agreeing that the government can require…
June 30, 2011

White House: Analyst comment 'inappropriate'

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House spokesman Jay Carney said the negative comment by MSNBC analyst Mark Halperin was an inappropriate…
June 30, 2011

MSNBC suspends analyst for remark on Obama

NEW YORK (AP) - "I thought he was a d**k yesterday," Halperin said Thursday during a discussion about Obama's news…
June 30, 2011

Birthers sue Esquire for $200M over parody

Joseph Farah and Jerome Corsi filed suit against Esquire over a satirical article that they say defamed them and damaged…
June 29, 2011

Herman Cain promotes his business plan

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says his tax-cutting, pro-business philosophy will power the U.S. economy and…
June 29, 2011

Bachmann: Obama should go back to…Hawaii!

Michele Bachmann's multi-state campaign announcement tour took her to South Carolina on Tuesday, home of some of the most right-wing…
June 29, 2011

Obama: Congress should 'get it done' on debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president said members of Congress needed to stay in Washington until budget negotiations are finished --…
June 29, 2011

Donna Brazile on voter ID laws: GOP willing to violate civil rights to win elections

Brazile writes that her sister in Florida was a victim of voter suppression during the 2000 election...
June 29, 2011

Jon Stewart to Fox News: Herman Cain joke wasn't offensive

Jon Stewart continued his "fun, light hearted and extremely productive conversation" with Fox News about his jokes over GOP Presidential…