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July 18, 2011

911 dispatcher saves 4-year-old from drowning

VIDEO - For the parents of three-year-old Maliki Sessions, their guardian angel came in the form of 911 dispatcher.
July 18, 2011

Are we too quick to blame race for Obama attacks?

OPINION - To unnecessarily bring race into the debate now will only dissuade people from acknowledging far more legitimate claims…
July 18, 2011

Rep. Jackson Lee says Obama's race at center of debt crisis

WEB RUNDOWN - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has suggested lawmakers are blocking President Obama's attempt to raise the debt…
July 17, 2011

Debt crisis may help Obama woo independent voters

WASHINGTON (AP) - Polling by the Pew Research Center suggests that unaligned voters are increasingly alarmed about the prospects of…
July 17, 2011

First family attends church service

WASHINGTON (AP) - Accompanied by his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama walked through Lafayette Square to attend…
July 16, 2011

Obama, lawmakers push plans to avoid debt default

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and lawmakers pushed separate plans to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt, with…
July 15, 2011

Liberal group threatens to pull Obama support

CHICAGO (AP) - A liberal group upset over potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security delivered pledges to President…
July 15, 2011

Obama: Chance for 'something big' to calm economy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration officials and private economists say that if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit by…
July 15, 2011

Bachmann's gay stepsister attended Obama's inauguration

Helen LaFave, Michele Bachmann's openly gay stepsister, was interviewed following President Barack Obama's January 2009 Inauguration...
July 15, 2011

Is Obama winning the debt war by playing tough?

OPINION - The president's supporters have been urging him to do grow a backbone, or at least find the one…
July 14, 2011

Debt talks: No 'hallelujah moment' in sight

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Testy lawmakers and President Barack Obama headed back for a fifth day of debt-limit negotiations Thursday, pointing…
July 14, 2011

Bachmann: No default crisis without Obama policies

Michele Bachmann is not participating in talks about raising the debt ceiling to avoid a default crisis, she continues to…
July 14, 2011

Voters don't blame Obama on debt, trust president on economy

A majority of American would blame Republicans if the nation fails to raise it's debt ceiling. In addition, voters give…
July 14, 2011

Republicans would rather beat Obama than revive recovery

OPINION - If some financial catastrophe were to take place President Obama will not magically net the maximum amount of…
July 13, 2011

McConnell warns GOP: Don't help re-elect Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - Failure to raise the U.S. debt limit may ensure President Barack Obama's re-election in 2012, Senate Republican…
July 13, 2011

The GOP's debt ceiling war not about debt but about Obama

The GOP's war over America's debt ceiling is not about America's debt, it's about President Obama...
July 13, 2011

Obama raises more than $86M for campaign, party

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama collected $86 million combined for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party during the…
July 12, 2011

Can we believe in the gospel according to Herman Cain?

OPINION - When the communion plate comes around in the church of Cain, it'd be in America's best interest to…
July 12, 2011

Contrary to popular opinion: Deficit cuts are colorblind

OPINION - Most Americans, believing the mythology of rugged individualism and bootstrap levitation, refuse to believe they benefit from government…
July 11, 2011

Civil Rights-era Rockwell painting borrowed by Obama

CLUTCH - The painting will be on display at the White House until October 31st...