Barack Obama

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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

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

Slideshow: Icons accused of being Illuminati

SLIDESHOW - Who are the Illuminati? They're a secret society whose goal is to brainwash the masses through the manipulation…
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

Let's leave slavery out of our politics for now

OPINION - If we were to increase our knowledge and understanding of the period, the practice, and the ramifications, we…
June 28, 2011

90 years ago, Jack Johnson sought his own pardon

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a March 25, 1921 letter to Attorney General Harry Daugherty, Johnson said the prosecutor in his…
June 28, 2011

Bachmann walks back anti-Obama rhetoric for 2012 run

OPINION - The main thing with Bachmann is that though she may make comments that could easily be branded 'crazy'...
June 27, 2011

Bill Maher lets Reggie Brown finish his routine

Brown disputed the idea that his racial material played a part in his set being cut short and expressed doubt…
June 27, 2011

Jury convicts ex-Gov. Blagojevich at retrial

CHICAGO (AP) - Blagojevich had faced 20 charges, including that he sought to sell or trade an appointment to President…
June 27, 2011

Black college leaders meet to discuss challenges

ATLANTA (AP) - About 100 presidents of historically black colleges are meeting to discuss their role in the White House…
June 27, 2011

Black Panther Chairman apologizes for calling Obama 'n-word'

New Black Panther Party Chairman Malik Zulu Shabazz yesterday apologized for calling President Obama the "N-word", but stood by his…
June 27, 2011

Bachmann regrets saying Obama has 'anti-American views'

Bachmann informed Bob Schieffer that despite some past comments, "I don't question the President's patriotism at all...
June 27, 2011

Obama joins debt talks, Republican negotiator leaves

VIDEO - Next week President Obama will hold talks with house and Senate leaders to hammer out a deal to…
June 27, 2011

Obama's election and its effect on perceived racial bias

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Many Americans changed their perceptions of discrimination and racism after Barack Obama became the nation's first black president...