Barack Obama News

Not a day off since Christmas. The president deserved a real vacation — to sit on the newly screened back porch, daydream for an afternoon, then enjoy a quiet supper. All was well … until the phone rang that night. “Mr. President,” said Secretary of State Dean Acheson, “I have very serious news. The North…

Use the arrows below to see the flip-flop in Obama’s thinking about the Export-Import Bank since he became President. Warning: if you weren’t suspicious of how politicians get corrupted by big business and power, you will now. Read more on the Export-Import bank here: Infographic: 5 Facts About One Terrible Government Program Ignore the Rhetoric: The…

A lot of voters are questioning the leadership this president has shown, but also the larger party, because you don’t see any other Democrats coming up, saying the president’s been wrong.

President Obama reportedly wants to go around our elected officials to implement climate change regulations that will drive up energy costs for Americans. The New York Times is reporting that the administration is looking for ways to sidestep the Constitution and the normal treaty ratification process to commit to an international agreement urging other countries…

In its latest assault on the U.S. Constitution, the Obama administration is proposing to recognize so-called “Native” Hawaiians as an Indian tribe entitled to separate and become an independent sovereign and to “reestablish” a “government-to-government relationship between the United State and the Native Hawaiian community.” Such an unconstitutional action would amount to authorizing secession for…

Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, talks about what’s changed since he  ran for president in 2012, militarization and Ferguson and President Obama’s foreign policy.

In an unprecedented letter, a majority of the federal government’s inspectors general (IGs) claim that the Obama administration is obstructing their investigations into government mismanagement and corruption. So much for President Obama’s claim that his would be the most transparent administration in history. And it truly IS unprecedented. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the…

President Barack Obama is reportedly considering using prosecutorial discretion to effectively legalize millions of illegal immigrants. He shouldn’t, for four reasons: 1. It would be an abuse of executive power for Obama to grant millions of illegal immigrants amnesty. The level of immigration should be determined democratically through our elected representatives, particularly Congress, which has…

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As a story last week in the New York Times documented, it was not easy for the Obama administration to make the call to launch air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State forces as they advanced through Iraq toward the Kurdish capital of Erbil. But the headline—“Fear of Another Benghazi Drove White House to Airstrikes…

According to news reports, Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered Iraqi military forces to seize government buildings.The move comes in the wake of an ongoing dispute over forming a new government. After an Islamist insurgency over ran large swathes of Iraq, there was an effort to replace Maliki with a “unity” government that would…

Jimmy Carter has had a long-standing reputation as authoring the most ineffective foreign policy of any modern presidency. To be honest, Carter deserves better. When the man from Plains, Ga., moved to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, he came wearing the anti-establishment headdress. In particular, when it came to foreign and defense policy, Carter promised that his…