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New Pro-Amnesty Lawsuit Undermines Obama’s Case for His Amnesty Executive Order
Next month, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral argument in United States v. Texas, which is the legal challenge by Texas and numerous other states to the Obama administration’s “Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents” (DAPA) program. That program sought to provide amnesty for 5 million illegal… -
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White House ‘Shirks Responsibility’ for Renewed Border Crisis, Senator Says
The Obama administration isn’t prepared for a revived wave of unaccompanied children crossing illegally into the United States, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday. In opening remarks before a Judiciary Committee hearing, Grassley criticized the White House for “shirking responsibility” while the influx of Central American children fleeing across the U.S.-Mexico border threatens to outpace 2014’s crisis. “We… -
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Oregon Bakers Get New Legal Representation From Former H.W. Bush White House Counsel
Aaron and Melissa Klein, the Oregon bakers who were ordered to pay $135,000 for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, have assembled a new legal team to take their case through the appeals process. The Kleins are now being represented by attorneys at First Liberty, a law firm that specializes in… -
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White House Sends Nominee to Export-Import Bank’s Board of Directors, But It’s Unlikely to Go Anywhere
President Barack Obama named a new nominee to the Export-Import Bank’s Board of Directors Monday. But the nominee is likely to move slowly, if at all, through the Senate Banking Committee, which hinders the controversial agency’s ability to extend financing to some of its largest beneficiaries. In a statement released Monday, the White House said… -
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White House Issues Correction to Obama’s Terrorism Speech
In his Oval Office address to the nation Sunday night, President Obama incorrectly claimed that one of the San Bernardino terrorists arrived in the United States under the visa waiver program. The White House acknowledged the mistake shortly after the speech. White House issues correction to Obama's speech tonight pic.twitter.com/EgIBgVIKBR — Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) December… -
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Time for the White House to Develop a Serious Arctic Agenda
Washington is waking up to the fact that America is an Arctic nation. But, as in a doomed polar expedition, the administration seems to be aimlessly wandering in the policy tundra. President Obama’s recent trip to Alaska only raises more questions over whether the White House really has a serious Arctic agenda. Shifts in the… -
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Obama Issues Executive Order Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
President Barack Obama took Labor Day to sign an executive order that will require federal contractors to provide employees with up to seven days of paid sick leave, condemning Republicans for a “constant attack on working Americans.” The White House estimated that the order will impact more than 300,000 workers who currently do not receive such… -
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Petition for White House to Watch Planned Parenthood Videos Needs Over 80,000 More Signatures
A recent “We the People” petition is pushing for the Obama administration to watch the Planned Parenthood videos released by the Center for Medical Progress. It still needs over 80,000 signatures for a response from the administration. The online petition forum on the White House website, We the People, has 16,374 people as of Friday afternoon who… -
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White House Gets It Right on Occupational Licensing
Free-market advocates have long criticized excessive occupational licensing as a drag on the U.S. labor market and an impediment to growth. The Obama administration, it seems, is finally listening. The White House Report In a major report published in July, the White House acknowledged the growing costs of occupational licensing and called on state leaders… -
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Conservatives, White House Upset With Education Law Rewrite for Different Reasons
The House passed a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act in a razor-thin vote Wednesday night, ignoring a White House veto threat and pushing on with legislation that would ease the federal government’s role in public education. The bill passed by a mere five votes in the final 218-213 roll call. No Democrats… -
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Bobby Jindal’s 4 Goals If He Wins the White House
He is prone to go on with a policy wonk’s enthusiasm for the subject at hand, but Bobby Jindal joined the Republican race for president with a speech that boiled down a four-point agenda into 54 words. “We’ve had enough of talkers, it’s time for a doer,” @BobbyJindal says. If elected president, the Louisiana governor… -
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The White House Is Not Being Serious About Defeating ISIS
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, could be in for a rough ride when they go before the House Armed Services Committee this week to explain the Obama administration’s strategy toward Iraq. There is a widespread and growing criticism that the “No Boots on the Ground Plus… -
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Iran Hijacked a Ship. The White House Should Demand the Release of Ship, Crew.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a cargo ship Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, after first firing a shot across the bow of the ship, Maersk Tigris, registered in the Marshall Islands. The ship issued a distress call before it was boarded, hijacked and diverted to an Iranian port. The U.S. Navy dispatched the… -
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‘Yesterday Is Over,’ Marco Rubio Declares in Entering White House Race
Announcing his candidacy for president in his hometown of Miami, Sen. Marco Rubio this evening underlined a generational divide between himself and Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton and depicted the coming campaign as one to reach a better future and not rehash the past. “Yesterday is over and we are never going back.”—@marcorubio “Now, the… -
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Cyber Breach at the White House: Time to Increase Cyber Defenses and Deter Cyber Aggression
In a CNN report released yesterday, U.S. officials determined that Russian hackers penetrated the unclassified network of the White House, which serves the executive office of the President. According to the report, this attack stems from the State Department’s e-mail system breach that occurred over much of the last year. Although the information infiltrated was… -
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Senate’s 2016 White House Hopefuls Use Budget to Message Voters
The first budget resolution to clear the Senate in four years exposed a divide between four lawmakers who look to be rivals for the Republican nomination for president. Although largely symbolic and perhaps short-lived, the split had Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida voting in favor of the Republican budget… -
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What’s Wrong with Obama’s Energy, Emissions Executive Order
President Obama signed Thursday an executive order to require executive agencies to improve energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions. One has to hope the order will save taxpayers money, because it won’t make a dent in global temperatures. Headlines have focused on the top line features of the plan, requiring executive branch departments and… -
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GOP White House Hopefuls Welcome Israeli Leader’s Washington Visit
A much-anticipated speech by Israel’s prime minister to a joint meeting of Congress on the nuclear threat posed by Iran gave prospective Republican candidates for president an opportunity, and many of them took it. By the time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins his address today at 11 a.m. EST (about 6 p.m. in Israel), these White House… -
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White House Clarifies Obama’s Comments on Paris Kosher Deli Attack
During a recently-released interview, President Obama told Vox that the culprits of an attack in Paris were “a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.” Last month, a gunman identified as Amedy Coulibaly took hostages in the Jewish deli Hyper Cacher in… -
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How Much Will Chris Christie’s White House Bid Cost New Jersey Taxpayers?
As his first official step in a likely run for the White House, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has formed a political action committee to raise money, hire a staff and fund his campaign trips. For New Jersey taxpayers, the bad news will be an increase in Christie’s out-of-state political sojourns and the cost of…