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Watch President Obama's Speech on the 'Dark Knight Rises' Shooting

Mike Sampson — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:11:13 +0000

President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak this morning at a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Florida. Instead of speaking about his upcoming re-election campaign, he instead delivered a speech on the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting in Aurora, Colorado. President Obama apologized to the crowd for the grim town, saying he had anticipated a “fun” [...]

President Obama Makes the 'Kiss Cam' [VIDEO]

Lynn Quale — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:24:53 +0000

President Obama and wife Michelle enjoyed date night at the basketball game against the US Olympic team and Brazil, where they were spotted by the ‘Kiss Cam’, and the President got denied by his wife the first time. That’s hilarious! The First Lady denies the President a kiss, that’s great! The crowd wasn’t happy about [...]

Supreme Court Upholds Obama's Health Care Law

Shauna Wright — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:29:23 +0000

The Obama administration got an enormous victory on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the President’s signature achievement: the 2010 health care law.

And in a surprise to many court watchers, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who sided with the more liberal justices and wrote the majority opinion.

Will Smith's Son Jaden Actually Asked Obama If Aliens Really Exist

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:30:11 +0000

If you had the chance to borrow the ear of a real sitting U.S. president and could only ask him one question that every American was dying to know the truth about, what would it be? Will Smith’s oldest son Jaden got that chance, and completely failed. His topic of choice, however, made his famous [...]

Obama Is 'The First Gay President' If You Believe Newsweek's Cover

Patrick Bateman — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:40:43 +0000

How do you top Time’s cover featuring a mother breastfeeding her fully-grown child? Call Obama “gay” and give him a rainbow-colored halo. Fresh off his groundbreaking decree that he supports gay marriage, which trumped Joe Biden’s earlier pro-gay union statement, Barack Obama now graces the cover of Newsweek to promote Andrew Sullivan’s profile piece titled, [...]

Bob Dylan Will Receive Presidental Honor

Lynn Quale — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:56:08 +0000

Bob Dylan will be honored with the Medal of Freedom later this year. It is America’s highest civilian honor and it will be given to him by President Obama. Dylan is one of 13 to receive the coveted award. Others include Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Nobel Prize winning novelist Toni Morrison, former senator [...]

'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' Scores President Obama, No Big Deal

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:00:38 +0000

You know, we can remember back when Jimmy Fallon was just that giggly guy on ‘Saturday Night Live‘ who couldn’t hold it together even moments through a sketch, and now, he’s a spokesman for Capital One, late night media darling, and now, sitting down with the President. Ain’t life funny?

President Obama Welcomes Home US Soldiers After 8 Years of War [PICTURES, VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:40:45 +0000

President Barack Obama finally made good on his 2008 campaign promise to end the war in Iraq. On Wednesday, the president was at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to welcome troops returning home from Iraq for the last time.

U2 Front Man Makes Statement About Presidential Visit To Ireland

Jenna — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:00:14 +0000

Bono calls President Barack Obama the “BlackBerry President”. What did he mean by that?! In an interview with Hot Press, Bono said that President Obama is the “BlackBerry President” because he “gets” technology and the role it plays in our society today. Bono also expressed that he felt he was instrumental in getting Google to [...]