Data curated by InsideGov WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent Congress his final budget on Tuesday, proposing to spend a record $4.1 trillion on a number of initiatives, from a new war on cancer to combating global warming to fighting growing threats from Islamic State militants. The spending plan, for the budget year that begins […]
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Obama makes mockery of Constitution
Something interesting recently occurred to me. Barack Obama, the man who would be king, has made a mockery of the U.S. Constitution by whipping out his “executive authority” pen and circumventing Congress whenever he feels that legislative body is not doing his bidding. Dysfunctional or not, only Congress has the Constitutional authority to raise taxes […]
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Obama says expanding background checks doesn’t threaten rights
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said expanding background checks to cover more firearms transactions won’t trample on the right of Americans to own guns or lead to confiscation of weapons, as he made an emotional pitch for a package of executive actions intended to stem gun violence. Having been stymied by Congress in previous attempts […]
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President’s Middle East policy holds little risk
By his own estimation, Barack Obama may have finally earned his Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking to a small gathering of journalists recently, the president said that by not sending ground forces to the Middle East during the past few years he had saved 100 lives per month and many billions of dollars. The math is […]
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Analysis: Obama offers reassurance, little policy in speech
WASHINGTON — There were no new policy prescriptions, no fresh military strategies and no timelines. When President Barack Obama seized the spotlight for a rare prime time address Sunday night, he came with one major message: It’s going to be OK. Standing in the Oval Office, Obama sought to calm nerves and quiet a chorus […]
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Fact check: Obama’s assertions on mass shootings in the U.S.
View Survey Readers requested us to fact-check Obama’s broad statement at the Dec. 1 Paris news conference, that “mass shootings just [don’t] happen in other countries.” Critics pushed back on that comment immediately, noting that Paris – where Obama was speaking – had just experienced a mass shooting. Mass shootings do happen in other countries, […]
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Let’s get back to the best
Dr. Ben Carson is among the greatest and brightest surgeons in this great country. Babe Ruth and David Ortiz are two of the greatest baseball players ever. If they were to put on skates and use hockey sticks, would they be qualified to play hockey? Bill Clinton is already trying to destroy the 22nd Amendment, […]
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Obama calls idea of screening Syrian refugees based on religion ‘shameful’
Speaking to reporters in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday, President Barack Obama said his approach to countering the so-called Islamic State “is the strategy that ultimately is going to work” but the terrorist network still can exact serious damage worldwide. “If you have a handful of people who don’t mind dying, they can kill a lot […]
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Obama to appeal ruling against his immigration order
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the president’s plan to shield as many as 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s injunction blocking President Barack Obama’s plan to protect parents […]
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President Obama kills Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rejected an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline Friday after 7 years of federal review, declaring the proposed project wouldn’t serve U.S. national interests and would have undercut America’s global leadership on climate change. The 1,179-mile proposed pipeline wouldn’t have lowered U.S. gas prices, Obama said, nor would it have […]