The 86th Academy Awards will never be forgotten not just for breaking records because of its amazing selected movies but also for its most unforgettable moments which include the Twitter breaking Ellen Degeneres selfie.
Fox News primetime personality Bill O’Reilly, in a surprising vote of confidence, commended the President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative but gave some suggestions for the president and his senior advisor Valerie Jarrett during the O’Reilly Factor broadcast Thursday night.
During the next few weeks the Clinton Presidential Library will release thousands of previously withheld presidential documents from former President Bill Clinton’s administration beginning Friday afternoon.
Gay rights were all but eviscerated in Uganda today. Gay rights were all but eviscerated in Uganda today. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni officially criminalized homosexuality will the signing of the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, also referred to in some circles as (the much more inflammatory) "Kill the Gays" Bill.
President Obama has signed a Farm Bill into law that gives a lot of hope to the embattled agricultural industry of the United States...but in so doing, the measure has cut food stamps given to many people, including low-income New Yorkers, who saw their food budget cut as high as $90 per month.
Vice President Joe Biden recently exposed the breadth of the immigration issue; dispelling the notions undocumented immigration is simply a Mexican/Hispanic issue; that all American citizens are descendants of legal immigrants; that undocumented populations are here to rashly absorb resources. While discussing immigration, an individual mentioned that their family legally emigrated from Ireland in the 19th century, and Biden countered, explaining that his family did not.
Openly Gay NBA Player Jason Collins and Boston Marathon Bombing survivors Carlos Arrendondo and Jeff Bauman will be among the guests attending President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address on Tuesday, the White House reported.
According to a recent poll the majority of American voters say they are unhappy with how the president is handling what they believe are the highest priority issues facing the country. However, if Obama can rearrange his priorities and fix the current situation in a few key areas pollsters say his approval ratings may increase for 2014.
President Obama's choice to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency that provides contracts and loans to help small business gain government contracts, is former California official Maria Contretras-Sweet. Her official nomination was announced at a White House event last Thursday. She is the second Hispanic nomination to Obama's second-term cabinet, preceded by Labor Secretary Tom Perez. And, she will be the eighth woman in Obama's current cabinet.
Gallup polls Americans each year to measure public admiration of noteworthy individuals worldwide. This year President Barack Obama took first place in the men’s category, while former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came in at the top spot for females, both of them winning by landslides.
President Obama pardoned or commuted the sentences of several non-violent drug offenders on Thursday, highlighting the consequences of the US war on drugs.
Standing before a soaking-wet Washington DC crowd, President Barack Obama danced with an elf and remembered Nelson Mandela as he lit the National Christmas Tree yesterday.
Back in 2008, I spoke with Grammy award-winning singer Josh Groban about his involvement in honoring Mandela for his 90th birthday celebration. Groban, who sold out arenas all around the world, told me that he was most moved when he was asked to sing at Mandela's birthday celebration; it was one of the highlights of his very successful career.
President Barack Obama and his daughters, Malia & Sasha, shocked both the owner and the shoppers of a bookstore when they made a shopping pit stop during Small Business Saturday.
Continuing a Thanksgiving tradition at the White House, President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys today, saving them from a fate of being plucked, stuffed, and enjoyed at a dinner table.
The National Security Agency (NSA) are reported to have monitored the calls of 35 world leaders, and over the course of one month last year, they monitored more than 60 million phone calls made in Spain, alone, according to a Spanish Newspaper, El Mundo.
