President Obama's re-election announcement fund driven?

In the last presidential election an all-time record of $745.7 million was set in the total amount of Money raised but this time the target is $1 billion. Each campaign bundler is to gather $350,000 which may be...

Barack Obama announces 2012 re-election bid

U.S. President Barack Obama has officially launched his campaign for re-election. In a statement Monday, Mr. Obama said he is filing the required paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, which allows his ...

Afghanistan: Koran protests in Kandahar and Jalalabad

The BBC is reporting of continued violent protest in Kandahar and Jalalabad over the burning of the Koran in the US last month. Its report shows that killings and maiming have continued since the beginning of the protest on Friday.In the protest, the crown shouted for US...

DNC hits Romney over Obama economy jabs

"The Democratic National Committee is hitting back at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney who penned an op-ed criticizing the economy under the Obama administration in the Boston Herald Tuesday. A statement from the DNC juxtaposed Romney's words with what they call a "fact...

Discord Fills Washington on Possible Libya Intervention

"Nearly three weeks after Libya erupted in what may now turn into a protracted civil war, the politics of military intervention to speed the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi grow more complicated by the day — for both the White House and Republicans. President...

Gary Locke is Obama's China envoy pick

" President Barack Obama is to nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the new US ambassador to China, senior administration officials have said. Mr Locke would replace current ambassador Jon Huntsman, who is due to leave the post on 30 April. Mr Huntsman announced his...

President Obama resumes Guantanamo tribunals

" The United States will resume using military commissions to prosecute alleged terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility, President Barack Obama said Monday. The announcement said the...

Boehner Defends Legality of Gay-Marriage Ban

"  House Speaker John Boehner said on March 4 he is launching a legal defense by the House of the federal law against gay marriage, which President Barack Obama's Administration has concluded is unconstitutional. "The constitutionality of this law should be...

Government shutdown averted as House votes $4B cuts

"The House passed emergency short-term legislation Tuesday to cut federal spending by $4 billion and avert a government shutdown. Senate Democrats agreed to follow suit, handing Republicans an early victory in their drive to rein in government. The bill that...

Will Obama Order U.S. Intervention in Libya?

" It seems preposterous to suggest in the wake of Iraq that the U.S. might intervene militarily to help bring down another Arab regime. But the growing danger of a humanitarian catastrophe created by Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, combined with a surprisingly broad confluence of...

Piece by Piece, Obama Undoing President Bill Clinton's Actions

" The Obama administration's stunning announcement that it now considers the Defense of Marriage Act indefensible because it discriminates against gay couples was more than a sign of the times. It was yet one more reason Barack Obama is the un-Bill Clinton. From gay rights...

Huckabee: Obama will be tough to beat

"Despite finding himself on top of several recent presidential polls, Mike Huckabee continues to appear tepid about mounting a second bid for the White House. In an interview on ABC's Good Morning America Monday, Huckabee said the process of running is "grueling" and...

What happens if government shuts down?

" After not being able to agree on a budget last year, congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 4Here's what would and wouldn't be affected if Congress cant come to an agreement by the deadline.During the last government shutdown 15 years...

NBA All-Star Game Marks 100-Days Until the Start of NBHHCM 2K11

Last nights NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles won by the West All-Stars 148-143 over the East proved to be fun and entertaining. The up-tempo game was a showcase of the best basketball players in the world. It also...

The G.O.P.’s Post-Tucson Traumatic Stress Disorder

"SIX weeks after that horrific day in Tucson, America has half-forgotten its violent debate over the power of violent speech to incite violence. It’s Gabrielle Giffords’s own power of speech that rightly concerns us now. But all those arguments over political language did...

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