Politics

Obama Threatens To Veto Student Loan Bill; OMB Calls The Bill Politically Motivated

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 14:59

Washington, D.C. -

President Barack Obama has threatened to veto a bill by republicans that keeps the federal student loan rate lower, something that was about to go up, nearly doubling from 3.4% to 6%. Both Obama and republicans had recently said they need to act to keep the rate from going up.

The OMB has called the bill "politically motivated" and said the republicans were not at all "serious" about lowering the federal student loan rate, going on to say this is political "grand-standing" so they can say they tried to lower the federal student loan rate but Obama blocked it.

Presidential Campaign; Obama-$104 Million, Romney-$10.1 Million In Cash In The Bank; Sen. Rubio To Help

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 17:11

As the republican primary race draws to a close with Mitt Romney becoming the presumptive nominee, the financial reports of the two campaigns for March has been released with Barack Obama having $104 million in the bank and Romney with just $10.1 million.

Hoping to give the Romney campaign a boost, Sen. Marco Rubio has confirmed that he will attend several campaign stops with Romney. Their first campaign stop will be in Pennsylvania.

Florida Gov Rick Scott Launches Gun Task Force To Review The Controversial Stand Your Ground law and other gun laws

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 15:51

Tallahassee, Fla. -

Gov. Rick Scott has formed his new task force that will look into Florida's gun laws, including the controversial Stand Your Ground law invoked by George Zimmerman over his Feb 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin.

Scott said, "This task force is going take input form people about public safety. Stand Your Ground is part of it, but thank God we live in a state where crime is at a 40-year low. I want to keep it that way."

U.S. Rotates Into Presidency of UN Security Council

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 12:05

New York City -

US Ambassador Susan Rice, head of the US Mission to the United Nations has assumed the role of President of the United Nations Security Council on Monday of this week, taking over from the U.K.

Does "Honor Thy Father..." apply to Osama bin Laden's 4 sons?

Submitted by News Desk 3 on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 10:27

[Editorial by Paul ..]

As news about Osama bin Laden's private life on the run come out, we learn he had four sons with his youngest wife, Amal Ahmad Abdul Fatah, who has been revealing her relationship with bin Laden over the last 10 years. In that time, she had four sons with bin Laden, and as one person asked, "does honor they father ...., still apply to his sons?"

Gingrich To Lay Off Some Staff But Says He's Still In The Republican Nomination Race

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 13:32

Atlanta, GA -

Newt Gingrich's campaign will be laying off some staff members amid low donations and low cash on hand but contends the candidate is still in the race for the Republican nomination.

Gingrich told WTOP radio station, "We're staying in, that's exactly why we're downsizing, cash flow is shorter than we'd like it to be so we're doing the appropriate things to be able to campaign."

Former FL Gov. Jeb Bush Endorses Mitt Romney In Republican Race

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 13:22

Former Florida Republican governor Jeb Bush has come out to endorse Mitt Romney for the 2012 republican nomination to eventually compete against President Barack Obama in the general election in November.

Jeb Bush is the son of one former president and brother to another former president and the first of the powerful bush dynasty to endorse a candidate. “Congratulations to Governor Mitt Romney on his win last night and to all the candidates for a hard fought, thoughtful debate and primary season,” Bush said in a statement issued late Wednesday morning.

Guest List For State Dinner Of British PM David Cameron At The White House

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 20:08

Washington, D.C. -

Here's the full guest list attending the State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House for the state dinner which President Obama is hosting for the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE DAVID CAMERON, M.P. PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

MRS. SAMANTHA CAMERON

Mr. Gerald Acker, Huntington Woods, MI

Mrs. Caryn Acker

Mr. David Adjaye, New York, NY

Ms. Ashley Jasmine Shaw-Scott

Mr. Mark Alderman, Bryn Mawr, PA

Mrs. Sue Ellen Alderman

General John Allen, Fort Belvoir, VA

US Foreign Oil Imports Down 10%, Domestic Production Highest Since 2003

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:33

Washington, D.C. -

According to a federal review by six federal agencies, net oil imports to the U.S. is down 10% from last year and is on track to meet President Obama's pledge to reduce foreign dependance on oil by one third within 10 years. Meanwhile, domestic production is up, its highest since 2003 as the Obama administration seeks to move the nation to energy independence. Canada is currently the leading foreign oil importer to the U.S.

Mitt Romney Wins Northern Marianas Delegates Collecting 87% Of The Vote

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 11:32

Mitt Romney has won nine more delegates in the Northern Mariana Islands Presidential Preference Poll, and this follows his recent wins on Super Tuesday where he won 9 other states.

The Northern Mariana Islands are a U.S. Territory located on the other side of the International Date Line not far from Guam, and closer to the Philippines than the U.S. mainland, or about 8,200 miles from Washington D.C.