President Obama made television history last night by becoming the first sitting president to slow jam the news with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots on NBC's "Late Night." [More from Mashable: CISPA Authors Confident Bill Will Pass Despite Rising Opposition] "I'm President Barack Obama, and I, too, would like to Slow Jam the News," said [...] ...
(Reuters) - Ted Nugent said on Wednesday that the U.S. Secret Service has arranged to meet with him after the rock musician severely criticized President Barack Obama during the National Rifle Association convention last week. Nugent, who told the gun rights group last week that he would be "dead or in jail" next year if [...] ...
By Dylan Stableford | ABC OTUS News – 3 hrs ago Ted Nugent said he will meet with the Secret Service on Thursday to discuss his controversial comments about President Barack Obama. "I will be polite and supportive as I possibly can be, which will be thoroughly," Nugent told Glenn Beck on Wednesday. During a National Rifle [...] ...
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lashed out at President Barack Obama on Friday for his “disgraceful” off-the-cuff comments on the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, who a new witness says may have attacked neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman after all. Speaking in the Rose Garden after announcing his selection of Jim Kim to head the World Bank, Obama [...] ...
Today in sports: Tim Tebow greets the New York media, Tiger Woods is a winner once more, and President Obama talks Title IX and his youth basketball coaching acumen. RELATED: Brady Quinn Sorry for Unsportsmanlike Comments About Tim Tebow In his first press conference as a member of the New York Jets, Tim Tebow was [...] ...
"Think you got game?" That's the question President Obama is posing to sports fans in a new, online interactive contest aimed at expanding his re-election campaign's contact list and collecting some grassroots cash. With the "Obama Bracket Challenge" on the campaign's website, supporters can electronically make their picks for the 2012 NCAA men's and women's [...] ...
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh today mocked President Obama for supporting a Georgetown law student who testified to Congress that birth control should be covered by health insurance, drawing out the culture war over contraception that has consumed the political world for the past week. Shortly before the student, Sandra Fluke, gave an interview on [...] ...
President Obama inserted himself into the political firestorm over Rush Limbaugh's comments about the Georgetown law school student who testified before Congress on contraception, calling Sandra Fluke to personally offer his support. The president spoke with Fluke Friday afternoon because he "wanted to express his disappointment that she has been the subject of inappropriate personal [...] ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Rush Limbaugh drew fire Friday from many directions, including President Barack Obama, for his depiction of a college student as a "slut" because she testified before Congress about the need for contraceptive coverage. The third-year Georgetown University law student, Sandra Fluke, received a supportive phone call from Obama, and was backed [...] ...
On Sunday, First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden served as the grand marshals of NASCAR's season-ending event. While the racers themselves welcomed the wives of the President and Vice-President with a reported pre-race standing ovation, when the ladies were introduced to the crowds, a large number of attendees let loose with boos.Careful [...] ...
Michelle Obama booed at NASCAR? That can't be too surprising, right? Maybe not, considering only 30 percent of NASCAR fans identify as Republicans. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden got booed at a NASCAR race in Florida on Sunday, in case you haven’t heard. Now, questions of civility and first ladies aside, our question is this: What did [...] ...
First Lady Michelle Obama was booed at a NASCAR event on Sunday. Obama, Dr. Jill Biden (wife of Vice President Joe Biden), and Iraqi army veteran Sgt. Andrew Berry and his family were set to commence the finale of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. As soon as First Lady Obama and Dr. Biden were [...] ...