The Hollywood Elites Can't Quit Obama
The trade group that represents Hollywood loathes President Obama's opposition to SOPA but that won't stop Tinseltown's biggest names from pouring cash into his re-election bid.
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The trade group that represents Hollywood loathes President Obama's opposition to SOPA but that won't stop Tinseltown's biggest names from pouring cash into his re-election bid.
They're not happy about it but Republicans are set to join Democrats in adding $100 billion to the deficit for a 10-month payroll tax holiday.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is having a somewhat contentious visit to the U.S. this week and it doesn't sound like it's going to get much better.
Some call it a proxy war, others call it a "shadow war," but whatever you want to call it, a tit-for-tat assassination campaign between Iran and Israel seems to be playing out across state capitals around the world.
In a low-point for American democracy, the easily-offended citizens of this nation have directed their wrath at Google's painfully-innocent Valentine's Day doodle.
The leftward shift or "course correction" at Fox News in recent months could have several explanations but a pair of reports in Politico and The Daily Caller give credit to the cable network's mortal enemy: Media Matters for America.
House Speaker John Beohner's plan to extend the payroll tax cut without paying for it has inflamed some rank-and-file Republicans, and Senate Democrats are adding fuel to the fire.
While both President Obama and Mitt Romney surround themselves with lobbyists, there's a difference between how the two campaigns respond to questions about their K Street ties: Obama actually does it.
The Daily Caller's critical look at Media Matters made a splash this morning but not enough to prompt responses from its subjects.
Everyone agrees that much of President Obama's 2013 budget is dead-on-arrival in Congress but some aspects of the White House fiscal plan actually stand a chance in the Republican-controlled House.
Move over Oprah, another media titan is stepping into the hardback endorsement space.
The Pentagon opened the door for women to serve in combat Thursday, allowing females to serve in thousands of military jobs that inch them closer, if not directly on, the front lines.
The high-profile legal battle over the disclosure of Osama bin Laden's death photos is beginning to focus on images of the terrorist leader's burial in the North Arabian Sea.
Just when you thought you had your stereotypical Chinese spy pegged, a 41-year-old Notre Dame graduate is convicted of selling trade secrets to a Chinese tech firm.
It turns out the mastermind behind the $3 cough syrup craze 5-Hour Energy is a 58-year-old Indian-born monk who takes a shot of the chalky drink every morning.
The website that knows everything about metered paywalls and click-through rates has been bought by the website that prides itself in its technology and media coverage.
The website for Puckett & Faraj, the military law firm that defended a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role role in the Haditha killings, remains down after suffering a devastating cyber attack by hacker collective Anonymous, but the bigger question is if the law firm can survive the fallout of the security breach.
President Obama is looking to cut a deal with Catholic leaders on a rule requiring religious employers to cover contraceptives, but it's not clear how the president will wiggle.
As the brutal regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad continues killing thousands of its own people, a new cache of leaked e-mails reveal who played nice with the Arab autocrat.
If you live next to a member of Congress, you're in luck. A new Washington Post investigation shows the myriad ways lawmakers "spruce up" their neighborhoods by steering more than $300 million in earmarks to public projects that are "next to or near" their own properties.
Fears that Greece won't accept a new bailout deal are having a chilling ripple effect from Greece to Western Europe to the United States.
On Sunday, the U.S. proposed an international coalition of the willing to aid Syria's opposition following a decision by Russia and China to block a U.N. effort to end the violent conflict.
The network made a late attempt to blur it out, but the middle finger of Super Bowl halftime performer M.I.A. appeared crystal clear before some 110 million viewers last night and NBC and its affiliates could pay a hefty fine.
Today, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to support any group that confronts the "cancer" Israel, in an address broadcast on state TV.
The Obama administration is considering the release of five Taliban prisoners to improve peace talks with the Afghan insurgency and now we know who's on the short list.
If your favorite part about the Super Bowl is the advertisements, you don't need to wait until Sunday to get a taste of the $3.5 million 30-second spots.
Attorney General Eric Holder testified before Congress today in what was the most confrontational hearing over the botched "gunwalking" scheme, a.k.a. Operation Fast and Furious, to date.
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich botched a joke at a congressional hearing Thursday, telling Attorney General Eric Holder "You must feel like Tom Hanks in Groundhog Day."
This week, President Obama is taking heat from some of his most ardent supporters in the mainstream media, liberal Catholics.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced plans to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year.
Super PACs draw a lot of attention when they're smearing opponents with vicious advertisements but what happens when the dream dies and the committee's candidate drops out?
It appears the White House is moving to transfer five Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as an incentive to bring the Afghan insurgency closer to peace talks.
White House press secretary Jay Carney reaffirmed Tuesday that President Obama has not changed his position on the release of Osama bin Laden's postmortem photographs.
It may not stack up to Karl Rove's American Crossroads but Stephen Colbert's super PAC Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow puts a whole host of serious super PACs to shame when it comes to fundraising.
Joe Biden prides himself on his foreign policy experience, but one can't help but look at the scoreboard of foreign policy decisions Biden has gotten utterly wrong over the last 20 years.
In what must've been a wrenching decision, Italian rescue officials called off their search for missing passengers of the partially submerged Costa Concordia Tuesday, citing dangerous conditions to the rescuers.
Breath easy: Your 14 episodes of Battlestar Galactica will remain in the cloud for at least two more weeks.
The American public may finally bear witness to some, but probably not all, of the postmortem images of Osama bin Laden taken on the night he was killed in Pakistan, according to legal experts.
The political director for ABC News shares her tips for obsessively covering campaign 2012 coverage
Handing a PR victory to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, every European Union country, save for Britain and the Czech Republic, agreed to sign a new treaty designed to curb overspending and resolve the bloc's staggering debt crisis Monday.
The Pentagon is downplaying remarks Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made Sunday on 60 Minutes that Pakistani officials knew about the location of Osama bin Laden's hideout prior to the U.S. raid in Abbottabad in May.
Hillary Clinton gives the same answer whenever a reporter asks her if she'll serve a second term as Secretary of State, yet it's huge news each and every time.
Kevin Drum forecasts a gloomy future for online privacy, Kimberly Strassel discusses Romney's missed opportunity, and Paul Farhi explains why Siri is making everyone's cell phone coverage worse
The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the last three months, largely thanks to a mix of consumer spending, corporate investment and homebuilding.
The Justice Department has a new legal argument for why the government should be allowed to conceal the postmortem photographs of Osama bin Laden: It's doing the same thing with the CIA's classified drone program.
After a brief spike in interest, the mainstream media coverage of GOP candidate Ron Paul is back to nearly nothing, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Newt Gingrich is getting hammered by conservative media outlets that fear his nomination would cost Republicans the general election, but there's one outlet that has not been afraid of a Newt nomination: Fox News.
The Pentagon has a new game plan for a leaner military: fewer soldiers and more drones.
On Monday, a woman in Saudia Arabia, where women are banned from driving, died in a car accident and was mistakenly identified as a famous activist. The event was a tragedy for those involved, but for news sites around the world it was a chance for cheap irony.
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