Ten Songs For President Obama’s Winter Playlist
U.S. President Barack Obama adjusts his headphones before the first session of the G20 Summit in Los Cabos June 18, 2012. Been waiting to drop this: summer playlist, the encore.
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BuzzFeed: Former Twitter CEO Censored During Obama Q&A
The former CEO of Twitter ordered a censorship campaign around tweets to President Barack Obama and Caitlyn Jenner, according to a new report. BuzzFeed News cites sources inside the social media company that say Dick Costolo ordered some of his employees to use a Twitter-built algorithm to keep abusive language out of a Twitter Q&A with Obama in May 2015.
Trump doubles down on claim Obama founded Islamic State
Hillary Clinton has admonished rival Donald Trump for claiming that she and Barack Obama were the founders of the Islamic State group, saying anyone who would "sink so low" should never be president. Mr Trump again roiled the presidential campaign late on Wednesday, telling a rally in Florida that Mr Obama "is the founder of ISIS".
Mideast Briefs
On Aug. 8, saying the media misinterpreted the original statement made on Aug. 5, the Defense Ministry said the reference to the Munich pact - a failed bid by European powers to appease Nazi Germany - "was not intended to make a direct comparison, either historically or personally. We are sorry if it was understood otherwise."
Obamaa s summer playlist: A little pop to a little hip hop
President Barack Obama's summer jams range from a little pop to a little hip hop, and much in between. Classics include the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" and Prince's "U Got the Look."
Trump refuses to back away from false claim Obama founded IS
Donald Trump repeatedly accused President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic State group on Thursday, refusing to take back a patently false allegation, despite the urging of some of his allies to do so. A day after lobbing the attack against the president during a rowdy rally, Trump pressed ahead during a round of interviews.
Clinton campaign responds to Trump saying Obama founded ISIS: He’s ‘trash-talking the United States’
Hillary Clinton's campaign fired back at Donald Trump on Thursday for "trash-talking the United States" after the Republican nominee repeatedly labeled President Barack Obama as the "founder" of the terrorist group ISIS. "This is another example of Donald Trump trash-talking the United States," Clinton campaign senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement.
Amateurs analyze Trump’s mind, but should the pros do it?
Amateur psychoanalysts have put Donald Trump on the couch, calling him a sociopath, unhinged, a narcissist. Amid all this psych-talk, there is one group of people who aren't talking as much: the professionals.
Your View: Service is honorable, and so is principled protest
Oh, boo-hoo. Letter writer William Desnoyers is upset that the Bernie boo birds chanted "No more wars" at the Democratic National Convention .
The Latest: Trump brings audio-visual aids to FL rally
The GOP nominee, who usually speaks without the aid of visuals, brought a collection of printed graphs and charts filled with statistics. They include how much various countries donated to the Clinton charitable foundation, how many sentences various presidents have commuted and the percentage of immigrants in the United States.
‘He founded ISIS!’: Now Trump claims Obama deserves credit for…
A chip off the old block: Did Malia Obama smoke MARIJUANA at Lollapalooza? Video shows the president's eldest daughter puffing on a suspicious cigarette Now the Secret Service steps into Trump 'incitement to violence' row: Agents have spoken to campaign 'more than once' about his call for 'Second Amendment' action against Clinton 'He founded ISIS!': Now Trump claims Obama deserves credit for creating the Middle Eastern terror army - and names 'crooked Hillary' as its 'co-founder' Trump faces demands from his own party to take back Second Amendment 'threat' to Clinton - as ex-senator writes to demand his removal as candidate Is this the most epic engagement EVER? Canadian 'power couple' travel to Iceland with a full crew for pre-wedding shoot atop volcanic rocks and icy glaciers Fertility rates drop to lowest level EVER in America: Fewer than 6 babies per 100 women being born each year ... (more)
Trump accuses Obama of being the ‘founder of ISIS’
Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of establishing the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later on another topic, he referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama .
Why the White House is now letting you message the president on Facebook
The White House's new Messenger bot will let citizens send notes to President Obama, possibly winding up among the 10 citizen letters he reads each night. U.S. President Barack Obama signs a letter back to 76-year-old Cuban letter writer Ileana Yarza as he sits at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in this official White House handout photo taken in Washington March 14, 2016 and released by the White House on March 17, 2016.
Trump looks to claw back Virginia, but Clinton confident
They say "Virginia is for Lovers," but the state this year promises to be home to an all-out fight for its 13 electoral votes. The Commonwealth had voted for the Republican candidate in 10 consecutive presidential elections dating back to 1968.
Report: Islamic State Intel Was Altered to Downplay Threats from the Terror Group, House Panel Finds
A House Republican task force has determined the U.S. military's Central Command cooked the books on intelligence reports to portray the Islamic State and al Qaeda as less of a threat than lower-level analysts believed, according to a new report. The Daily Beast report corroborates a previous accusation by whistleblowers, who reportedly warned the intel chief that information was being altered to cast the U.S.'s fight against the Islamic State in a more positive light than was warranted by the reality on the ground.
Michael Barone: Does either party have a winning strategy? Not clear
What is the campaign strategy for the two political parties? Clues can be had from the responses to a question I asked about a dozen dignitaries of each party at their conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
FLASHBACK: Hillary Clinton Remark on Kennedy’s Killing Stirs…
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton defended staying in the Democratic nominating contest on Friday by pointing out that her husband had not wrapped up the nomination until June 1992, adding, "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California." Her remarks were met with quick criticism from the campaign of Senator Barack Obama, and within hours of making them Mrs. Clinton expressed regret, saying, "The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days because of Senator Kennedy," referring to the recent diagnosis of Senator Edward M. Kennedy's brain tumor.
Clinton Leads Trump in Pennsylvania, Dead Heat in Other Battleground States
A poll tracking the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in several key battleground states shows Clinton leading Trump in Pennsylvania, but within the margin of error in Iowa and Ohio. According to the poll released Tuesday by NBC/WSJ/Marist, Clinton has emerged with a statistically significant 9-point lead over Trump in Pennsylvania.
Elitism won’t defeat Trumpism because public’s pain is real: E.J. Dionne
But understanding what still attracts many voters to Trump is important, not only to those who want to prevent Trump from staging a comeback but also to anyone who wants to make our democracy thrive in the long run. Those of us who are horrified by Trump's hideous lack of empathy need empathy ourselves.
Closed Social Security offices, furloughed staff under GOP cuts, agency warns
"There would be up to two weeks of furloughs for all employees," the agency said in information obtained by The Washington Post. "During this time, our offices would be closed to the public.