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The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Wednesday to sue President Barack Obama for allegedly overstepping his powers, a move swiftly denounced by his Democratic allies as a cynical election-year stunt.
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Tehran -
On Tuesday, during his Eid al-Fitr address, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spent most of his time talking about the Israel-Gaza conflict, condemning Israel while calling the attacks on Gaza "genocide."
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Washington, D. C. -
U.S. President Barack Obama is planning to use executive authority to issue millions of work permits to those who entered the country illegally if no congressional action occurs by the end of summer.
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Los Angeles -
Critics of President Barack Obama love to say that he lacks leadership, that he doesn't have the respect of the world or that he isn't strong enough when it comes to foreign policy. Ask that same critic for specific examples and they come up empty.
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Moscow -
Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing a lawsuit in the shooting down and murder of 298 Malaysian airlines employees and passengers. The White House says Putin is "culpable."
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Donetsk -
Instead of backing off because of the world’s condemnation of Russia for the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner, Moscow began an artillery barrage into Ukraine territory Thursday.
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A Facebook Page Says “Barack Obama Must Die” and then defends it by saying they're only stating a scientific fact that he must die someday.
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It was a huge victory, and bittersweet, but after five years of debate and struggle by environmental groups, including Oceana, the endangered loggerhead sea turtle finally won federal protection for its critical habitat on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast.
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Texas Republican Ted Cruz attacked the Obama administration on Wednesday, claiming the FAA flight ban to Israel was politically motivated.
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After repeated attempts to receive aid to help with the Mexican refugee crisis have failed, Texas officials have been forced to take drastic measures.
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President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Monday that protects gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees from discrimination by companies that do federal government work, fulfilling a promise to a crucial Democratic bloc.
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Washington -
US Secretary of State John Kerry is to push for an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza when he arrives later Monday in Cairo, President Barack Obama said.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is building a case against pro-Russian separatists and Russia itself, insisting they are responsible for downing Malaysian Flight MH17 over Ukrainian skies. He outlined his country's case on political talk shows Sunday.
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Donetsk -
Media reports say Russian separatists have taken 196 bodies from the downed Malaysian airliner and are holding them hostage.
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The Obama administration on Friday cleared the way for what could end up being another oil and gas boom, this time offshore along the Eastern seaboard. The announcement was applauded by U.S. oil and gas companies and the business world, but not by me.
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The Obama administration on Friday cleared the way for what could end up being another oil and gas boom, this time offshore along the Eastern seaboard. The announcement was applauded by U.S. oil and gas companies and the business world, but not by me.
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Officials behind the European brain mapping effort have taken steps to tackle concerns voiced about the project from the scientific community.
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New York City -
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refused to give it up Tuesday, keeping her presidential ambitions under wraps under direct questioning from late night talk-show host Jon Stewart on his show, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
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Washington, D. C. -
President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009, and the Dow was at 7,949.09. The Dow bottomed on March 9, 2009, at 6,547.05, which was then at its lowest level since 1997. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also hit bottom between those dates.
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Chicago -
The pathetic failures of the nation’s first black president, Barack Obama, probably will mean he is not only the worst president the country has had, but the worst one it will ever have.
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Washington, D. C. -
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, in an interview with ABC News’ Pierre Thomas, made it clear that he and President Barack Obama have been "treated differently," citing a "racial component" and adding that for "some there’s a racial animus.”
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Recently, four teachers sat down with president Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for lunch at the White House. They did not tell these men what they needed to hear.
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Los Angeles -
Bill Maher, host of HBO's Real Time, last night called out Republicans and their Fox News counterparts, for years of lying about Obamacare, continuing to tell Obamacare lies and refusing to even apologize once the lies have proven to be untrue.
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Washington D.c. -
A recent Gallup poll showed an astonishing 72% of Muslims support the policies and presidency of Barack Obama. Although Muslim-American academics explained the reason he is supported, they ignore reasons Muslims should condemn Obama's policies.
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In an effort to support small businesses, Obama is pushing for major corporations to pay suppliers more quickly, as revealed by The White House on Friday.
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President Barack Obama is challenging congressional Republicans to craft meaningful legislation rather than simply try to oppose him. Will 2016 be a redux of the 1940 presidential election?
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Denver -
President Barack Obama was on the road this week not only fund raising for the Democratic Party, but also meeting and having dinner with five everyday Americans in Denver, all of whom had written him letters about their own life successes and struggles.
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More than 250 European researchers have signed a letter criticizing the European Commission’s (EC) $1.6 billion effort to create a computer simulation of the human brain.
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Denver -
Sometimes it seems that if Colorado isn’t the center of the universe, at least it is the center of the United States. Take same-sex marriage or marijuana.
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Denver -
On Tuesday night President Obama shook hands with a man wearing a horse mask. A photo was taken, and it has gone viral ever since being shared on the Internet.
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Mr. Ehud Barak, center left, meets with American and Israeli defense representatives.
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U.S. President Barack Obama
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Second US presidential debate: Obama versus Romney
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President Barack Obama (center) with Afghan President Karzai and Pakistan President Zardari during a US-Afghan-Pakistan Trilateral meeting in Cabinet Room
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John Brennan briefs Obama about the Sandy Hook shooting
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John Brennan briefs Obama about the Sandy Hook shooting
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Westboro Baptist Church members at a protest in Charleston WV, where they waved signs reading God Hates Dead Miners, after the 2010 mining disaster that rocked the coal state.
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Pictures are protesters against building the Keystone XL pipeline.
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President Obama shows his appreciation for Teodoro Obiang at a reception in New York. Sept. 2009.
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President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the press in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House
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President Barack Obama is interviewed by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Wednesday night. The show is on Comedy Central, a Viacom property
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President Obama repealing the Don't Ask Don't Tell law
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President Barack Obama meets with Congressional Leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House
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President Barack Obama talks with senior advisors in the Oval Office, May 1, 2013. Pictured, from left, are: Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Mark Childress, Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning; and David Simas, Deputy Senior Advisor for Communications and Strategy
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President Barack Obama shares a laugh with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, during a St. Patrick’s Day lunch for Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2014
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Illustration showing Romney and Obama
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Barack Obama supports same-sex couples' right to marry
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Claire McCaskill on the campaign trail for Barack Obama in 2007.
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President Barack Obama greets Aung San Suu Kyi during a stop at her private residence in Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 19, 2012
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President Obama on the phone
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