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Add this to the list of ways the President of the United States woos young voters in an election-year: He slow jams the news. Obama, appearing on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show, joined the comedy host in a popular feature of his program. The president, looking in the camera, talked earnestly about student […]

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President Barack Obama will rally young voters Tuesday when he visits the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and makes his first appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Obama’s speech in North Carolina — a key battleground state — is part of a three-state swing where he will tell supporters that Congress […]

For Jim Messina, the president’s campaign manager, rallying the troops and keeping the electorate energized is part of his round-the-clock job description. When I interviewed Messina at the Obama campaign’s Chicago headquarters in October, Messina, the fast-talking strategist, predicted a very close presidential race this year –perhaps even tighter than the 2008 election — and […]

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Rocker and gun rights champion Ted Nugent says he will meet with the Secret Service on Thursday to explain his raucous remarks about what he called Barack Obama’s “evil, America-hating administration” — comments some critics interpreted as a threat against the president. “The conclusion will be obvious that I threatened no one,” Nugent told radio […]

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House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that President Barack Obama “checked out” last Labor Day and has been running for reelection, rather than governing, ever since. “He’s spent the last six months campaigning from one end of the country to the other, instead of working with members of both political parties here in Washington to […]

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Mitt Romney sought to inoculate himself Tuesday against Democratic charges that he favors the rich, saying his as yet-to-be disclosed tax plans will not benefit the well-to-do at the expense of others. “I’m going to keep the burden on the upper-income people the same as it is today,” the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting said as he […]

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Michelle Obama shared more than just her love and admiration for military families during Monday’s broadcast of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” In the episode, Ellen and the first lady chatted via videocam with a group of teenage girls whose parents are in the military. Ellen brought up the subject of proms, which gave her an […]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was first published by the National Newspapers Publishers Association. WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Barack Obama expressed admiration for the balanced picture African-American newspapers present of the black community each week, saying such portrayal not only helps blacks but Americans of all races and ethnicities. “One of the things that I always […]

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President Barack Obama, speaking for the first time about allegations that Secret Service agents hired prostitutes, said Sunday that “of course I’ll be angry” if those accusations are proven true by an investigation. Obama said the agents represent the United States and are supposed to conduct themselves with the highest levels of dignity anywhere in […]

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For all the turmoil of the long primary season, President Barack Obama is right where he expected to be: taking on Mitt Romney and targeting him as a wishy-washy protector of the rich. With the November outcome likely to hinge on the economy, Obama will now engage more directly with the help of an experienced, […]

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In the latest instance of disrespecting the president, Sen. Chuck Grassley insulted President Obama via Twitter on Saturday, suggesting the president is “stupid” in a tweet about his comments last week on the Supreme Court. Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, tweeted that constituents wanted to know […]