Politics

When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently suggested that Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney had failed to pay taxes for 10 years, according to a source, Romney declared that Reid should reveal that source. Romney also said that he had, indeed, paid “a lot of taxes.” On Fox News Sunday, Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said,…

(The Root) — Betty Everett sang it best in 1964: “If you want to know if he loves you so, it’s in his kiss.” Nearly five decades later, that maxim still holds true for smooching purists and presidents alike. Just ask Michelle Obama. Earlier this month, while taking in a Team USA basketball exhibition game…

On Saturday, President Barack Obama rang in his 51st birthday with a round of golf with friends at Andrews Air Force Base. The game was a precursor to a Camp David trip, during which the commander in chief will relax with his family — but not for long, according to the Washington Post. He returns…

(The Root) — Despite the recent revelation that Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), who hasn’t been on the campaign trail in weeks, is being treated for depression at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., his name will remain on the ballot come Election Day on Nov. 6, a representative for the congressman and his…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. The President will then meet with senior advisors. These meetings in the Oval Office are closed press. Later, the President will deliver remarks…

(The Root) — In a gesture that was more political theater than legislative substance, last week Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage from the current $7.25 per hour to $9.80 by 2014. The bill has no chance of becoming law in this session of Congress.…

Michael Arceneaux writes in a piece for Ebony that the interest in the first lady’s style (not to mention that of Ann Romney) has become absurd. Hopefully you’re sitting down as I relay this shocking message to you: Conservatives are cranky over something concerning Michelle Obama. Compose yourself. I have more to say. Last Friday, the…

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Later in the morning, the President will depart the White…

(The Root) — Republicans have devised an insidious plan to steal the 2012 presidential election, and it’s a page torn from the history books about Jim Crow South.  The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law compiled a comprehensive report showing that 24 new laws and two executive actions restricting the…

Calling Mitt Romney’s summer trip to Europe “gaffepalooza,” Eugene Robinson writes in his Washington Post column that it revealed quite a lot about how the candidate sees himself and his place in the world. How is Mitt Romney’s summer vacation going? Fine, except for frequent pauses to remove foot from mouth. He began his “Look…