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On Jan. 22, 2009, two days after his inauguration, President Obama signed an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison within one year--despite a DIA report issued two weeks earlier that said 18 released Guantanamo detainees had been confirmed as returning to terrorism, including in Afghanistan. Read More

Christina Romer, the departing chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors said America's economic "turnaround" has been "insufficient."  Read More

The departing chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors says the government should 'spend more and tax less' to boost the economy. Read More

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The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says that the Tea Party and Republican Party have given the green light for people to defame and stereotype Muslims.  Read More

Building the Ground Zero mosque is a necessary gesture of goodwill to keep the growth of terrorism in the Muslim world at bay, according to a former senior Air Force interrogator.  Read More

In keeping with Obama administration policy, the $17 million will benefit 'diverse and vulnerable' populations that often are under-represented in medical research. Read More

Christians in Pakistan's flood-hit regions are doubly affected by the disaster as a result of anti-Christian discrimination by government relief workers and Muslim aid agencies, according to representatives of the embattled minority. Read More

The reported killings have not been confirmed by the Pakistani government or army, and no aid agency has announced the deaths of staff members. Read More

The triple bombing of a religious procession in Pakistan adds to the strains on a government already struggling with devastating floods and shows that Islamist militants are back in business despite the natural disaster. Read More

In his new best-selling book, Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama, author David Limbaugh argues that Obama is a "narcissist" whose ego is outsized even compared to others who have sought and won the presidency of the United States. Read More

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system. Read More

The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics. Read More

An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. Read More

American officials are hopeful they can at least get the two sides to agree to a second round of talks, likely to be held in the second week of September. Read More

Consumer-driven health care plans, which are being offered by more companies, cost less than traditional health insurance and are better at controlling the growth in health care spending, according to a new study. Read More

A coalition of American Muslims has released a Public Service Announcement  to combat what they call "anti-Muslim rhetoric stemming from the Islamic center issue" in New York City. Read More

Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans. Read More

The Taliban is confronting a serious "cash flow" problem after losing some half of its annual drug trade money to a farming blight and government eradication efforts, a Marine two-star general said Thursday. Read More

CNN's Rick Sanchez, who was quick to blame Fox News for the 2009 murders of three police officers, treaded much more carefully on Wednesday's Rick's List as he covered the eco-terrorist who brought bombs, guns, and took hostages at Discovery Channel'... Read More

On Thursday's CBS Early Show, fill-in co-host Erica Hill interviewed Vanity Fair reporter Michael Joseph Gross about his article slamming Sarah Palin with outlandish accusations: "...we've watched Sarah Palin go from a small town hockey mom and the m... Read More

Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, without Katie Couric, uniquely amongst the broadcast network evening newscasts tied Discovery Channel hostage-taker/bomber James Lee to Al Gore and, even more miraculously, highlighted how Tony Blair, in his new book, de... Read More

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday’s Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter repeatedly characterized the conservative wing of the Republican party as “radical” and “extreme.” He went on to advise “progressives” that they “need to learn a... Read More

On Wednesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith served as an apologist for President Obama, who failed to credit President George W. Bush with the Iraq troop surge in an Oval Office address Tuesday night: "...while he [Obama] did not acknowledge..... Read More

NBC's Matt Lauer wanted one question to stick in the minds of his Today show viewers, as from the top of Wednesday's show, to his interview with Vice President Joe Biden, the Today co-anchor repeatedly asked was the Iraq war "worth it?" Read More

President Barack Obama's decision to include, in his Tuesday night address from the Oval Office on the end to the “combat mission” in Iraq, a sentence respectful toward former President George W. Bush, appalled MSNBC host Rachel Maddow: "Describing h... Read More

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs made the rounds of the six broadcast and cable morning news shows on Tuesday morning to help set the table for the President's speech marking the end of major combat operations in Iraq. Of the six network anch... Read More

On the day that the U.S. is ending combat operations in Iraq, the Today show, on Tuesday, brought on their chief foreign correspondent to essentially say the Iraq war wasn't worth it. Read More

On Sunday night, Brian Williams despaired “you're an American-born Christian. And yet, significant numbers of Americans...are claiming you are neither.” Barack Obama responded: “I can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my fore... Read More

NBC's evening anchor shows a dramatic contrast in interviewing presidents on Katrina: Bush was bullied as a racist, but Obama was treated like a statesman offering wisdom. Read More

To get attention quickly, some pop stars will try absolutely anything. The soul singer Cee-Lo Green has a new album coming out. How's this for art: His first desperate single is titled "F--- You." Read More

Leftists say outrageous things on the radio routinely, and those remarks never see the light of day on ABC, CBS, and NBC. The Media Research Center has a new report chronicling who the real radio hatemongers are. Read More

Ever wonder what those teenagers are listening to while wearing those i-Pod earphones? Maybe you'd rather not know. You will be horrified. Read More