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New gaffe: Obama hails America's historic building of 'the Intercontinental Railroad'Andrew Malcolm September 23, 2011 | 5:24 am "We’re the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad," Barack Obama. That's what the president of the United States flat-out said Thursday during what was supposed to be a photo op to sell his jobs plan next to an allegedly deteriorating highway bridge. A railroad between continents? A railroad from, say, New York City all the way across the Atlantic to France? Now, THAT would be a bridge! It's yet another humorous gaffe by the Harvard graduate, overlooked by most media for whatever...

House passes Iraq war funds bill backed by Bush Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:14pm EDT By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved enough new money to wage wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for another year, while abandoning attempts to set deadlines opposed by President George W. Bush for withdrawing American combat troops. By a vote of 268-155, the House approved $165.4 billion for the two wars, with most of the money going to Iraq. But lawmakers were expected to reduce that funding level to $161.8 billion in a subsequent vote in order to...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Labor Department says employers added 128,000 jobs in August, pushing the national unemployment rate down a notch to 4.7 percent.

Sen. Mary Landrieu threatened the president of the United States with physical violence on Sunday, saying that if he or any other government official criticizes New Orleans police for failing to keep civil order in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - "I might likely have to punch him - literally." "If one person criticizes [our sheriffs], or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me - one more word about it after this show airs and I - I might likely have to punch him - literally," Landrieu railed on "ABC's "This...

A KDUM Exclusive POSTED: 9:55 pm EDT September 26, 2004 In un-American fashion, the First Lady, Mrs. Bush glared at a reporter and told him to "shove it". Completely bewildered by the comment, Michael Gearnsly turned away and left the room feeling the complete lack of understanding demonstrated by Mrs. Bush. The Republicans have been very successful as of late in creating momentum, but this story will soon be picked-up across the country, a certain atrocity considering the upcoming debate.

With a majority in both houses and a Democratic governor, the Democrats, unlike the Republicans, can pass a budget without a single vote from the other party — as long as it does not raise taxes, which requires a two-thirds supermajority. The Democrats say they will not cut spending further, but they will soon be faced with a choice of enacting a budget with less spending than they would like or shutting down the government and spending nothing. Because reducing education and health care — which state Controller Steve Westly said last week were among the services that stood to...