NEWSTALK 860 » president obama http://ksfa860.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:04:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Funniest Moments From the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner http://ksfa860.com/the-funniest-moments-from-the-2013-white-house-correspondents-dinner/ http://ksfa860.com/the-funniest-moments-from-the-2013-white-house-correspondents-dinner/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:55:11 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=202723 The annual White House Correspondents' dinner took place this past weekend, and it was a delight. We honestly think it was probably the best performance at one of these dinners since Stephen Colbert roasted George W. Bush right in front of him (this makes us cringe a little bit less though). Only we aren't talking about Conan O'Brien -- we're talking about President Obama, who really hammed it up this year.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/the-funniest-moments-from-the-2013-white-house-correspondents-dinner/feed/ 0 YouTube All Five Presidents Gather to Dedicate George W. Bush's Library http://ksfa860.com/george-w-bush-presidential-center-opening/ http://ksfa860.com/george-w-bush-presidential-center-opening/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:00:47 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=160932 On Thursday afternoon at Southern Methodist University outside Dallas, President Obama and former Presidents Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter gathered at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/george-w-bush-presidential-center-opening/feed/ 0 Alex Wong/Getty Images Do You Agree With the Presidential Bracket? –Sports Survey of the Day http://ksfa860.com/do-you-agree-with-the-presidential-bracket-sports-survey-of-the-day/ http://ksfa860.com/do-you-agree-with-the-presidential-bracket-sports-survey-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:49:19 +0000 BJ Ragone http://tsminteractive.com/?p=158155 By now, most people know that Barack Obama is a basketball guy. So it's no surprise that come Tournament time, ESPN asks him to fill out a bracket. Do you agree with his picks?

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/do-you-agree-with-the-presidential-bracket-sports-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 ESPN Did The History Channel Make The Devil Look Like Obama? http://ksfa860.com/history-channel-obama-devil/ http://ksfa860.com/history-channel-obama-devil/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:42:01 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=194397 The History Channel's representation of The Devil is causing controversy.

Many viewers of 'The Bible' have taken to social networks to point out similarities between the 10-part miniseries' Prince of Darkness and Pres. Obama.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/history-channel-obama-devil/feed/ 0 History Channel/Alex Wong, Getty Images There Is a Petition for Obama to Nationalize Twinkies http://ksfa860.com/twinkies-petition/ http://ksfa860.com/twinkies-petition/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:45:38 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=166999 When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step.

Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a petition for the president to "Nationalize the Twinkie industry."

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/twinkies-petition/feed/ 0 Tim Boyle, Getty Images Should President Obama Take Trump's Offer? http://ksfa860.com/should-president-obama-take-trumps-offer/ http://ksfa860.com/should-president-obama-take-trumps-offer/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:51:54 +0000 Lisa Lindsey http://kkyr.com/?p=158863 Just about everyone has seen or heard about the lame and I do mean LAME "big" announcement that Donald Trump gave to President Obama yesterday. Should the President go for it? I mean, wow! That is a lot of money for a charity.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/should-president-obama-take-trumps-offer/feed/ 0 YouTube/John Gurzinski/Getty Images Supreme Court Upholds Obama's Health Care Law http://ksfa860.com/supreme-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law/ http://ksfa860.com/supreme-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:29:23 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=115898 The Obama administration got an enormous victory on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the President’s signature achievement: the 2010 health care law.

And in a surprise to many court watchers, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who sided with the more liberal justices and wrote the majority opinion.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/supreme-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law/feed/ 0 Alex Wong, Getty Images President Obama Endorses Gay Marriage, Becomes First President To Do So [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-endorses-gay-marriage-becomes-first-president-to-do-so/ http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-endorses-gay-marriage-becomes-first-president-to-do-so/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:01:01 +0000 Andree Valentine http://ksfa860.com/?p=64740 President Barack Obama shocked the world today, after announcing that he endorses the right of same-sex couples to marry, claiming his decision as an "evolution" in his views of this subject matter.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-endorses-gay-marriage-becomes-first-president-to-do-so/feed/ 0 Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Pilot with 20 Pounds of Pot Wanders Into President Obama's Restricted Airspace http://ksfa860.com/pilot-pot-president-obama/ http://ksfa860.com/pilot-pot-president-obama/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:40:30 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=76957 In a “d’oh!” moment of massive proportions, the pilot of a private plane wandered into protected airspace over Los Angeles on Thursday — an area temporarily restricted because President Obama happened to be in town.

When fighter jets were scrambled to escort it in for a landing, authorities found the plane was loaded with more than 20 pounds of marijuana.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/pilot-pot-president-obama/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Obama Wants Wealthy to Pay More Taxes, Fires at Critics in State of the Union Speech [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/obama-taxes-critics-state-of-the-union-video/ http://ksfa860.com/obama-taxes-critics-state-of-the-union-video/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:28:39 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=72801 President Obama proposed a range of policy initiatives during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, including a call for Congress to shift a heavier tax burden onto the very wealthiest earners and provide financial incentives to domestic manufacturers and energy producers.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/obama-taxes-critics-state-of-the-union-video/feed/ 0 Pool, Getty Images President Obama Reveals $3 Trillion Plan to Cut the Deficit [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-cut-deficit-video/ http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-cut-deficit-video/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:30:54 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=47468 In a speech given from the White House Rose Garden on Monday, President Obama proposed a $3 trillion plan to cut the deficit, with half of that amount covered by increased taxes on the wealthy and another $800 million financed by letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire.

“If we are going to make spending cuts… then it is only right we ask everyone to pay their fair share … We can’t afford these special lower rates for the wealthy. We can’t afford them when we are running these big deficits,” he said.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/president-obama-cut-deficit-video/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Obama Faces Criticism Over Troop Withdrawal http://ksfa860.com/obama-faces-criticism-over-troop-withdrawal/ http://ksfa860.com/obama-faces-criticism-over-troop-withdrawal/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:59:52 +0000 Phillip George http://ksfa860.com/?p=6011 President Obama is under fire from his own political party, over his plan to withdrawal more than 30,000 troops from Afghanistan.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/obama-faces-criticism-over-troop-withdrawal/feed/ 0 Americans React To News That Osama Bin Laden Is Dead [PHOTOS] http://ksfa860.com/americans-react-to-osama-bin-laden-news/ http://ksfa860.com/americans-react-to-osama-bin-laden-news/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 13:18:14 +0000 Andree Valentine http://ksfa860.com/?p=4170 The world was brought to a standstill late Sunday evening when President Barack Obama confirmed that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. operatives in Pakistan.

Americans quickly gathered to celebrate outside the White House, and before you knew it, New Yorkers were gathering in Times Square and at Ground Zero, as well.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/americans-react-to-osama-bin-laden-news/feed/ 0 Osama Bin Laden Killed In Pakistan, President Obama Confirms [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/osama-bin-laden-killed-in-pakistan-president-obama-confirms/ http://ksfa860.com/osama-bin-laden-killed-in-pakistan-president-obama-confirms/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 13:11:34 +0000 Andree Valentine http://ksfa860.com/?p=4164 In a stunning development, President Barack Obama confirmed late Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed Sunday in Pakistan.

Obama made the announcement in a televised address shortly after 11:30 PM ET, about an hour after reports of bin Laden's death had made their way onto the Internet.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/osama-bin-laden-killed-in-pakistan-president-obama-confirms/feed/ 0 Getty Images Barack Obama Releases Long Form Birth Certificate http://ksfa860.com/barack-obama-releases-long-form-birth-certificate/ http://ksfa860.com/barack-obama-releases-long-form-birth-certificate/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:00:44 +0000 Andree Valentine http://ksfa860.com/?p=4053 After years of speculation, President Barack Obama silenced critics today by releasing the long form version of his birth certificate from the state of Hawaii.

The birth certificate was posted on the White House's official website, with a statement from White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/barack-obama-releases-long-form-birth-certificate/feed/ 0 White House Republicans Start 3-day Push To Reduce Spending http://ksfa860.com/republicans-start-3-day-push-to-reduce-spending/ http://ksfa860.com/republicans-start-3-day-push-to-reduce-spending/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:49:52 +0000 Andree Valentine http://ksfa860.com/?p=1764 The government budget drama continues, following President Obama's $3.73 trillion spending plan on Monday.
Republicans are ready to start on Tuesday a three-day push on a blueprint for reducing spending for the remainder of the 2011 budget year

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