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President Obama's weekly remarksHi, everybody. It's the most wonderful time of the year. Not just for spreading holiday cheer -- but also for list makers. You've got wish lists; Santa's list; and of course, a blizzard of year-in-review lists. So I decided to get in on the action. As a nation, we face big challenges. But in the spirit of 2015 retiree David Letterman, here -- in no particular order -- are my top 10 things that happened in 2015 that should make every American optimistic about 2016. Number ten: The economy. Over the past 12 months, our businesses have...

For your Friday evening viewing pleasure, the third major speech he’s delivered in the last few months demanding more leadership from his colleagues. The first, in early November, was a general indictment of Senate dysfunction. The second, which came just last week, was a plea for clarity in the war on radical Islam, especially from Obama. This one is a hard knock on both parties for cowering as the executive branch gobbles up more and more of Congress’s prerogatives. And the hook, as any media-savvy pol nowadays would insist on, is Trump. That comes right at the beginning (transcript here);...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Closing out a tumultuous year, President Barack Obama sought to lay the groundwork Friday for his last year in office by vowing not to fade in the background but instead use his remaining months to push longstanding goals to fruition. "In 2016, I'm going to leave it all out on the field," he said. "Wherever there's an opportunity, I'm going to take it."

President Obama commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders on Friday, the third time this year that he has used his unique clemency power to release such offenders as part of a push to try to ease these people out of the federal prison system. The Obama administration said last year that it was pushing to free nonviolent offenders who were, in the words of then-Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., “deserving individuals who do not pose a threat to public safety.” More than 35,000 inmates have applied for early releases under this new initiative, which is taking a while...

Man alive. You don’t see trend lines like this every day.I guess the spin for O fans is obvious. The sudden spike isn’t a “real” downturn in his counterterror approval, it’s just a reflex after the jihadi massacre in San Bernardino. Support for gun control bounced upward after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012 but it came back down to earth in time. So will this, provided there isn’t another attack in the U.S. soon. Could be, but Obama’s been trending poorly on this subject for two years, ever since ISIS started creeping onto American voters’ radar. It was probably...

With an American public increasingly weary following the recent terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, President Obama’s job rating has dipped to its lowest level in more than a year, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds. According to the survey released Tuesday, just 43 percent of U.S. adults approve of the job the president is doing, while a majority (51 percent) disapprove. Six percent said they are not sure if they approve or disapprove.

'goat f**kers' resigns from her job - but will still get paid Angela Box of Houston, Texas, resigned from her job as a third grade teacher after comments she made about President Obama and Muslims Box joked that she hoped Obama would get Ebola, and called Muslims 'goat f**kers' and 'bacon haters' The comments were made on a local political program Tommy's Garage, on which Box is a frequent guest Box denies she is a racist and in a video of her appearances on the show points out her support of people like fighter pilot Major Mariam Al-Mansouri Though...

President Obama is hopefully planning a visit to Cuba and sees longtime co-dictator Raul Castro, who has taken over for ailing brother Fidel, as a pragmatist, not "an ideologue." In a newly released Yahoo interview, Obama said, "I am very much interested in going to Cuba, but I think the conditions have to be right."The president told correspondent Olivier Knox, "My hope is that sometime next year we look at the conditions there and we say, you know what? Now would be a good time to shine a light on progress that's been made, but also maybe to nudge the...

White House spokesman Josh Earnest insisted Friday that the government is doing a better job now protecting Americans than when President Obama took office in 2009, even though a new poll says people's trust in the government to keep them safe is at a new low. Earnest was responding to questions about a Thursday Gallup poll that said only 55 percent of those asked were confident that the government is protecting them. That poll came out after a terrorist attack in California that left 14 dead, and heightened fears that more attacks could be coming on U.S. soil. But Earnest...

President Obama's weekly remarks Hello, everybody. This week, Americans across our country have shown what it means to be strong in the face of terrorism. In San Bernardino, even as the community continues to grieve, people are refusing to be ruled by fear. Across the county, dedicated public servants are on the job — and more will be returning to work this week. Faith communities have come together in fellowship and prayer. Families lined the streets for the annual children’s Christmas parade—because we can’t let terrorists change how we live our lives.

The Obama administration hits just keep on coming... A House Armed Services Committee report set to be released Thursday accuses the Obama administration of misleading Congress and violating federal law during a controversial prisoner exchange. The report compiled by the GOP majority charges that the administration did so when it bypassed Congress in negotiating the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was being held in Afghanistan. They suggested that the White House had put politics and expediency ahead of proper procedure in making the deal. This is the same administration that put politics and...

In the aftermath of the attacks carried out by radical Islamic extremists that killed and wounded hundreds in the streets of Paris, President Obama stood before the world to issue America's response. Instead of taking a hardline stand against violent acts of terrorism, the President appeared timid as he announced that the upcoming summit on climate change would be a strong "rebuke" to international terrorism. This statement, combined with his approach towards combating ISIS, show that President Obama holds misplaced priorities about the threats facing our country. Then came the San Bernardino attack where 14 people were killed and 21...

President Obama still isn't directly engaging Donald Trump's recent proposal to bar Muslims from entering the U.S., but a Facebook comment posted from his official account overnight could be the closest he has come so far. The post was at the end of a "Humans of New York" thread about a Syrian refugee currently in Istanbul, Turkey. According to quotes attributed to the unnamed man on the HONY page, he is an inventor, and said "I learned today that I'm going to Troy, Michigan."

A poster showing Barack Obama is seen in the background as customers line up to look at firearms at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The Cheaper Than Dirt gun store recorded a record day of gun sales the day after the election of President-elect Barack Obama and is having trouble keeping up with the demand for assault riffles. (Flickr) William La Jeunesse reported today on FOX News that 100 million guns have been sold in the US since Obama became president. Today's increase in sales is nationwide not just in California. La Jeunesse...

President Obama's request that Muslim Americans help "root out" and confront extremist ideology in their communities is getting mixed reactions. Muslim leaders say they want to help, but some are not happy that they are being singled out. "We would never ask any other faith community to stand up and condemn acts of violence committed by people within their groups," said Palestinian American activist Linda Sarsour, who has worked extensively with the Black Lives Matter movement and other minority groups. "The fact that this is only directed at the Muslim community is something that I personally can't accept." In his...

Military Analyst Calls Obama 'A Total Pu**y' On Live TV AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais By:Chase Stephens December 7, 2015 4 Comments 3983 Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, Ralph Peters is not a man who minces words. On Monday, appearing on Fox Business with Stuart Varney, he didn't hold back. In reaction to how he felt while watching the president's speech last night on the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Peters said, "This guy is such a total pu--y, its stunning!" Stuart asked Peters, "What were you saying to the TV as the president was speaking?''Peter's responded: Well, first of all, he keeps speaking about "we can't give into...

In the wake of the deadliest terror attack on American soil since 9/11, the Obama administration is promising swift action to allay the fears of a panicking nation. But the swift action the White House is swearing it will deliver isn't against terrorist strongholds or the extremist ideology that inspired last week's senseless slaughter. Instead, Obama and his allies are planning on going after guns and Islamophobia. The official at the forefront of this restrictive effort is U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. On Thursday, Lynch gave a speech to a Muslim advocacy group that will hopefully go down in...

resident Barack Obama’s big meeting on Friday wasn’t to discuss terrorism, but to discuss gun control. He met with former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, in what POLITCO called an "unannounced meeting" which had been planned before the terrorist attack in California. The White House certainly didn’t tip its cap into exactly what was being discussed, except for a brief blurb on its website. As part of the Administration’s ongoing effort to address gun violence in America, today President Obama met with former Representative Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly to talk about possible ways to...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will use his Sunday night address on terrorism to urge the American people not to "give in to fear" after the California shootings, and may ask Congress to take action to further safeguard national security, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. Lynch also said that "dealing with guns is one way to handle the violence crime issues that we have in this country."

Peggy Noonan is worried about the future of the First Amendment. She writes in The Wall Street Journal the First Amendment is in perilous condition, especially after some on the Left went ape over politicians saying they were praying for the San Bernardino victims. Journalists, bloggers, contrarians and citizens jumped into the fray. Then the U.S. senator, Chris Murphy, came forward rather menacingly. "Your 'thoughts' should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. Your 'prayers' should be for forgiveness if you do nothing again."Wow. You might think he was aiming this at President Obama, who when he was...